diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f358b0d..802290d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ fs.createReadStream('scores.csv')
 
 <a name="csv" href="#csv">#</a> etl.<b>csv</b>([<i>options</i>])
 
-Parses incoming csv text into individual records.  For parsing options see [csv-parser](https://www.npmjs.com/package/csv-parser).  If  `options` contains a `transform` object containing functions, those functions will be applied on the values of any matching keys in the data.  If a key in the `transform` object is set to `null` then value with that key will not be included in the downstream packets.  If option `santitize` is set to true, then headers will be trimmed, converted to lowercase, spaces converted to underscore and any blank values (empty strings) will be set to undefined.
+Parses incoming csv text into individual records.  For parsing options see [csv-parser](https://www.npmjs.com/package/csv-parser).  If  `options` contains a `transform` object containing functions, those functions will be applied on the values of any matching keys in the data.  If a key in the `transform` object is set to `null` then value with that key will not be included in the downstream packets.  If option `santitize` is set to true, then headers will be trimmed, converted to lowercase, spaces converted to underscore and any blank values (empty strings) will be set to undefined. The option `addLineNumbers` is `true` by default, if is set to `false` (boolean) the result won't have the `__line` numbers for each object.
 
 A `header` event will be emitted when headers have been parsed. An event listener can change the headers in-place before the stream starts piping out parsed data.
 
 Example
 
 ```js
-// Here the test.csv is parsed but field dt is converted to date.  Each packet will 
+// Here the test.csv is parsed but field dt is converted to date.  Each packet will
 // contain the following properties:  __filename, __path, __line and csv fields
 etl.file('test.csv')
   .pipe(etl.csv({
diff --git a/lib/csv_parser.js b/lib/csv_parser.js
index 1b4868f..541c4d2 100644
--- a/lib/csv_parser.js
+++ b/lib/csv_parser.js
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ Csv_parser.prototype._push = function(d) {
         obj[key] = d[key];
     }
   }
-  obj.__line = ++this.line;
+
+  if (this.options.addLineNumbers !== false) {
+    obj.__line = ++this.line;
+  }
+
   this.push(obj);
 };
 
diff --git a/test/csv-test.js b/test/csv-test.js
index e41c48f..24f3fbe 100644
--- a/test/csv-test.js
+++ b/test/csv-test.js
@@ -4,34 +4,70 @@ const t = require('tap');
 const data = require('./data');
 
 t.test('csv',async t => {
-  const csv = etl.csv_parser({
-    sanitize: true,
-    transform: {
-      dt: d => new Date(d)
-    }
-  });
 
-  etl.file(path.join(__dirname,'test.csv')).pipe(csv);
+  t.test('parsing',async t => {
+    const csv = etl.csv_parser({
+      sanitize: true,
+      transform: {
+        dt: d => new Date(d)
+      }
+    });
+
+    etl.file(path.join(__dirname,'test.csv')).pipe(csv);
+
+    // Adjust expected values to the csv
+    const expected = data.copy().map(function(d) {
+      d.__line = d.__line +1;
+      d.__filename = 'test.csv';
 
-  // Adjust expected values to the csv
-  const expected = data.copy().map(function(d) {
-    d.__line = d.__line +1;
-    d.__filename = 'test.csv';
+      // Clear out __path and text as they are volatile
+      d.__path = undefined;
+      d.text = undefined;
+      
+      return d;
+    });
 
-    // Clear out __path and text as they are volatile
-    d.__path = undefined;
-    d.text = undefined;
     
-    return d;
-  });
+    const d = await csv.pipe(etl.expand()).promise();
+    
+    d.forEach(d => {
+      d.__path = undefined;
+      d.text = undefined;
+    });
 
-  
-  const d = await csv.pipe(etl.expand()).promise();
-  
-  d.forEach(d => {
-    d.__path = undefined;
-    d.text = undefined;
+    t.same(d,expected,'parses data correctly');
   });
 
-  t.same(d,expected,'parses data correctly');
+  t.test('when addLineNumbers is set to false',async t => {
+    const csv = etl.csv_parser({
+      sanitize: true,
+      addLineNumbers: false,
+      transform: {
+        dt: d => new Date(d)
+      }
+    });
+
+    etl.file(path.join(__dirname,'test.csv')).pipe(csv);
+
+    // Adjust expected values to the csv
+    const expected = data.copy().map(function(d) {
+      d.__filename = 'test.csv';
+
+      // Clear out __path and text as they are volatile
+      d.__path = undefined;
+      d.text = undefined;
+      delete d.__line;
+      
+      return d;
+    });
+
+    const d = await csv.pipe(etl.expand()).promise();
+    
+    d.forEach(d => {
+      d.__path = undefined;
+      d.text = undefined;
+    });
+
+    t.same(d,expected,'parses data correctly');
+  });
 });
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