1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
index 707af905f..0f32d993c 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
@@ -877,10 +877,11 @@ csvTableDirective top fields rawcsv = do
                     (bs, _) <- fetchItem u
                     return $ UTF8.toText bs
                   Nothing -> return rawcsv
-  let res = parseCSV opts (case explicitHeader of
-                              Just h  -> h <> "\n" <> rawcsv'
-                              Nothing -> rawcsv')
-  case res of
+  let header' = case explicitHeader of
+                  Just h  -> parseCSV defaultCSVOptions h
+                  Nothing -> Right []
+  let res = parseCSV opts rawcsv'
+  case (<>) <$> header' <*> res of
        Left e  ->
          throwError $ PandocParsecError "csv table" e
        Right rawrows -> do