diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/CSV.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/CSV.hs
index 3d2de11a5..294e20add 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/CSV.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/CSV.hs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Sources (ToSources(..), sourcesToText)
 import Text.Pandoc.Options (ReaderOptions)
 import Control.Monad.Except (throwError)
 import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.List (intersperse)
 import Text.Pandoc.Parsing (fromParsecError)
 
 readCSV :: (PandocMonad m, ToSources a)
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ readCSVWith csvopts txt = do
                                              (TableFoot nullAttr [])
        where capt = B.emptyCaption
              numcols = length r
-             toplain = B.simpleCell . B.plain . B.text . T.strip
+             toplain = B.simpleCell . B.plain . mconcat .
+                       intersperse B.linebreak . map B.text . T.lines
              toRow = Row nullAttr . map toplain
              toHeaderRow l = [toRow l | not (null l)]
              hdrs = toHeaderRow r
diff --git a/test/command/9797.md b/test/command/9797.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3c562232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/9797.md
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+```
+% pandoc -t native -f csv
+"one_line_break:
+four_line_breaks:
+
+
+
+last_line"
+^D
+[ Table
+    ( "" , [] , [] )
+    (Caption Nothing [])
+    [ ( AlignDefault , ColWidthDefault ) ]
+    (TableHead
+       ( "" , [] , [] )
+       [ Row
+           ( "" , [] , [] )
+           [ Cell
+               ( "" , [] , [] )
+               AlignDefault
+               (RowSpan 1)
+               (ColSpan 1)
+               [ Plain
+                   [ Str "one_line_break:"
+                   , LineBreak
+                   , Str "four_line_breaks:"
+                   , LineBreak
+                   , LineBreak
+                   , LineBreak
+                   , LineBreak
+                   , Str "last_line"
+                   ]
+               ]
+           ]
+       ])
+    [ TableBody ( "" , [] , [] ) (RowHeadColumns 0) [] [] ]
+    (TableFoot ( "" , [] , [] ) [])
+]
+```