diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 1b27070..e838ff6 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ type App struct {
 	// cli.go uses text/template to render templates. You can
 	// render custom help text by setting this variable.
 	CustomAppHelpTemplate string
+	// SliceFlagSeparator is used to customize the separator for SliceFlag, the default is ","
+	SliceFlagSeparator string
 	// Boolean to enable short-option handling so user can combine several
 	// single-character bool arguments into one
 	// i.e. foobar -o -v -> foobar -ov
@@ -239,6 +241,10 @@ func (a *App) Setup() {
 	if a.Metadata == nil {
 		a.Metadata = make(map[string]interface{})
 	}
+
+	if len(a.SliceFlagSeparator) != 0 {
+		defaultSliceFlagSeparator = a.SliceFlagSeparator
+	}
 }
 
 func (a *App) newRootCommand() *Command {
diff --git a/flag.go b/flag.go
index fc3f288..a776c74 100644
--- a/flag.go
+++ b/flag.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 
 const defaultPlaceholder = "value"
 
+var defaultSliceFlagSeparator = ","
+
 var (
 	slPfx = fmt.Sprintf("sl:::%d:::", time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
 
@@ -385,5 +387,5 @@ func flagFromEnvOrFile(envVars []string, filePath string) (value string, fromWhe
 }
 
 func flagSplitMultiValues(val string) []string {
-	return strings.Split(val, ",")
+	return strings.Split(val, defaultSliceFlagSeparator)
 }
diff --git a/flag_test.go b/flag_test.go
index b8c068c..e1a040d 100644
--- a/flag_test.go
+++ b/flag_test.go
@@ -3384,3 +3384,21 @@ func TestSliceShortOptionHandle(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Action callback was never called")
 	}
 }
+
+// Test issue #1541
+func TestCustomizedSliceFlagSeparator(t *testing.T) {
+	defaultSliceFlagSeparator = ";"
+	defer func() {
+		defaultSliceFlagSeparator = ","
+	}()
+	opts := []string{"opt1", "opt2", "opt3,op", "opt4"}
+	ret := flagSplitMultiValues(strings.Join(opts, ";"))
+	if len(ret) != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("split slice flag failed, want: 4, but get: %d", len(ret))
+	}
+	for idx, r := range ret {
+		if r != opts[idx] {
+			t.Fatalf("get %dth failed, wanted: %s, but get: %s", idx, opts[idx], r)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/godoc-current.txt b/godoc-current.txt
index 9b5eb86..3697205 100644
--- a/godoc-current.txt
+++ b/godoc-current.txt
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ type App struct {
 	// cli.go uses text/template to render templates. You can
 	// render custom help text by setting this variable.
 	CustomAppHelpTemplate string
+	// SliceFlagSeparator is used to customize the separator for SliceFlag, the default is ","
+	SliceFlagSeparator string
 	// Boolean to enable short-option handling so user can combine several
 	// single-character bool arguments into one
 	// i.e. foobar -o -v -> foobar -ov
diff --git a/testdata/godoc-v2.x.txt b/testdata/godoc-v2.x.txt
index eaf62ab..7f19d30 100644
--- a/testdata/godoc-v2.x.txt
+++ b/testdata/godoc-v2.x.txt
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ type App struct {
 	// cli.go uses text/template to render templates. You can
 	// render custom help text by setting this variable.
 	CustomAppHelpTemplate string
+	// SliceFlagSeparator is used to customize the separator for SliceFlag, the default is ","
+	SliceFlagSeparator string
 	// Boolean to enable short-option handling so user can combine several
 	// single-character bool arguments into one
 	// i.e. foobar -o -v -> foobar -ov