diff --git a/src/Spout/Common/Helper/GlobalFunctionsHelper.php b/src/Spout/Common/Helper/GlobalFunctionsHelper.php
index 608854a..0b5f6f1 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Common/Helper/GlobalFunctionsHelper.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Common/Helper/GlobalFunctionsHelper.php
@@ -86,7 +86,13 @@ class GlobalFunctionsHelper
      */
     public function fgetcsv($handle, $length = null, $delimiter = null, $enclosure = null)
     {
-        return fgetcsv($handle, $length, $delimiter, $enclosure);
+        // PHP uses '\' as the default escape character. This is not RFC-4180 compliant...
+        // To fix that, simply disable the escape character.
+        // @see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43225
+        // @see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180
+        $escapeCharacter = "\0";
+
+        return fgetcsv($handle, $length, $delimiter, $enclosure, $escapeCharacter);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -101,7 +107,13 @@ class GlobalFunctionsHelper
      */
     public function fputcsv($handle, array $fields, $delimiter = null, $enclosure = null)
     {
-        return fputcsv($handle, $fields, $delimiter, $enclosure);
+        // PHP uses '\' as the default escape character. This is not RFC-4180 compliant...
+        // To fix that, simply disable the escape character.
+        // @see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43225
+        // @see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180
+        $escapeCharacter = "\0";
+
+        return fputcsv($handle, $fields, $delimiter, $enclosure, $escapeCharacter);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Spout/Reader/CSV/ReaderTest.php b/tests/Spout/Reader/CSV/ReaderTest.php
index 6103ba6..da53cf3 100644
--- a/tests/Spout/Reader/CSV/ReaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Spout/Reader/CSV/ReaderTest.php
@@ -219,12 +219,23 @@ class ReaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('This is, a comma', $allRows[0][0]);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testReadShouldSupportEscapedCharacters()
+    {
+        $allRows = $this->getAllRowsForFile('csv_with_escaped_characters.csv');
+
+        $expectedRow = ['"csv--11"', 'csv--12\\', 'csv--13\\\\', 'csv--14\\\\\\'];
+        $this->assertEquals([$expectedRow], $allRows);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return void
      */
     public function testReadShouldNotTruncateLineBreak()
     {
-        $allRows = $this->getAllRowsForFile('csv_with_line_breaks.csv', ',');
+        $allRows = $this->getAllRowsForFile('csv_with_line_breaks.csv');
         $this->assertEquals("This is,\na comma", $allRows[0][0]);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Spout/Writer/CSV/WriterTest.php b/tests/Spout/Writer/CSV/WriterTest.php
index f7e4a6e..63a7d7c 100644
--- a/tests/Spout/Writer/CSV/WriterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Spout/Writer/CSV/WriterTest.php
@@ -175,6 +175,17 @@ class WriterTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('#This is, a comma#,csv--12,csv--13', $writtenContent, 'The fields should be enclosed with #');
     }
 
+    public function testWriteShouldSupportedEscapedCharacters()
+    {
+        $allRows = $this->createRowsFromValues([
+            ['"csv--11"', 'csv--12\\', 'csv--13\\\\', 'csv--14\\\\\\'],
+        ]);
+        $writtenContent = $this->writeToCsvFileAndReturnWrittenContent($allRows, 'csv_with_escaped_characters.csv');
+        $writtenContent = $this->trimWrittenContent($writtenContent);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('"""csv--11""",csv--12\\,csv--13\\\\,csv--14\\\\\\', $writtenContent, 'The \'"\' and \'\\\' characters should be properly escaped');
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param Row[]  $allRows
      * @param string $fileName
diff --git a/tests/resources/csv/csv_with_escaped_characters.csv b/tests/resources/csv/csv_with_escaped_characters.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee698c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/csv/csv_with_escaped_characters.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""csv--11""","csv--12\","csv--13\\","csv--14\\\"