diff --git a/lib/core/optiondict.py b/lib/core/optiondict.py
index 01615f322..c1db5307a 100644
--- a/lib/core/optiondict.py
+++ b/lib/core/optiondict.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ optDict = {
                                "getCount":          "boolean",
                                "dumpTable":         "boolean",
                                "dumpAll":           "boolean",
+                               "pivotColumn":       "string",
                                "search":            "boolean",
                                "db":                "string",
                                "tbl":               "string",
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index b809bb90d..b7028ff10 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ def cmdLineParser():
         enumeration.add_option("--dump-all", dest="dumpAll", action="store_true",
                                help="Dump all DBMS databases tables entries")
 
+        enumeration.add_option("--pivot-column", dest="pivotColumn",
+                               help="Pivot column name")
+
         enumeration.add_option("--search", dest="search", action="store_true",
                                help="Search column(s), table(s) and/or database name(s)")
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py b/lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py
index fd055430b..fe1bf2b4d 100644
--- a/lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py
+++ b/lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 sqlmap developers (http://sqlmap.org/)
 See the file 'doc/COPYING' for copying permission
 """
 
+import re
+
 from extra.safe2bin.safe2bin import safechardecode
 from lib.core.agent import agent
 from lib.core.bigarray import BigArray
@@ -60,36 +62,50 @@ def pivotDumpTable(table, colList, count=None, blind=True):
 
     colList = filter(None, sorted(colList, key=lambda x: len(x) if x else MAX_INT))
 
-    for column in colList:
-        infoMsg = "fetching number of distinct "
-        infoMsg += "values for column '%s'" % column
-        logger.info(infoMsg)
+    if conf.pivotColumn:
+        if any(re.search(r"(.+\.)?%s" % conf.pivotColumn, _, re.I) for _ in colList):
+            infoMsg = "using column '%s' as a pivot " % conf.pivotColumn
+            infoMsg += "for retrieving row data"
+            logger.info(infoMsg)
 
-        query = dumpNode.count2 % (column, table)
-        value = inject.getValue(query, blind=blind, union=not blind, error=not blind, expected=EXPECTED.INT, charsetType=CHARSET_TYPE.DIGITS)
-
-        if isNumPosStrValue(value):
-            validColumnList = True
-
-            if value == count:
-                infoMsg = "using column '%s' as a pivot " % column
-                infoMsg += "for retrieving row data"
-                logger.info(infoMsg)
-
-                validPivotValue = True
-
-                colList.remove(column)
-                colList.insert(0, column)
-                break
-
-    if not validColumnList:
-        errMsg = "all column name(s) provided are non-existent"
-        raise SqlmapNoneDataException(errMsg)
+            validPivotValue = True
+            colList.remove(conf.pivotColumn)
+            colList.insert(0, conf.pivotColumn)
+        else:
+            warnMsg = "column '%s' not " % conf.pivotColumn
+            warnMsg += "found in table '%s'" % table
+            logger.warn(warnMsg)
 
     if not validPivotValue:
-        warnMsg = "no proper pivot column provided (with unique values)."
-        warnMsg += " It won't be possible to retrieve all rows"
-        logger.warn(warnMsg)
+        for column in colList:
+            infoMsg = "fetching number of distinct "
+            infoMsg += "values for column '%s'" % column
+            logger.info(infoMsg)
+
+            query = dumpNode.count2 % (column, table)
+            value = inject.getValue(query, blind=blind, union=not blind, error=not blind, expected=EXPECTED.INT, charsetType=CHARSET_TYPE.DIGITS)
+
+            if isNumPosStrValue(value):
+                validColumnList = True
+
+                if value == count:
+                    infoMsg = "using column '%s' as a pivot " % column
+                    infoMsg += "for retrieving row data"
+                    logger.info(infoMsg)
+
+                    validPivotValue = True
+                    colList.remove(column)
+                    colList.insert(0, column)
+                    break
+
+        if not validColumnList:
+            errMsg = "all column name(s) provided are non-existent"
+            raise SqlmapNoneDataException(errMsg)
+
+        if not validPivotValue:
+            warnMsg = "no proper pivot column provided (with unique values)."
+            warnMsg += " It won't be possible to retrieve all rows"
+            logger.warn(warnMsg)
 
     pivotValue = " "
     breakRetrieval = False
diff --git a/sqlmap.conf b/sqlmap.conf
index 8297e3916..86f65303e 100644
--- a/sqlmap.conf
+++ b/sqlmap.conf
@@ -398,6 +398,9 @@ dumpTable = False
 # Valid: True or False
 dumpAll = False
 
+# Pivot column name.
+pivotColumn = 
+
 # Search column(s), table(s) and/or database name(s).
 # Requires: db, tbl or col
 # Valid: True or False