diff --git a/src/app/components/common/shared.ts b/src/app/components/common/shared.ts
index 03c3404f3e7..abcfc26a7c0 100644
--- a/src/app/components/common/shared.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/common/shared.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export class Column implements AfterContentInit{
     @Input() scope: string;
     @Input() style: any;
     @Input() styleClass: string;
+    @Input() exportable: boolean = true;
     @Input() headerStyle: any;
     @Input() headerStyleClass: string;
     @Input() bodyStyle: any;
diff --git a/src/app/components/datatable/datatable.ts b/src/app/components/datatable/datatable.ts
index f00b72fd952..ce7c3ad6ad5 100644
--- a/src/app/components/datatable/datatable.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/datatable/datatable.ts
@@ -2523,8 +2523,9 @@ export class DataTable implements AfterViewChecked,AfterViewInit,AfterContentIni
         
         //headers
         for(let i = 0; i < this.columns.length; i++) {
-            if(this.columns[i].field) {
-                csv += '"' + (this.columns[i].header || this.columns[i].field) + '"';
+            let column = this.columns[i];
+            if(column.exportable && column.field) {
+                csv += '"' + (column.header || column.field) + '"';
                 
                 if(i < (this.columns.length - 1)) {
                     csv += this.csvSeparator;
@@ -2536,8 +2537,9 @@ export class DataTable implements AfterViewChecked,AfterViewInit,AfterContentIni
         data.forEach((record, i) => {
             csv += '\n';
             for(let i = 0; i < this.columns.length; i++) {
-                if(this.columns[i].field) {
-                    csv += '"' + this.resolveFieldData(record, this.columns[i].field) + '"';
+                let column = this.columns[i];
+                if(column.exportable && column.field) {
+                    csv += '"' + this.resolveFieldData(record, column.field) + '"';
                     
                     if(i < (this.columns.length - 1)) {
                         csv += this.csvSeparator;
diff --git a/src/app/showcase/components/datatable/datatabledemo.html b/src/app/showcase/components/datatable/datatabledemo.html
index 11bd3689f61..f0e9a255bb7 100644
--- a/src/app/showcase/components/datatable/datatabledemo.html
+++ b/src/app/showcase/components/datatable/datatabledemo.html
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ <h3>Properties</h3>
                             <td>null</td>
                             <td>Style class of the column, can be override with headerStyleClass, bodyStyleClass and footerStyleClass.</td>
                         </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td>exportable</td>
+                            <td>boolean</td>
+                            <td>true</td>
+                            <td>Whether the column is included during data export.</td>
+                        </tr>
                         <tr>
                             <td>headerStyle</td>
                             <td>object</td>
@@ -912,6 +918,8 @@ <h3>Data Export</h3>
 &lt;button type="button" pButton icon="fa-file-o" iconPos="left" label="CSV" (click)="dt.exportCSV(&#123;selectionOnly:true&#125;)"&gt;&lt;/button&gt;
 </code>
 </pre>
+            <p>In order to exclude a column from the csv, use [exportable]="false" on p-column.</p>
+
             <p>See the <a [routerLink]="['/datatable/export']">live example.</a></p>
 
             <h3>Scrolling</h3>