diff --git a/docs/generated/settings/settings.html b/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
index 66149c13f95a..4e17d2e80961 100644
--- a/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
+++ b/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@
 <tr><td><code>trace.debug.enable</code></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>false</code></td><td>if set, traces for recent requests can be seen in the /debug page</td></tr>
 <tr><td><code>trace.lightstep.token</code></td><td>string</td><td><code></code></td><td>if set, traces go to Lightstep using this token</td></tr>
 <tr><td><code>trace.zipkin.collector</code></td><td>string</td><td><code></code></td><td>if set, traces go to the given Zipkin instance (example: '127.0.0.1:9411'); ignored if trace.lightstep.token is set.</td></tr>
-<tr><td><code>version</code></td><td>custom validation</td><td><code>2.0-3</code></td><td>set the active cluster version in the format '<major>.<minor>'.</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>version</code></td><td>custom validation</td><td><code>2.0-4</code></td><td>set the active cluster version in the format '<major>.<minor>'.</td></tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
diff --git a/docs/generated/sql/bnf/stmt_block.bnf b/docs/generated/sql/bnf/stmt_block.bnf
index 4bc19a113102..8b87504c78c8 100644
--- a/docs/generated/sql/bnf/stmt_block.bnf
+++ b/docs/generated/sql/bnf/stmt_block.bnf
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ explain_option_list ::=
 
 import_data_format ::=
 	'CSV'
+	| 'MYSQLOUTFILE'
 
 privileges ::=
 	'ALL'
@@ -719,6 +720,7 @@ unreserved_keyword ::=
 	| 'MATCH'
 	| 'MINUTE'
 	| 'MONTH'
+	| 'MYSQLOUTFILE'
 	| 'NAMES'
 	| 'NAN'
 	| 'NAME'
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/importccl/import_stmt.go b/pkg/ccl/importccl/import_stmt.go
index 88914ef44217..7eecf38ae607 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/importccl/import_stmt.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/importccl/import_stmt.go
@@ -37,20 +37,32 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	importOptionDelimiter = "delimiter"
-	importOptionComment   = "comment"
-	importOptionNullIf    = "nullif"
+	csvDelimiter = "delimiter"
+	csvComment   = "comment"
+	csvNullIf    = "nullif"
+	csvSkip      = "skip"
+
+	mysqlOutfileRowSep   = "rows_terminated_by"
+	mysqlOutfileFieldSep = "fields_terminated_by"
+	mysqlOutfileEnclose  = "fields_enclosed_by"
+	mysqlOutfileEscape   = "fields_escaped_by"
+
 	importOptionTransform = "transform"
-	importOptionSkip      = "skip"
 	importOptionSSTSize   = "sstsize"
 )
 
 var importOptionExpectValues = map[string]bool{
-	importOptionDelimiter: true,
-	importOptionComment:   true,
-	importOptionNullIf:    true,
+	csvDelimiter: true,
+	csvComment:   true,
+	csvNullIf:    true,
+	csvSkip:      true,
+
+	mysqlOutfileRowSep:   true,
+	mysqlOutfileFieldSep: true,
+	mysqlOutfileEnclose:  true,
+	mysqlOutfileEscape:   true,
+
 	importOptionTransform: true,
-	importOptionSkip:      true,
 	importOptionSSTSize:   true,
 }
 
@@ -240,11 +252,6 @@ func importPlanHook(
 		}
 	}
 
-	if importStmt.FileFormat != "CSV" {
-		// not possible with current parser rules.
-		return nil, nil, nil, errors.Errorf("unsupported import format: %q", importStmt.FileFormat)
-	}
-
 	optsFn, err := p.TypeAsStringOpts(importStmt.Options, importOptionExpectValues)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
@@ -299,42 +306,95 @@ func importPlanHook(
 			parentID = descI.(*sqlbase.DatabaseDescriptor).ID
 		}
 
-		format := roachpb.IOFileFormat{Format: roachpb.IOFileFormat_CSV}
-		if override, ok := opts[importOptionDelimiter]; ok {
-			comma, err := util.GetSingleRune(override)
-			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Wrap(err, "invalid comma value")
+		format := roachpb.IOFileFormat{}
+		switch importStmt.FileFormat {
+		case "CSV":
+			format.Format = roachpb.IOFileFormat_CSV
+			if override, ok := opts[csvDelimiter]; ok {
+				comma, err := util.GetSingleRune(override)
+				if err != nil {
+					return errors.Wrap(err, "invalid comma value")
+				}
+				format.Csv.Comma = comma
 			}
-			format.Csv.Comma = comma
-		}
 
-		if override, ok := opts[importOptionComment]; ok {
-			comment, err := util.GetSingleRune(override)
-			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Wrap(err, "invalid comment value")
+			if override, ok := opts[csvComment]; ok {
+				comment, err := util.GetSingleRune(override)
+				if err != nil {
+					return errors.Wrap(err, "invalid comment value")
+				}
+				format.Csv.Comment = comment
 			}
-			format.Csv.Comment = comment
-		}
 
-		if override, ok := opts[importOptionNullIf]; ok {
-			format.Csv.NullEncoding = &override
-		}
+			if override, ok := opts[csvNullIf]; ok {
+				format.Csv.NullEncoding = &override
+			}
 
-		if override, ok := opts[importOptionSkip]; ok {
-			skip, err := strconv.Atoi(override)
-			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid %s value", importOptionSkip)
+			if override, ok := opts[csvSkip]; ok {
+				skip, err := strconv.Atoi(override)
+				if err != nil {
+					return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid %s value", csvSkip)
+				}
+				if skip < 0 {
+					return errors.Errorf("%s must be >= 0", csvSkip)
+				}
+				// We need to handle the case where the user wants to skip records and the node
+				// interpreting the statement might be newer than other nodes in the cluster.
+				if !p.ExecCfg().Settings.Version.IsMinSupported(cluster.VersionImportSkipRecords) {
+					return errors.Errorf("Using %s requires all nodes to be upgraded to %s",
+						csvSkip, cluster.VersionByKey(cluster.VersionImportSkipRecords))
+				}
+				format.Csv.Skip = uint32(skip)
+			}
+		case "MYSQLOUTFILE":
+			format.Format = roachpb.IOFileFormat_MysqlOutfile
+			format.MysqlOut = roachpb.MySQLOutfileOptions{
+				RowSeparator:   '\n',
+				FieldSeparator: '\t',
+			}
+			if override, ok := opts[mysqlOutfileRowSep]; ok {
+				c, err := util.GetSingleRune(override)
+				if err != nil {
+					return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid %q value", mysqlOutfileRowSep)
+				}
+				format.MysqlOut.RowSeparator = c
+			}
+
+			if override, ok := opts[mysqlOutfileFieldSep]; ok {
+				c, err := util.GetSingleRune(override)
+				if err != nil {
+					return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid %q value", mysqlOutfileFieldSep)
+				}
+				format.MysqlOut.FieldSeparator = c
+			}
+
+			if override, ok := opts[mysqlOutfileEnclose]; ok {
+				c, err := util.GetSingleRune(override)
+				if err != nil {
+					return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid %q value", mysqlOutfileRowSep)
+				}
+				format.MysqlOut.Enclose = roachpb.MySQLOutfileOptions_Always
+				format.MysqlOut.Encloser = c
 			}
-			if skip < 0 {
-				return errors.Errorf("%s must be >= 0", importOptionSkip)
+
+			if override, ok := opts[mysqlOutfileEscape]; ok {
+				c, err := util.GetSingleRune(override)
+				if err != nil {
+					return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid %q value", mysqlOutfileRowSep)
+				}
+				format.MysqlOut.HasEscape = true
+				format.MysqlOut.Escape = c
 			}
-			// We need to handle the case where the user wants to skip records and the node
-			// interpreting the statement might be newer than other nodes in the cluster.
-			if !p.ExecCfg().Settings.Version.IsMinSupported(cluster.VersionImportSkipRecords) {
+
+		default:
+			return errors.Errorf("unsupported import format: %q", importStmt.FileFormat)
+		}
+
+		if format.Format != roachpb.IOFileFormat_CSV {
+			if !p.ExecCfg().Settings.Version.IsMinSupported(cluster.VersionImportFormats) {
 				return errors.Errorf("Using %s requires all nodes to be upgraded to %s",
-					importOptionSkip, cluster.VersionByKey(cluster.VersionImportSkipRecords))
+					csvSkip, cluster.VersionByKey(cluster.VersionImportFormats))
 			}
-			format.Csv.Skip = uint32(skip)
 		}
 
 		// sstSize, if 0, will be set to an appropriate default by the specific
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/importccl/import_stmt_test.go b/pkg/ccl/importccl/import_stmt_test.go
index 3516e787b716..2e8e0445ddaf 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/importccl/import_stmt_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/importccl/import_stmt_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/hlc"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/protoutil"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ func makeCSVData(
 	return files, filesWithOpts, filesWithDups
 }
 
-func TestImportStmt(t *testing.T) {
+func TestImportCSVStmt(t *testing.T) {
 	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
 
 	const (
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ func TestImportStmt(t *testing.T) {
 			`IMPORT TABLE t (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b STRING, INDEX (b), INDEX (a, b)) CSV DATA (%s) WITH delimiter = '|', comment = '#', nullif='', skip = '2'`,
 			nil,
 			filesWithOpts,
-			`WITH comment = '#', delimiter = '|', "nullif" = '', skip = '2'`,
+			` WITH comment = '#', delimiter = '|', "nullif" = '', skip = '2'`,
 			"",
 		},
 		{
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ func TestImportStmt(t *testing.T) {
 			`IMPORT TABLE t CREATE USING $1 CSV DATA (%s) WITH sstsize = '10K'`,
 			schema,
 			files,
-			`WITH sstsize = '10K'`,
+			` WITH sstsize = '10K'`,
 			"",
 		},
 		{
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ func TestImportStmt(t *testing.T) {
 			`IMPORT TABLE t (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b STRING, INDEX (b), INDEX (a, b)) CSV DATA (%s) WITH delimiter = '|', comment = '#', nullif='', skip = '2', transform = $1`,
 			nil,
 			filesWithOpts,
-			`WITH comment = '#', delimiter = '|', "nullif" = '', skip = '2', transform = 'nodelocal:///5'`,
+			` WITH comment = '#', delimiter = '|', "nullif" = '', skip = '2', transform = 'nodelocal:///5'`,
 			"",
 		},
 		{
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ func TestImportStmt(t *testing.T) {
 			} else {
 				jobPrefix += `""."".`
 			}
-			jobPrefix += `t (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b STRING, INDEX (b), INDEX (a, b)) CSV DATA (%s) `
+			jobPrefix += `t (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b STRING, INDEX (b), INDEX (a, b)) CSV DATA (%s)`
 
 			if err := jobutils.VerifySystemJob(t, sqlDB, baseNumJobs+testNum, jobs.TypeImport, jobs.Record{
 				Username:    security.RootUser,
@@ -1118,3 +1119,68 @@ func TestImportMVCCChecksums(t *testing.T) {
 	) CSV DATA ($1)`, srv.URL)
 	sqlDB.Exec(t, `UPDATE d.t SET c = 2 WHERE a = 1`)
 }
+
+func TestImportMysqlOutfile(t *testing.T) {
+	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
+
+	const (
+		nodes = 3
+	)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	baseDir := filepath.Join("testdata", "mysqlout")
+	args := base.TestServerArgs{ExternalIODir: baseDir}
+	tc := testcluster.StartTestCluster(t, nodes, base.TestClusterArgs{ServerArgs: args})
+	defer tc.Stopper().Stop(ctx)
+	conn := tc.Conns[0]
+	sqlDB := sqlutils.MakeSQLRunner(conn)
+
+	sqlDB.Exec(t, `SET CLUSTER SETTING kv.import.batch_size = '10KB'`)
+	sqlDB.Exec(t, `CREATE DATABASE foo; SET DATABASE = foo`)
+
+	testRows, configs := getMysqlOutfileTestdata(t)
+
+	for i, cfg := range configs {
+		t.Run(cfg.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var opts []interface{}
+
+			cmd := fmt.Sprintf(`IMPORT TABLE test%d (i INT PRIMARY KEY, s text, b bytea) MYSQLOUTFILE DATA ($1)`, i)
+			opts = append(opts, fmt.Sprintf("nodelocal://%s", strings.TrimPrefix(cfg.filename, baseDir)))
+
+			var flags []string
+			if cfg.opts.RowSeparator != '\n' {
+				opts = append(opts, string(cfg.opts.RowSeparator))
+				flags = append(flags, fmt.Sprintf("rows_terminated_by = $%d", len(opts)))
+			}
+			if cfg.opts.FieldSeparator != '\t' {
+				opts = append(opts, string(cfg.opts.FieldSeparator))
+				flags = append(flags, fmt.Sprintf("fields_terminated_by = $%d", len(opts)))
+			}
+			if cfg.opts.Enclose == roachpb.MySQLOutfileOptions_Always {
+				opts = append(opts, string(cfg.opts.Encloser))
+				flags = append(flags, fmt.Sprintf("fields_enclosed_by = $%d", len(opts)))
+			}
+			if cfg.opts.HasEscape {
+				opts = append(opts, string(cfg.opts.Escape))
+				flags = append(flags, fmt.Sprintf("fields_escaped_by = $%d", len(opts)))
+			}
+			if len(flags) > 0 {
+				cmd += " WITH " + strings.Join(flags, ", ")
+			}
+			sqlDB.Exec(t, cmd, opts...)
+			for idx, row := range sqlDB.QueryStr(t, fmt.Sprintf("SELECT * FROM test%d ORDER BY i", i)) {
+				expected, actual := testRows[idx].s, row[1]
+				if expected == injectNull {
+					expected = "NULL"
+				}
+				// TODO(dt): known limitation: even escaped `\N` becomes null.
+				if expected == `\N` {
+					expected = "NULL"
+				}
+
+				if expected != actual {
+					t.Fatalf("expected rowi=%s string to be %q, got %q", row[0], expected, actual)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/importccl/read_import_csv.go b/pkg/ccl/importccl/read_import_csv.go
index 7ba2c03fe536..232503e37832 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/importccl/read_import_csv.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/importccl/read_import_csv.go
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ func (c *csvInputReader) inputFinished() {
 	close(c.recordCh)
 }
 
-func (c *csvInputReader) flushBatch(ctx context.Context, finished bool, progFn func(finished bool) error) error {
+func (c *csvInputReader) flushBatch(
+	ctx context.Context, finished bool, progFn func(finished bool) error,
+) error {
 	// if the batch isn't empty, we need to flush it.
 	if len(c.batch.r) > 0 {
 		select {
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/importccl/read_import_mysqlout.go b/pkg/ccl/importccl/read_import_mysqlout.go
index 8f86addf121d..a5e67191faa3 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/importccl/read_import_mysqlout.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/importccl/read_import_mysqlout.go
@@ -33,8 +33,13 @@ func newMysqloutfileReader(
 	tableDesc *sqlbase.TableDescriptor,
 	expectedCols int,
 ) *mysqloutfileReader {
+	null := "NULL"
+	if opts.HasEscape {
+		null = `\N`
+	}
+	csvOpts := roachpb.CSVOptions{NullEncoding: &null}
 	return &mysqloutfileReader{
-		csvInputReader: *newCSVInputReader(kvCh, roachpb.CSVOptions{}, tableDesc, expectedCols),
+		csvInputReader: *newCSVInputReader(kvCh, csvOpts, tableDesc, expectedCols),
 		opts:           opts,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/importccl/read_import_mysqlout_test.go b/pkg/ccl/importccl/read_import_mysqlout_test.go
index 62320a9f7bfe..d278a2a0e0d1 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/importccl/read_import_mysqlout_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/importccl/read_import_mysqlout_test.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func TestMysqlOutfileReader(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 	for _, config := range configs {
 		t.Run(config.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			converter := newMysqloutfileReader(ctx, nil, config.opts, nil, 3)
+			converter := newMysqloutfileReader(nil, config.opts, nil, 3)
 			// unblock batch chan sends
 			converter.csvInputReader.recordCh = make(chan csvRecord, 4)
 			converter.csvInputReader.batchSize = 10
diff --git a/pkg/settings/cluster/cockroach_versions.go b/pkg/settings/cluster/cockroach_versions.go
index 03e4f1d78475..fce5592a9602 100644
--- a/pkg/settings/cluster/cockroach_versions.go
+++ b/pkg/settings/cluster/cockroach_versions.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ const (
 	VersionImportSkipRecords
 	VersionProposedTSLeaseRequest
 	VersionRangeAppliedStateKey
+	VersionImportFormats
 
 	// Add new versions here (step one of two).
 
@@ -206,6 +207,11 @@ var versionsSingleton = keyedVersions([]keyedVersion{
 		Key:     VersionRangeAppliedStateKey,
 		Version: roachpb.Version{Major: 2, Minor: 0, Unstable: 3},
 	},
+	{
+		// VersionImportFormats is https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/25615.
+		Key:     VersionImportFormats,
+		Version: roachpb.Version{Major: 2, Minor: 0, Unstable: 4},
+	},
 
 	// Add new versions here (step two of two).
 
diff --git a/pkg/sql/parser/parse_test.go b/pkg/sql/parser/parse_test.go
index a20ae861bb62..25ba7793d780 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/parser/parse_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/parser/parse_test.go
@@ -968,6 +968,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 		{`BACKUP TABLE foo TO 'bar' WITH key1, key2 = 'value'`},
 		{`RESTORE TABLE foo FROM 'bar' WITH key1, key2 = 'value'`},
 		{`IMPORT TABLE foo CREATE USING 'nodelocal:///some/file' CSV DATA ('path/to/some/file', $1) WITH temp = 'path/to/temp'`},
+		{`IMPORT TABLE foo CREATE USING 'nodelocal:///some/file' MYSQLOUTFILE DATA ('path/to/some/file', $1)`},
 		{`IMPORT TABLE foo (id INT PRIMARY KEY, email STRING, age INT) CSV DATA ('path/to/some/file', $1) WITH temp = 'path/to/temp'`},
 		{`IMPORT TABLE foo (id INT, email STRING, age INT) CSV DATA ('path/to/some/file', $1) WITH comma = ',', "nullif" = 'n/a', temp = $2`},
 		{`EXPORT INTO CSV 'a' FROM TABLE a`},
@@ -991,7 +992,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		s := stmts.String()
 		if d.sql != s {
-			t.Errorf("expected \n%s\n, but found \n%s", d.sql, s)
+			t.Errorf("expected \n%q\n, but found \n%q", d.sql, s)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sql/parser/sql.y b/pkg/sql/parser/sql.y
index 6e3f36effcd7..7c76fe4f3620 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/parser/sql.y
+++ b/pkg/sql/parser/sql.y
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ func newNameFromStr(s string) *tree.Name {
 %token <str> LEADING LEAST LEFT LESS LEVEL LIKE LIMIT LIST LOCAL
 %token <str> LOCALTIME LOCALTIMESTAMP LOW LSHIFT
 
-%token <str> MATCH MINVALUE MAXVALUE MINUTE MONTH
+%token <str> MATCH MINVALUE MAXVALUE MINUTE MONTH MYSQLOUTFILE
 
 %token <str> NAN NAME NAMES NATURAL NEXT NO NO_INDEX_JOIN NORMAL
 %token <str> NOT NOTHING NOTNULL NULL NULLIF
@@ -1597,6 +1597,10 @@ import_data_format:
   {
     $$ = "CSV"
   }
+| MYSQLOUTFILE
+  {
+    $$ = "MYSQLOUTFILE"
+  }
 
 // %Help: IMPORT - load data from file in a distributed manner
 // %Category: CCL
@@ -1609,6 +1613,7 @@ import_data_format:
 //
 // Formats:
 //    CSV
+//    MYSQLOUTFILE
 //
 // Options:
 //    distributed = '...'
@@ -7946,6 +7951,7 @@ unreserved_keyword:
 | MATCH
 | MINUTE
 | MONTH
+| MYSQLOUTFILE
 | NAMES
 | NAN
 | NAME
diff --git a/pkg/sql/sem/tree/import.go b/pkg/sql/sem/tree/import.go
index 70c15642aa87..2b671a098120 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/sem/tree/import.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/sem/tree/import.go
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ func (node *Import) Format(ctx *FmtCtx) {
 	ctx.WriteString(node.FileFormat)
 	ctx.WriteString(" DATA (")
 	ctx.FormatNode(&node.Files)
-	ctx.WriteString(") ")
+	ctx.WriteString(")")
 
 	if node.Options != nil {
-		ctx.WriteString("WITH ")
+		ctx.WriteString(" WITH ")
 		ctx.FormatNode(&node.Options)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/util/strings.go b/pkg/util/strings.go
index e9b6083a7114..4f68cace399b 100644
--- a/pkg/util/strings.go
+++ b/pkg/util/strings.go
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ func GetSingleRune(s string) (rune, error) {
 	if s == "" {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
-	r, sz := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s)
+	r, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s)
 	if r == utf8.RuneError {
 		return 0, errors.Errorf("invalid character: %s", s)
 	}
-	if sz != len(s) {
-		return r, errors.New("must be only one character")
+	if l := len(s); 1 != l {
+		return r, errors.Errorf("must be only one character, got %d in %q", l, s)
 	}
 	return r, nil
 }