diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 72aafd007a..e77fb5f11f 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -173,3 +173,4 @@ IMPORT_MEMORY_LIMIT=500M
 REPORT_TIME_LIMIT=12000
 REQUIRE_SAML=false
 API_THROTTLE_PER_MINUTE=120
+CSV_ESCAPE_FORMULAS=true
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ReportsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ReportsController.php
index f3d6924742..78972a46ec 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ReportsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ReportsController.php
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ class ReportsController extends Controller
         $customfields = CustomField::get();
         $response = new StreamedResponse(function () use ($customfields, $request) {
             \Log::debug('Starting streamed response');
+            \Log::debug('CSV escaping is set to: '.config('app.escape_formulas'));
 
             // Open output stream
             $handle = fopen('php://output', 'w');
@@ -858,7 +859,17 @@ class ReportsController extends Controller
                             $row[] = $asset->$column_name;
                         }
                     }
-                    fputcsv($handle, $formatter->escapeRecord($row));
+
+                    
+                    // CSV_ESCAPE_FORMULAS is set to false in the .env
+                    if (config('app.escape_formulas') === false) {
+                        fputcsv($handle, $row);
+
+                   // CSV_ESCAPE_FORMULAS is set to true or is not set in the .env
+                    } else {
+                        fputcsv($handle, $formatter->escapeRecord($row));
+                    }
+
                     $executionTime = microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'];
                     \Log::debug('-- Record '.$count.' Asset ID:'.$asset->id.' in '.$executionTime);
                 }
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index c3627ddea6..8833ea2ae7 100755
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ return [
     'allow_purge' => env('ALLOW_DATA_PURGE', false),
 
 
-    /*
+   /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Allow Backup Deletion
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -405,4 +405,20 @@ return [
 
     'allow_backup_delete' => env('ALLOW_BACKUP_DELETE', false),
 
+
+  /*
+  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  | Escape Excel formulas in CSV exports
+  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  |
+  | This determins whether or not we should escape Excel formulas in CSV exports.
+  | This can be UNSAFE in untrusted environments, and therefore defaults to true
+  | so that Excel forumals WILL be escaped in CSV exports, however if your workflow
+  | is designed around using formulas in your fields, you
+  | you can set CSV_ESCAPE_FORMULAS to 'false' in your .env.
+  |
+  */
+
+    'escape_formulas' => env('CSV_ESCAPE_FORMULAS', true),
+
 ];