diff --git a/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV.html b/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV.html
index c831a90e1..a078b1acb 100644
--- a/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV.html
+++ b/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV.html
@@ -24,29 +24,31 @@
     </div>
     <hr align="middle"/>
     <div class="form-row">
-        <label style="width:100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;"><span data-i18n="csv.label.c2o"></span></label>
+        <label style="width:100%; border-bottom:1px solid #eee;"><span data-i18n="csv.label.c2o"></span></label>
     </div>
-    <div class="form-row" style="padding-left: 20px;">
+    <div class="form-row" style="padding-left:20px;">
         <label><i class="fa fa-sign-in"></i> <span data-i18n="csv.label.input"></span></label>
-        <input style="width:20px; vertical-align:top; margin-right: 5px;" type="checkbox" id="node-input-hdrin"><label style="width: auto;" for="node-input-hdrin"><span data-i18n="csv.label.firstrow"></span>
+        <span data-i18n="csv.label.skip-s"></span>&nbsp;<input type="text" id="node-input-skip" style="width:30px; height:25px;"/>&nbsp;<span data-i18n="csv.label.skip-e"></span><br/>
+        <label>&nbsp;</label>
+        <input style="width:20px; vertical-align:baseline; margin-right:5px;" type="checkbox" id="node-input-hdrin"><label style="width:auto; margin-top:7px;" for="node-input-hdrin"><span data-i18n="csv.label.firstrow"></span>
     </div>
-    <div class="form-row" style="padding-left: 20px;">
+    <div class="form-row" style="padding-left:20px;">
         <label><i class="fa fa-sign-out"></i> <span data-i18n="csv.label.output"></span></label>
-        <select type="text" id="node-input-multi" style="width: 250px;">
+        <select type="text" id="node-input-multi" style="width:250px;">
             <option value="one" data-i18n="csv.output.row"></option>
             <option value="mult" data-i18n="csv.output.array"></option>
         </select>
     </div>
-    <div class="form-row" style="margin-top: 20px">
-        <label style="width:100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;"><span data-i18n="csv.label.o2c"></span></label>
+    <div class="form-row" style="margin-top:20px">
+        <label style="width:100%; border-bottom:1px solid #eee;"><span data-i18n="csv.label.o2c"></span></label>
     </div>
-    <div class="form-row" style="padding-left: 20px;">
+    <div class="form-row" style="padding-left:20px;">
         <label><i class="fa fa-sign-in"></i> <span data-i18n="csv.label.output"></span></label>
-        <input style="width:20px; vertical-align:top; margin-right: 5px;" type="checkbox" id="node-input-hdrout"><label style="width:auto;" for="node-input-hdrout"><span data-i18n="csv.label.includerow"></span></span>
+        <input style="width:20px; vertical-align:top; margin-right:5px;" type="checkbox" id="node-input-hdrout"><label style="width:auto;" for="node-input-hdrout"><span data-i18n="csv.label.includerow"></span></span>
     </div>
-    <div class="form-row" style="padding-left: 20px;">
+    <div class="form-row" style="padding-left:20px;">
         <label></label>
-        <label style="width: auto; margin-right: 10px;" for="node-input-ret"><span data-i18n="csv.label.newline"></span></label>
+        <label style="width:auto; margin-right:10px;" for="node-input-ret"><span data-i18n="csv.label.newline"></span></label>
         <select style="width:150px;" id="node-input-ret">
             <option value='\n' data-i18n="csv.newline.linux"></option>
             <option value='\r' data-i18n="csv.newline.mac"></option>
@@ -95,7 +97,8 @@
             hdrout: {value:""},
             multi: {value:"one",required:true},
             ret: {value:'\\n'},
-            temp: {value:""}
+            temp: {value:""},
+            skip: {value:"0"}
         },
         inputs:1,
         outputs:1,
@@ -107,6 +110,9 @@
             return this.name?"node_label_italic":"";
         },
         oneditprepare: function() {
+            console.log(this.skip,$("#node-input-skip").val());
+            if (this.skip === undefined) { this.skip = 0; $("#node-input-skip").val("0");}
+            $("#node-input-skip").spinner({ min:0 });
             if (this.sep == "," || this.sep == "\\t" || this.sep == ";" || this.sep == ":" || this.sep == " " || this.sep == "#") {
                 $("#node-input-select-sep").val(this.sep);
                 $("#node-input-sep").hide();
diff --git a/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV.js b/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV.js
index ba52a9e79..7a3ca5923 100644
--- a/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV.js
+++ b/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV.js
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         this.hdrin = n.hdrin || false;
         this.hdrout = n.hdrout || false;
         this.goodtmpl = true;
+        this.skip = parseInt(n.skip || 0);
+        this.store = [];
         var tmpwarn = true;
         var node = this;
 
@@ -134,10 +136,12 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                         var a = []; // output array is needed for multiline option
                         var first = true; // is this the first line
                         var line = msg.payload;
+                        var linecount = 0;
                         var tmp = "";
                         var reg = /^[-]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+$/;
                         if (msg.hasOwnProperty("parts")) {
-                            if (msg.parts.index > 0) { first = false; }
+                            linecount = msg.parts.index;
+                            if (msg.parts.index > node.skip) { first = false; }
                         }
 
                         // For now we are just going to assume that any \r or \n means an end of line...
@@ -145,8 +149,13 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
 
                         // Now process the whole file/line
                         for (var i = 0; i < line.length; i++) {
+                            if (first && (linecount < node.skip)) {
+                                if (line[i] === "\n") { linecount += 1; }
+                                continue;
+                            }
                             if ((node.hdrin === true) && first) { // if the template is in the first line
-                                if ((line[i] === "\n")||(line[i] === "\r")) { // look for first line break
+                                if ((line[i] === "\n")||(line[i] === "\r")||(line.length - i === 1)) { // look for first line break
+                                    if (line.length - i === 1) { tmp += line[i]; }
                                     node.template = clean(tmp.split(node.sep));
                                     first = false;
                                 }
@@ -199,14 +208,27 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                             o[node.template[j]] = k[j];
                         }
                         if (JSON.stringify(o) !== "{}") { // don't send empty objects
-                            a.push(o); // add to the aray
+                            a.push(o); // add to the array
                         }
+                        var has_parts = msg.hasOwnProperty("parts");
                         if (node.multi !== "one") {
                             msg.payload = a;
-                            node.send(msg); // finally send the array
+                            if (has_parts) {
+                                if (JSON.stringify(o) !== "{}") {
+                                    node.store.push(o);
+                                }
+                                if (msg.parts.index + 1 === msg.parts.count) {
+                                    msg.payload = node.store;
+                                    delete msg.parts;
+                                    node.send(msg);
+                                    node.store = [];
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else {
+                                node.send(msg); // finally send the array
+                            }
                         }
             			else {
-                            var has_parts = msg.hasOwnProperty("parts");
             			    var len = a.length;
             			    for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
                                 var newMessage = RED.util.cloneMessage(msg);
@@ -218,13 +240,18 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     				    count: len
                     				};
                                 }
-                                else if (node.hdrin) { // if we removed the header line then shift the counts by 1
-                                    newMessage.parts.index -= 1;
-                                    newMessage.parts.count -= 1;
+                                else {
+                                    newMessage.parts.index -= node.skip;
+                                    newMessage.parts.count -= node.skip;
+                                    if (node.hdrin) { // if we removed the header line then shift the counts by 1
+                                        newMessage.parts.index -= 1;
+                                        newMessage.parts.count -= 1;
+                                    }
                                 }
                                 node.send(newMessage);
             			    }
             			}
+                        node.linecount = 0;
                     }
                     catch(e) { node.error(e,msg); }
                 }
diff --git a/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV_spec.js b/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV_spec.js
index 2147079ba..29da09f17 100644
--- a/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV_spec.js
+++ b/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV_spec.js
@@ -265,6 +265,94 @@ describe('CSV node', function() {
             });
         });
 
+        it('should skip several lines from start if requested', function(done) {
+            var flow = [ { id:"n1", type:"csv", temp:"a,b,c,d", skip: 2, wires:[["n2"]] },
+                    {id:"n2", type:"helper"} ];
+            helper.load(csvNode, flow, function() {
+                var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                    msg.should.have.property('payload', { a: 9, b: 0, c: "A", d: "B" });
+                    check_parts(msg, 0, 1);
+                    done();
+                });
+                var testString = "1,2,3,4"+String.fromCharCode(10)+"5,6,7,8"+String.fromCharCode(10)+"9,0,A,B"+String.fromCharCode(10);
+                n1.emit("input", {payload:testString});
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('should skip several lines from start then use next line as a tempate', function(done) {
+            var flow = [ { id:"n1", type:"csv", temp:"a,b,c,d", hdrin:true, skip: 2, wires:[["n2"]] },
+                    {id:"n2", type:"helper"} ];
+            helper.load(csvNode, flow, function() {
+                var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                    msg.should.have.property('payload', { "9": "C", "0": "D", "A": "E", "B": "F" });
+                    check_parts(msg, 0, 1);
+                    done();
+                });
+                var testString = "1,2,3,4"+String.fromCharCode(10)+"5,6,7,8"+String.fromCharCode(10)+"9,0,A,B"+String.fromCharCode(10)+"C,D,E,F"+String.fromCharCode(10);
+                n1.emit("input", {payload:testString});
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('should skip several lines from start and correct parts', function(done) {
+            var flow = [ { id:"n1", type:"csv", temp:"a,b,c,d", skip: 2, wires:[["n2"]] },
+                    {id:"n2", type:"helper"} ];
+            helper.load(csvNode, flow, function() {
+                var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                var c = 0;
+                n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                    if (c===0) {
+                        msg.should.have.property('payload', { a: 9, b: 0, c: "A", d: "B" });
+                        check_parts(msg, 0, 2);
+                        c = c+1;
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        msg.should.have.property('payload', { a: "C", b: "D", c: "E", d: "F" });
+                        check_parts(msg, 1, 2);
+                        done();
+                    }
+                });
+                var testString = "1,2,3,4"+String.fromCharCode(10)+"5,6,7,8"+String.fromCharCode(10)+"9,0,A,B"+String.fromCharCode(10)+"C,D,E,F"+String.fromCharCode(10);
+                n1.emit("input", {payload:testString});
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('should be able to skip and then use the first of multiple parts as a template if parts are present', function(done) {
+            var flow = [ { id:"n1", type:"csv", temp:"", hdrin:true, skip:2, wires:[["n2"]] },
+                {id:"n2", type:"helper"} ];
+            helper.load(csvNode, flow, function() {
+                var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                var c = 0;
+                n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                    if (c === 0) {
+                        msg.should.have.property('payload', { w: 1, x: 2, y: 3, z: 4 });
+                        check_parts(msg, 0, 2);
+                        c += 1;
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        msg.should.have.property('payload', { w: 5, x: 6, y: 7, z: 8 });
+                        check_parts(msg, 1, 2);
+                        done();
+                    }
+                });
+                var testStringA = "foo\n";
+                var testStringB = "bar\n";
+                var testString1 = "w,x,y,z\n";
+                var testString2 = "1,2,3,4\n";
+                var testString3 = "5,6,7,8\n";
+                n1.emit("input", {payload:testStringA, parts:{id:"X", index:0, count:5}});
+                n1.emit("input", {payload:testStringB, parts:{id:"X", index:1, count:5}});
+                n1.emit("input", {payload:testString1, parts:{id:"X", index:2, count:5}});
+                n1.emit("input", {payload:testString2, parts:{id:"X", index:3, count:5}});
+                n1.emit("input", {payload:testString3, parts:{id:"X", index:4, count:5}});
+            });
+        });
+
     });
 
     describe('json object to csv', function() {