diff --git a/src/datasets/packaged_modules/csv/csv.py b/src/datasets/packaged_modules/csv/csv.py
index c3e3f9b906a..275d9a558d7 100644
--- a/src/datasets/packaged_modules/csv/csv.py
+++ b/src/datasets/packaged_modules/csv/csv.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import itertools
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import List, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
 import pandas as pd
 import pyarrow as pa
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class CsvConfig(datasets.BuilderConfig):
     prefix: Optional[str] = None
     mangle_dupe_cols: bool = True
     engine: Optional[str] = None
+    converters: Dict[Union[int, str], Callable[[Any], Any]] = None
     true_values: Optional[list] = None
     false_values: Optional[list] = None
     skipinitialspace: bool = False
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ def read_csv_kwargs(self):
             prefix=self.prefix,
             mangle_dupe_cols=self.mangle_dupe_cols,
             engine=self.engine,
+            converters=self.converters,
             true_values=self.true_values,
             false_values=self.false_values,
             skipinitialspace=self.skipinitialspace,
diff --git a/tests/packaged_modules/test_csv.py b/tests/packaged_modules/test_csv.py
index ee360275736..6cfa5e4ca23 100644
--- a/tests/packaged_modules/test_csv.py
+++ b/tests/packaged_modules/test_csv.py
@@ -70,6 +70,22 @@ def csv_file_with_label(tmp_path):
     return str(filename)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def csv_file_with_int_list(tmp_path):
+    filename = tmp_path / "csv_with_int_list.csv"
+    data = textwrap.dedent(
+        """\
+        int_list
+        1 2 3
+        4 5 6
+        7 8 9
+        """
+    )
+    with open(filename, "w") as f:
+        f.write(data)
+    return str(filename)
+
+
 def test_csv_generate_tables_raises_error_with_malformed_csv(csv_file, malformed_csv_file, caplog):
     csv = Csv()
     generator = csv._generate_tables([[csv_file, malformed_csv_file]])
@@ -96,7 +112,6 @@ def test_csv_cast_image(csv_file_with_image):
     assert generated_content == [{"path": image_file, "bytes": None}]
 
 
-@require_pil
 def test_csv_cast_label(csv_file_with_label):
     with open(csv_file_with_label, encoding="utf-8") as f:
         labels = f.read().splitlines()[1:]
@@ -106,3 +121,12 @@ def test_csv_cast_label(csv_file_with_label):
     assert pa_table.schema.field("label").type == ClassLabel(names=["good", "bad"])()
     generated_content = pa_table.to_pydict()["label"]
     assert generated_content == [ClassLabel(names=["good", "bad"]).str2int(label) for label in labels]
+
+
+def test_csv_convert_int_list(csv_file_with_int_list):
+    csv = Csv(encoding="utf-8", sep=",", converters={"int_list": lambda x: [int(i) for i in x.split()]})
+    generator = csv._generate_tables([[csv_file_with_int_list]])
+    pa_table = pa.concat_tables([table for _, table in generator])
+    assert pa.types.is_list(pa_table.schema.field("int_list").type)
+    generated_content = pa_table.to_pydict()["int_list"]
+    assert generated_content == [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]