diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f76874a..e8924b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ A text extraction node module.
 * ODG, OTG
 * PNG, JPG, GIF
 * DXF
+* `application/csv`
 * `application/javascript`
 * All `text/*` mime-types.
 
diff --git a/lib/extractors/text.js b/lib/extractors/text.js
index 097fabb..7b5ab6f 100644
--- a/lib/extractors/text.js
+++ b/lib/extractors/text.js
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ var extractText = function( filePath, options, cb ) {
 };
 
 module.exports = {
-  types: [/text\//, "application/javascript"],
+  types: [/text\//, "application/csv", "application/javascript"],
   extract: extractText
 };
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f52120..abc4986 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "textract",
     "extract",
     "html",
+    "csv",
     "text",
     "pdf",
     "docx",
diff --git a/test/extract_test.js b/test/extract_test.js
index 45e7572..14d88da 100644
--- a/test/extract_test.js
+++ b/test/extract_test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,36 @@ var path = require('path');
 
 describe('textract', function() {
 
+  describe('for .csv files ', function() {
+
+    // is some oddness testing html files, not sure what the deal is
+
+    it('from csv files', function(done) {
+      var docPath = path.join( __dirname, "files", "csv.csv" );
+      fromFileWithPath(docPath, function( error, text ) {
+        expect(error).to.be.null;
+        expect(text).to.be.an('string');
+        expect(text.length).to.eql( 18 );
+        expect(text.substring(0, 80)).to.eql("Foo,Bar Foo2,Bar2 ")
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('it will extract text from csv files and insert newlines in the right places', function(done) {
+      var docPath = path.join( __dirname, "files", "csv.csv" );
+      fromFileWithPath(docPath, {preserveLineBreaks:true}, function( error, text ) {
+        expect(error).to.be.null;
+        expect(text).to.be.an('string');
+        expect(text.length).to.eql( 18 );
+        expect(text.substring(0, 80)).to.eql("Foo,Bar\nFoo2,Bar2\n")
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+
+    
+  });
+
   describe('for .html files', function() {
 
     // is some oddness testing html files, not sure what the deal is