diff --git a/breccia_mapper/settings.py b/breccia_mapper/settings.py
index 5706267..22aa5ee 100644
--- a/breccia_mapper/settings.py
+++ b/breccia_mapper/settings.py
@@ -246,3 +246,12 @@ CONSTANCE_BACKEND = 'constance.backends.database.DatabaseBackend'
 BOOTSTRAP4 = {
     'include_jquery': 'full',
 }
+
+
+# Django Rest Framework settings for API
+
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': [
+        'rest_framework_csv.renderers.CSVRenderer',
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1c63c7e..fb959e2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ django-picklefield==2.1.1
 django-select2==7.2.0
 django-settings-export==1.2.1
 djangorestframework==3.11.0
+djangorestframework-csv==2.1.0
 dodgy==0.2.1
 isort==4.3.21
 lazy-object-proxy==1.4.3
@@ -38,4 +39,5 @@ snowballstemmer==2.0.0
 soupsieve==1.9.5
 sqlparse==0.3.0
 typed-ast==1.4.1
+unicodecsv==0.14.1
 wrapt==1.11.2