diff --git a/example/tsv-sample.php b/example/tsv-sample.php
index 75fea0c..dbabb1c 100644
--- a/example/tsv-sample.php
+++ b/example/tsv-sample.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 // set up lexer
 $config = new LexerConfig();
 $config->setDelimiter("\t");
+$config->setFlags(\SplFileObject::READ_AHEAD | \SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY | \SplFileObject::READ_CSV);
 $lexer = new Lexer($config);
 
 // set up interpreter
@@ -26,4 +27,4 @@
 // parse
 $lexer->parse('temperature.tsv', $interpreter);
 
-var_dump($temperature);
\ No newline at end of file
+var_dump($temperature);
diff --git a/src/Goodby/CSV/Import/Standard/Lexer.php b/src/Goodby/CSV/Import/Standard/Lexer.php
index d417679..d54c677 100644
--- a/src/Goodby/CSV/Import/Standard/Lexer.php
+++ b/src/Goodby/CSV/Import/Standard/Lexer.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public function parse($filename, InterpreterInterface $interpreter)
         $escape      = $this->config->getEscape();
         $fromCharset = $this->config->getFromCharset();
         $toCharset   = $this->config->getToCharset();
+		$flags       = $this->config->getFlags();
 
         if ( $fromCharset === null ) {
             $url = $filename;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public function parse($filename, InterpreterInterface $interpreter)
 
         $csv = new SplFileObject($url);
         $csv->setCsvControl($delimiter, $enclosure, $escape);
-        $csv->setFlags(SplFileObject::READ_CSV);
+        $csv->setFlags($flags);
 
         $originalLocale = setlocale(LC_ALL, '0'); // Backup current locale
         setlocale(LC_ALL, 'en_US.UTF-8');
diff --git a/src/Goodby/CSV/Import/Standard/LexerConfig.php b/src/Goodby/CSV/Import/Standard/LexerConfig.php
index 1ab7f4a..15648ee 100644
--- a/src/Goodby/CSV/Import/Standard/LexerConfig.php
+++ b/src/Goodby/CSV/Import/Standard/LexerConfig.php
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ class LexerConfig
      */
     private $toCharset;
 
+	/**
+	 * @var integer
+	 */
+	private $flags = \SplFileObject::READ_CSV;
+
     /**
      * Set delimiter
      * @param string $delimiter
@@ -131,4 +136,24 @@ public function getToCharset()
     {
         return $this->toCharset;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Set flags
+     * @param integer $flags
+     * @return LexerConfig
+     */
+    public function setFlags($flags)
+    {
+        $this->flags = $flags;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return flags 
+     * @return integer 
+     */
+    public function getFlags()
+    {
+        return $this->flags;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Goodby/CSV/Import/Tests/Standard/Unit/LexerConfigTest.php b/src/Goodby/CSV/Import/Tests/Standard/Unit/LexerConfigTest.php
index f0f4a8e..ddfdf06 100644
--- a/src/Goodby/CSV/Import/Tests/Standard/Unit/LexerConfigTest.php
+++ b/src/Goodby/CSV/Import/Tests/Standard/Unit/LexerConfigTest.php
@@ -41,4 +41,13 @@ public function testToCharset()
         $this->assertSame(null, $config->getToCharset());
         $this->assertSame('UTF-8', $config->setToCharset('UTF-8')->getToCharset());
     }
+
+    public function testFlags()
+    {
+        $config = new LexerConfig();
+        $this->assertSame(\SplFileObject::READ_CSV, $config->getFlags());
+		$config->setFlags(\SplFileObject::READ_AHEAD | \SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY | \SplFileObject::READ_CSV);
+		$flags = (\SplFileObject::READ_AHEAD | \SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY | \SplFileObject::READ_CSV);
+        $this->assertSame($flags, $config->getFlags());
+    }
 }