diff --git a/openslides/application/views.py b/openslides/application/views.py
index 827f1fcf6..f300d424f 100644
--- a/openslides/application/views.py
+++ b/openslides/application/views.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from __future__ import with_statement
 
 import csv
 import utils.csv_ext
+
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
@@ -455,6 +456,7 @@ def application_import(request):
                 applications_modified = 0
                 with transaction.commit_on_success():
                     dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(request.FILES['csvfile'].readline())
+                    dialect = utils.csv_ext.patchup(dialect)
                     request.FILES['csvfile'].seek(0)
                     for (lno, line) in enumerate(csv.reader(request.FILES['csvfile'], dialect=dialect)):
                         # basic input verification
diff --git a/openslides/participant/views.py b/openslides/participant/views.py
index d6bcb71db..b89f11995 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/views.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/views.py
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ def user_import(request):
                         profile.delete()
                     i = -1
                     dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(request.FILES['csvfile'].readline())
+                    dialect = utils.csv_ext.patchup(dialect)
                     request.FILES['csvfile'].seek(0)
                     for line in csv.reader(request.FILES['csvfile'], dialect=dialect):
                         i += 1
diff --git a/openslides/utils/csv_ext.py b/openslides/utils/csv_ext.py
index d5eb97d4b..30b0bf23e 100644
--- a/openslides/utils/csv_ext.py
+++ b/openslides/utils/csv_ext.py
@@ -12,9 +12,21 @@
 
 from csv import Dialect, excel, register_dialect
 
-class excel_semikolon(excel):
-	delimiter = ';'
+class excel_semikolon(Dialect):
+    delimiter = ';'
+    doublequote = True
+    lineterminator = '\r\n'
+    quotechar = '"'
+    quoting = 0
+    skipinitialspace = False
 
+def patchup(dialect):
+    if dialect:
+        if dialect.delimiter == excel_semikolon.delimiter and \
+           dialect.quotechar == excel_semikolon.quotechar:
+            # walks like a duck and talks like a duck.. must be one
+            dialect.doublequote = True
+    return dialect
 
 register_dialect("excel_semikolon", excel_semikolon)