diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 2db4e7ef9..a5301bc10 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -488,10 +488,7 @@ def paramToDict(place, parameters=None):
     if place != PLACE.SOAP:
         parameters = parameters.replace(", ", ",")
 
-        if place == PLACE.COOKIE:
-            splitParams = parameters.split(";")
-        else:
-            splitParams = parameters.split("&")
+        splitParams = parameters.split(conf.cDel if place == PLACE.COOKIE else "&")
 
         for element in splitParams:
             elem = element.split("=")
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index e0f60a524..29417106a 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ def cmdLineParser():
         request.add_option("--cookie", dest="cookie",
                            help="HTTP Cookie header")
 
+        request.add_option("--cookie-del", dest="cDel", default=";",
+                           help="Delimiter character used for splitting cookie values")
+
         request.add_option("--cookie-urlencode", dest="cookieUrlencode",
                              action="store_true", default=False,
                              help="URL Encode generated cookie injections")
diff --git a/sqlmap.conf b/sqlmap.conf
index c000acf58..f26eca41c 100644
--- a/sqlmap.conf
+++ b/sqlmap.conf
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ data =
 # HTTP Cookie header.
 cookie = 
 
+# Delimiter character used for splitting cookie values
+cDel = ";"
+
 # URL-encode generated cookie injections.
 # Valid: True or False
 cookieUrlencode = False