diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a14506e7..9d43e5ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ examples/flatten/rollup/direct/actual
 examples/flatten/rollup/direct/actual.*
 examples/flatten/rollup/file/actual
 examples/flatten/rollup/file/actual.*
+examples/flatten/line-terminator/actual
+examples/flatten/line-terminator/actual.*
 examples/receipt/source-map/actual
 examples/receipt/source-map/actual.*
 examples/bods/unflatten/actual
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3baa5c52..e8c0d95c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.20.0] - 2022-12-07
+
+### Changed
+
+- Add `--line-terminator` option to `flatten` and `create-template`
+
 ## [0.19.0] - 2022-11-16
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/examples/flatten/line-terminator/cmd.txt b/examples/flatten/line-terminator/cmd.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..357dea1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/flatten/line-terminator/cmd.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+$ flatten-tool flatten --line-terminator=LF --root-list-path=cafe --main-sheet-name=cafe --schema=examples/receipt/cafe.schema examples/receipt/normalised/expected.json -o examples/flatten/line-terminator/actual
diff --git a/examples/flatten/line-terminator/expected/cafe.csv b/examples/flatten/line-terminator/expected/cafe.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..038cb8da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/flatten/line-terminator/expected/cafe.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+id,name,address
+CAFE-HEALTH,Healthy Cafe,
+CAFE-VEG,Vegetarian Cafe,
diff --git a/examples/flatten/line-terminator/expected/tab_dish.csv b/examples/flatten/line-terminator/expected/tab_dish.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d821e7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/flatten/line-terminator/expected/tab_dish.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+id,table/0/id,table/0/dish/0/id,table/0/dish/0/name,table/0/dish/0/cost
+CAFE-HEALTH,TABLE-1,,Fish and Chips,9.95
+CAFE-HEALTH,TABLE-1,,Pesto Pasta Salad,6.95
+CAFE-HEALTH,TABLE-3,,Fish and Chips,9.95
+CAFE-VEG,TABLE-16,,Large Glass Sauvignon,5.95
diff --git a/examples/flatten/line-terminator/expected/table.csv b/examples/flatten/line-terminator/expected/table.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faf31060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/flatten/line-terminator/expected/table.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+id,table/0/id,table/0/number
+CAFE-HEALTH,TABLE-1,1
+CAFE-HEALTH,TABLE-2,2
+CAFE-HEALTH,TABLE-3,3
+CAFE-VEG,TABLE-16,16
+CAFE-VEG,TABLE-17,17
diff --git a/examples/help/create-template/expected.txt b/examples/help/create-template/expected.txt
index 2becd7aa..d050a743 100644
--- a/examples/help/create-template/expected.txt
+++ b/examples/help/create-template/expected.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ usage: flatten-tool create-template [-h] -s SCHEMA [-f {csv,ods,xlsx,all}]
                                     [--disable-local-refs]
                                     [--no-deprecated-fields]
                                     [--truncation-length TRUNCATION_LENGTH]
+                                    [--line-terminator LINE_TERMINATOR]
 
 optional arguments:
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
@@ -32,3 +33,6 @@ optional arguments:
   --truncation-length TRUNCATION_LENGTH
                         The length of components of sub-sheet names (default
                         3).
+  --line-terminator LINE_TERMINATOR
+                        The line terminator to use when writing CSV files:
+                        CRLF or LF
diff --git a/examples/help/flatten/expected.txt b/examples/help/flatten/expected.txt
index 84a2435f..b618f561 100644
--- a/examples/help/flatten/expected.txt
+++ b/examples/help/flatten/expected.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ usage: flatten-tool flatten [-h] [-s SCHEMA] [-f {csv,ods,xlsx,all}] [--xml]
                             [--preserve-fields PRESERVE_FIELDS]
                             [--disable-local-refs]
                             [--remove-empty-schema-columns]
+                            [--line-terminator LINE_TERMINATOR]
                             input_name
 
 positional arguments:
@@ -61,3 +62,6 @@ optional arguments:
   --remove-empty-schema-columns
                         When using flatten with a schema, remove columns and
                         sheets from the output that contain no data.
+  --line-terminator LINE_TERMINATOR
+                        The line terminator to use when writing CSV files:
+                        CRLF or LF
diff --git a/flattentool/__init__.py b/flattentool/__init__.py
index 55e526a7..fc034217 100644
--- a/flattentool/__init__.py
+++ b/flattentool/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from flattentool.json_input import JSONParser
 from flattentool.lib import parse_sheet_configuration
 from flattentool.output import FORMATS as OUTPUT_FORMATS
-from flattentool.output import FORMATS_SUFFIX
+from flattentool.output import FORMATS_SUFFIX, LINE_TERMINATORS
 from flattentool.schema import SchemaParser
 from flattentool.xml_output import toxml
 
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ def create_template(
     disable_local_refs=False,
     truncation_length=3,
     no_deprecated_fields=False,
-    **_
+    line_terminator="CRLF",
+    **_,
 ):
     """
     Creates template file(s) from given inputs
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ def create_template(
 
     """
 
+    if line_terminator not in LINE_TERMINATORS.keys():
+        raise Exception(f"{line_terminator} is not a valid line terminator")
+
     parser = SchemaParser(
         schema_filename=schema,
         rollup=rollup,
@@ -46,7 +50,10 @@ def create_template(
 
     def spreadsheet_output(spreadsheet_output_class, name):
         spreadsheet_output = spreadsheet_output_class(
-            parser=parser, main_sheet_name=main_sheet_name, output_name=name
+            parser=parser,
+            main_sheet_name=main_sheet_name,
+            output_name=name,
+            line_terminator=LINE_TERMINATORS[line_terminator],
         )
         spreadsheet_output.write_sheets()
 
@@ -87,7 +94,8 @@ def flatten(
     disable_local_refs=False,
     remove_empty_schema_columns=False,
     truncation_length=3,
-    **_
+    line_terminator="CRLF",
+    **_,
 ):
     """
     Flatten a nested structure (JSON) to a flat structure (spreadsheet - csv or xlsx).
@@ -99,6 +107,9 @@ def flatten(
     ):
         raise Exception("You must use filter_field and filter_value together")
 
+    if line_terminator not in LINE_TERMINATORS.keys():
+        raise Exception(f"{line_terminator} is not a valid line terminator")
+
     if schema:
         schema_parser = SchemaParser(
             schema_filename=schema,
@@ -136,6 +147,7 @@ def spreadsheet_output(spreadsheet_output_class, name):
                 main_sheet_name=main_sheet_name,
                 output_name=name,
                 sheet_prefix=sheet_prefix,
+                line_terminator=LINE_TERMINATORS[line_terminator],
             )
             spreadsheet_output.write_sheets()
 
@@ -206,7 +218,7 @@ def unflatten(
     disable_local_refs=False,
     xml_comment=None,
     truncation_length=3,
-    **_
+    **_,
 ):
     """
     Unflatten a flat structure (spreadsheet - csv or xlsx) into a nested structure (JSON).
diff --git a/flattentool/cli.py b/flattentool/cli.py
index b3b52f80..b732de61 100644
--- a/flattentool/cli.py
+++ b/flattentool/cli.py
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ def create_parser():
         default=3,
         help="The length of components of sub-sheet names (default 3).",
     )
+    parser_create_template.add_argument(
+        "--line-terminator",
+        help="The line terminator to use when writing CSV files: CRLF or LF",
+    )
 
     parser_flatten = subparsers.add_parser("flatten", help="Flatten a JSON file")
     parser_flatten.add_argument("input_name", help="Name of the input JSON file.")
@@ -177,7 +181,10 @@ def create_parser():
         action="store_true",
         help="When using flatten with a schema, remove columns and sheets from the output that contain no data.",
     )
-
+    parser_flatten.add_argument(
+        "--line-terminator",
+        help="The line terminator to use when writing CSV files: CRLF or LF",
+    )
     parser_unflatten = subparsers.add_parser(
         "unflatten", help="Unflatten a spreadsheet"
     )
diff --git a/flattentool/output.py b/flattentool/output.py
index 3ba6561c..8b1298f1 100644
--- a/flattentool/output.py
+++ b/flattentool/output.py
@@ -22,12 +22,18 @@ class SpreadsheetOutput(object):
     # output_name is given a default here, partly to help with tests,
     # but should have been defined by the time we get here.
     def __init__(
-        self, parser, main_sheet_name="main", output_name="unflattened", sheet_prefix=""
+        self,
+        parser,
+        main_sheet_name="main",
+        output_name="unflattened",
+        sheet_prefix="",
+        line_terminator="\r\n",
     ):
         self.parser = parser
         self.main_sheet_name = main_sheet_name
         self.output_name = output_name
         self.sheet_prefix = sheet_prefix
+        self.line_terminator = line_terminator
 
     def open(self):
         pass
@@ -94,7 +100,9 @@ def write_sheet(self, sheet_name, sheet):
             newline="",
             encoding="utf-8",
         ) as csv_file:
-            dictwriter = csv.DictWriter(csv_file, sheet_header)
+            dictwriter = csv.DictWriter(
+                csv_file, sheet_header, lineterminator=self.line_terminator
+            )
             dictwriter.writeheader()
             for sheet_line in sheet.lines:
                 dictwriter.writerow(sheet_line)
@@ -163,3 +171,5 @@ def close(self):
     "ods": ".ods",
     "csv": "",  # This is the suffix for the directory
 }
+
+LINE_TERMINATORS = {"LF": "\n", "CRLF": "\r\n"}
diff --git a/flattentool/tests/test_docs.py b/flattentool/tests/test_docs.py
index e65ab552..f37dbbfa 100644
--- a/flattentool/tests/test_docs.py
+++ b/flattentool/tests/test_docs.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def test_example_in_doc(root, filename):
 
 
 def test_expected_number_of_examples_in_docs_data():
-    expected = 61
+    expected = 62
     # See _get_examples_in_docs_data()
     if sys.version_info[:2] != (3, 8):
         expected -= 3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bf080755..f8196805 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name="flattentool",
-    version="0.19.0",
+    version="0.20.0",
     author="Open Data Services",
     author_email="code@opendataservices.coop",
     packages=["flattentool"],