diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 883b38b44..e1a95da83 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15414,6 +15414,7 @@
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "classnames": "^2.3.2",
+        "csv-parse": "^5.5.5",
         "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
         "myst-common": "^1.2.0",
         "myst-spec-ext": "^1.2.0",
@@ -15422,6 +15423,11 @@
         "vfile": "^5.3.7"
       }
     },
+    "packages/myst-directives/node_modules/csv-parse": {
+      "version": "5.5.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/csv-parse/-/csv-parse-5.5.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-erCk7tyU3yLWAhk6wvKxnyPtftuy/6Ak622gOO7BCJ05+TYffnPCJF905wmOQm+BpkX54OdAl8pveJwUdpnCXQ=="
+    },
     "packages/myst-execute": {
       "version": "0.0.5",
       "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/packages/myst-directives/package.json b/packages/myst-directives/package.json
index de00a65ae..47c9294e7 100644
--- a/packages/myst-directives/package.json
+++ b/packages/myst-directives/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "classnames": "^2.3.2",
+    "csv-parse": "^5.5.5",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "myst-common": "^1.2.0",
     "myst-spec-ext": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/myst-directives/src/table.ts b/packages/myst-directives/src/table.ts
index 48cd1ee36..a49f59f25 100644
--- a/packages/myst-directives/src/table.ts
+++ b/packages/myst-directives/src/table.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import type { DirectiveSpec, DirectiveData, GenericNode } from 'myst-common';
+import type { DirectiveSpec, DirectiveData, DirectiveContext, GenericNode } from 'myst-common';
 import { fileError, normalizeLabel, RuleId } from 'myst-common';
 import type { VFile } from 'vfile';
+import { parse } from 'csv-parse/sync';
 
 export const tableDirective: DirectiveSpec = {
   name: 'table',
@@ -162,3 +163,94 @@ export const listTableDirective: DirectiveSpec = {
     return [container];
   },
 };
+
+export const csvTableDirective: DirectiveSpec = {
+  name: 'csv-table',
+  arg: {
+    type: 'myst',
+  },
+  options: {
+    label: {
+      type: String,
+      alias: ['name'],
+    },
+    'header-rows': {
+      type: Number,
+      // nonnegative int
+    },
+    class: {
+      type: String,
+      // class_option: list of strings?
+      doc: `CSS classes to add to your table. Special classes include:
+
+- \`full-width\`: changes the table environment to cover two columns in LaTeX`,
+    },
+    align: {
+      type: String,
+      // choice(['left', 'center', 'right'])
+    },
+    delim: {
+      type: String,
+    },
+    escape: {
+      type: String,
+    },
+    keepspace: {
+      type: Boolean,
+    },
+    quote: {
+      type: String,
+    },
+  },
+  body: {
+    type: String,
+    required: true,
+  },
+  run(data: DirectiveData, vfile: VFile, ctx: DirectiveContext): GenericNode[] {
+    const delimiter = (data.options?.delimiter ?? ',') as string;
+    const records = parse(data.body as string, {
+      delimiter,
+      ltrim: !data.options?.keepspace,
+      escape: (data.options?.escape ?? delimiter) as string,
+      quote: (data.options?.quote ?? '"') as string,
+    });
+
+    const { label, identifier } = normalizeLabel(data.options?.label as string | undefined) || {};
+
+    let headerCount = (data.options?.['header-rows'] as number) || 0;
+    const rows = records.map((record: any, recordIndex: number) => {
+      const cells = record.map((cell: string) => {
+        const rawCells = ctx.parseMyst(cell, recordIndex);
+        if (!(rawCells.length === 1 && rawCells[0].type === 'paragraph')) {
+          throw new Error(`Expected a single paragraph node, encountered ${rawCells[0].type}`);
+        }
+        return {
+          type: 'tableCell',
+          header: headerCount > 0 ? true : undefined,
+          children: rawCells[0].children,
+        };
+      });
+      headerCount -= 1;
+      // Parsing produes multiple nodes
+      return {
+        type: 'tableRow',
+        children: cells,
+      };
+    });
+    const table = {
+      type: 'table',
+      align: data.options?.align,
+      children: rows,
+    };
+    const container = {
+      type: 'container',
+      kind: 'table',
+      identifier: identifier,
+      label: label,
+      class: data.options?.class,
+      children: [...(data.arg as GenericNode[]), table],
+    };
+
+    return [container];
+  },
+};