diff --git a/plugins/newsletter/lib/newsletter_plugin/newsletter.rb b/plugins/newsletter/lib/newsletter_plugin/newsletter.rb
index a6a25ed..05fdda2 100644
--- a/plugins/newsletter/lib/newsletter_plugin/newsletter.rb
+++ b/plugins/newsletter/lib/newsletter_plugin/newsletter.rb
@@ -154,11 +154,14 @@ class NewsletterPlugin::Newsletter < Noosfero::Plugin::ActiveRecord
     headers ||= false
 
     if File.extname(file.original_filename) == '.csv'
-      parsed_recipients = []
-      CSV.foreach(file.path, headers: headers) do |row|
-        parsed_recipients << {name: row[name_column.to_i - 1], email: row[email_column.to_i - 1]}
+      [",", ";", "\t"].each do |sep|
+        parsed_recipients = []
+        CSV.foreach(file.path, { headers: headers, col_sep: sep }) do |row|
+          parsed_recipients << {name: row[name_column.to_i - 1], email: row[email_column.to_i - 1]}
+        end
+        self.additional_recipients = parsed_recipients
+        break if self.valid? || !self.errors.include?(:additional_recipients)
       end
-      self.additional_recipients = parsed_recipients
     else
       #FIXME find a better way to deal with errors
       self.errors.add(:additional_recipients, _("have unknown file type: %s" % file.original_filename))
diff --git a/plugins/newsletter/test/unit/newsletter_plugin_newsletter_test.rb b/plugins/newsletter/test/unit/newsletter_plugin_newsletter_test.rb
index 94faefe..e5d9b3b 100644
--- a/plugins/newsletter/test/unit/newsletter_plugin_newsletter_test.rb
+++ b/plugins/newsletter/test/unit/newsletter_plugin_newsletter_test.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class NewsletterPluginNewsletterTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         :person => fast_create(Person))
       enabled_newsletters << newsletter.id if enabled
     end
-    assert_equal enabled_newsletters, NewsletterPlugin::Newsletter.enabled.map(&:id)
+    assert_equivalent enabled_newsletters, NewsletterPlugin::Newsletter.enabled.map(&:id)
   end
 
   should 'people of newsletters are the same environment members' do
@@ -214,6 +214,35 @@ EOS
     assert_equivalent ["Coop1", "Coop2", "Coop3"], newsletter.additional_recipients.map { |recipient| recipient[:name] }
   end
 
+  should 'provide flexibility for CSV file when parsing additional recipients' do
+    content_semicolon = <<-EOS
+Coop1;name1@example.com
+Coop2;name2@example.com
+Coop3;name3@example.com
+EOS
+
+    content_tab = <<-EOS
+Coop1\tname1@example.com
+Coop2\tname2@example.com
+Coop3\tname3@example.com
+EOS
+    [content_semicolon, content_tab].each do |content|
+      file = Tempfile.new(['recipients', '.csv'])
+      file.write(content)
+      file.rewind
+
+      environment = fast_create Environment
+      newsletter = NewsletterPlugin::Newsletter.create!(:environment => environment, :person => fast_create(Person))
+      newsletter.import_recipients(Rack::Test::UploadedFile.new(file, 'text/csv'))
+
+      file.close
+      file.unlink
+
+      assert_equivalent ["name1@example.com", "name2@example.com", "name3@example.com"], newsletter.additional_recipients.map { |recipient| recipient[:email] }
+      assert_equivalent ["Coop1", "Coop2", "Coop3"], newsletter.additional_recipients.map { |recipient| recipient[:name] }
+    end
+  end
+
   should 'retrieve blogs related to newsletter' do
     environment = fast_create Environment
     community = fast_create(Community, :environment_id => environment.id)
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