diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8382e6e..ef97443 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ next call to `next()`. Copy it if you need to keep it.
 - Quoted fields may contain the column separator, the row separator, and the
   quote character itself when doubled (`"He said ""hi"""`).
 - The column separator and quote are configurable, but **only as single
-  bytes** — a multi-byte column separator is not supported.
+  bytes** — a multi-byte column separator is not supported. Setting `quote`
+  makes that byte the quote and leaves `"` as ordinary field data.
 - The field buffer must be longer than the longest field in the input;
   otherwise `next()` fails with `error.ShortBuffer`.
 - An empty line is not skipped: it yields a single zero-length `field`
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 0edc722..c8d1d41 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ pub const CsvReader = struct {
             if (c == quote) {
                 // double quotes, shift forward
                 // print("PEEK {c}\n", .{buffer[idx + 1]});
-                if (idx < self.current.len - 1 and self.current[idx + 1] == '"') {
+                if (idx < self.current.len - 1 and self.current[idx + 1] == quote) {
                     // print("DOUBLE QUOTES\n", .{});
                     contains_quotes = true;
                     idx += 1;
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ pub const CsvTokenizer = struct {
             },
         }
 
-        terminal_chars[len] = '"';
+        terminal_chars[len] = config.quote;
         len += 1;
 
         var terminal_set: CsvReader.TerminalSet = @splat(false);
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ pub const CsvTokenizer = struct {
     fn parseField(self: *Self) !CsvToken {
         const first = (try self.reader.peek()).?;
 
-        if (first != '"') {
+        if (first != self.config.quote) {
             var field = try self.reader.untilAny(&self.terminal_set);
             while (field == null) {
                 // No terminator among what has been read so far, which means
diff --git a/test/csv_tokenizer.zig b/test/csv_tokenizer.zig
index 34c4a02..db7fe4b 100644
--- a/test/csv_tokenizer.zig
+++ b/test/csv_tokenizer.zig
@@ -366,3 +366,22 @@ test "An unclosed quoted field is an error" {
     try expectToken(csv_mod.CsvToken{ .field = "1" }, try csv.next());
     try testing.expectError(csv_mod.CsvError.ShortBuffer, csv.next());
 }
+
+test "A configured quote is honored in place of the default" {
+    const single: csv_mod.CsvConfig = .{ .quote = '\'' };
+
+    try expectStream("'a,b',c\n", single, 64, &.{ "a,b", "c", null });
+    try expectStream("'a''b'\n", single, 64, &.{ "a'b", null });
+    // The default quote becomes ordinary data once it is not the quote.
+    try expectStream("a\"b,c\n", single, 64, &.{ "a\"b", "c", null });
+    try expectStream("'a;b';c\n", .{ .quote = '\'', .col_sep = ';' }, 64, &.{ "a;b", "c", null });
+}
+
+test "A configured quote still rejects what the default would" {
+    var reader = std.Io.Reader.fixed("'a'x\n");
+    var buffer: [64]u8 = undefined;
+    var csv = try getTokenizer(&reader, &buffer, .{ .quote = '\'' });
+
+    try expectToken(csv_mod.CsvToken{ .field = "a" }, try csv.next());
+    try testing.expectError(csv_mod.CsvError.NoSeparatorAfterField, csv.next());
+}