diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 484582c2f..867f1d773 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ $Source$
 	  tbl_printview.php3: added the $cfgShowStats setting.
 	* lang/italian.inc.php3: updated thanks to Pietro Danesi.
 	* tbl_change.php3: fixed bad field size/maxsize.
+	* libraries/build_dump.php3: Excel csv field separator should be a comma.
 
 2001-09-19  Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* tbl_properties.php3, db_details.php3, lang/*: start to merge new messages
diff --git a/libraries/build_dump.lib.php3 b/libraries/build_dump.lib.php3
index 50a28db19..dfcd3e8bd 100644
--- a/libraries/build_dump.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/build_dump.lib.php3
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ if (!defined('__LIB_BUILD_DUMP__')){
 
         // Handles the "separator" and the optionnal "enclosed by" characters
         if ($what == 'excel') {
-            $sep     = ';';
+            $sep     = ',';
         } else if (!isset($sep)) {
             $sep     = '';
         } else {