diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 1988638ee..17022c788 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ Erik Hatcher
 Erik Langenbach
 Erik Meade
 Ernst de Haan
+Francesco Steccanella
 Frank Harnack
 Frank Somers
 Frank Zeyda
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 1ce71737e..866080ce5 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changes from Ant 1.10.1 TO Ant 1.10.2
 =====================================
 
+Other changes:
+--------------
+
+ * Added forceCsvQuoteChar option to <csv> task. When enabled the
+   values always get quoted.
+   Github Pull Request #32
+
 Changes from Ant 1.10.0 TO Ant 1.10.1
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/contributors.xml b/contributors.xml
index 1356f3801..ee049cb17 100644
--- a/contributors.xml
+++ b/contributors.xml
@@ -523,6 +523,10 @@
     <first>Ernst</first>
     <last>de Haan</last>
   </name>
+  <name>
+    <first>Francesco</first>
+    <last>Steccanella</last>
+  </name>
   <name>
     <first>Frank</first>
     <last>Harnack</last>
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/sql.html b/manual/Tasks/sql.html
index e5f4db837..bade59024 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/sql.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/sql.html
@@ -262,6 +262,13 @@ and <b>abort</b> execution and transaction and fail task.</p>
     ever occurs)</td>
 </tr>
 
+<tr>
+  <td width="12%" valign="top">forceCsvQuoteChar</td>
+  <td width="78%" valign="top">If true, quoting always occurs</td>
+  <td width="10%" valign="top">No, default is not set (i.e. quoting
+    occurs only where needed)</td>
+</tr>
+
 <tr>
   <td valign="top">errorproperty</td>
   <td valign="top">The name of a property to set in the event of an
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SQLExec.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SQLExec.java
index c4076bc20..d9b7fb460 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SQLExec.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SQLExec.java
@@ -273,6 +273,11 @@ public class SQLExec extends JDBCTask {
      */
     private String rowCountProperty = null;
 
+    /**
+     * The name of the property to force the csv quote character
+    */
+    private boolean forceCsvQuoteChar = false;
+
     /**
      * Set the name of the SQL file to be run.
      * Required unless statements are enclosed in the build file
@@ -586,6 +591,13 @@ public class SQLExec extends JDBCTask {
         this.rowCountProperty = rowCountProperty;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Force the csv quote character
+     */
+    public void setForceCsvQuoteChar(boolean forceCsvQuoteChar) {
+        this.forceCsvQuoteChar = forceCsvQuoteChar;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Load the sql file and then execute it
      * @throws BuildException on error.
@@ -859,7 +871,7 @@ public class SQLExec extends JDBCTask {
             int columnCount = md.getColumnCount();
             if (columnCount > 0) {
                 if (showheaders) {
-                    out.print(md.getColumnName(1));
+                    out.print(maybeQuote(md.getColumnName(1)));
                     for (int col = 2; col <= columnCount; col++) {
                          out.print(csvColumnSep);
                          out.print(maybeQuote(md.getColumnName(col)));
@@ -893,9 +905,7 @@ public class SQLExec extends JDBCTask {
     }
 
     private String maybeQuote(String s) {
-        if (csvQuoteChar == null || s == null
-            || (s.indexOf(csvColumnSep) == -1 && s.indexOf(csvQuoteChar) == -1)
-            ) {
+        if (csvQuoteChar == null || s == null || (!forceCsvQuoteChar && s.indexOf(csvColumnSep) == -1 && s.indexOf(csvQuoteChar) == -1)) {
             return s;
         }
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(csvQuoteChar);