diff --git a/src/main/java/com/univocity/parsers/fixed/FixedWidthWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/univocity/parsers/fixed/FixedWidthWriter.java
index 015d2577..4e2579dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/univocity/parsers/fixed/FixedWidthWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/univocity/parsers/fixed/FixedWidthWriter.java
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ public class FixedWidthWriter extends AbstractWriter<FixedWidthWriterSettings> {
 	private boolean[] rootIgnore;
 	private int ignoreCount;
 
+	private FixedWidthFields customFields = null;
+
 
 	private char[] rootPaddings;
 	private boolean defaultHeaderPadding;
@@ -183,6 +185,12 @@ protected final void initialize(FixedWidthWriterSettings settings) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public void writeRowWithCustomFields(Object[] row, FixedWidthFields customFields) {
+		this.customFields = customFields;
+		super.writeRow(row);
+		this.customFields = null;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	protected void processRow(Object[] row) {
 		if (row.length > 0 && lookaheadFormats != null || lookbehindFormats != null) {
@@ -256,6 +264,14 @@ protected void processRow(Object[] row) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (customFields == null) {
+			buildRow(row, fieldLengths, fieldAlignments, fieldPaddings, ignore);
+		} else {
+			buildRow(row, customFields.getFieldLengths(), customFields.getFieldAlignments(), customFields.getFieldPaddings(), customFields.getFieldsToIgnore());
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void buildRow(Object[] row, int[] fieldLengths, FieldAlignment[] fieldAlignments, char[] fieldPaddings, boolean[] ignore) {
 		if (expandRows) {
 			row = expand(row, fieldLengths.length - ignoreCount, null);
 		}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/univocity/parsers/fixed/FixedWidthWriterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/univocity/parsers/fixed/FixedWidthWriterTest.java
index 1c3c1486..1189429a 100755
--- a/src/test/java/com/univocity/parsers/fixed/FixedWidthWriterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/univocity/parsers/fixed/FixedWidthWriterTest.java
@@ -95,6 +95,60 @@ public void testWriter(char[] lineSeparator) throws Exception {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test(enabled = true, dataProvider = "lineSeparatorProvider")
+	public void testWriterWithCustomFields(char[] lineSeparator) throws Exception {
+		String[] expectedHeaders = new String[]{
+				"DATE", "NAME", "OWED", "INTEREST",
+		};
+
+		String[][] input = new String[][]{
+				{"2013-FEB-27", "Standard padding", "1.00", "1.000", "- 5 -",},
+				{"2013-FEB-28", "Custom padding", "12345.99", "1.234", "- 5 -",},
+				{"2013-FEB-28", "Standard padding", "15000.99", "8.786", "- 5 -",},
+
+		};
+
+		String lineSeparatorString = new String(lineSeparator);
+		String expectedResult = "DATE-------NAME----------------------------------OWED----------------INTEREST" + lineSeparatorString
+							  + "2013-FEB-27Standard padding----------------------1.00----------------1.000---" + lineSeparatorString
+							  + "2013-FEB-28**** Custom padding000000012345.99*****1.234*****" + lineSeparatorString
+							  + "2013-FEB-28Standard padding----------------------15000.99------------8.786---" + lineSeparatorString;
+
+		FixedWidthFields customFields = new FixedWidthFields()
+				.addField("1", 15, FieldAlignment.LEFT, '*')
+				.addField("2", 15, FieldAlignment.RIGHT, ' ')
+				.addField("3", 15, FieldAlignment.RIGHT, '0')
+				.addField("4", 15, FieldAlignment.CENTER, '*');
+
+		FixedWidthWriterSettings settings = new FixedWidthWriterSettings(getFieldLengths());
+		settings.getFormat().setLineSeparator(lineSeparator);
+		settings.getFormat().setPadding('-');
+		settings.setNullValue("?");
+
+		settings.setIgnoreLeadingWhitespaces(false);
+		settings.setIgnoreTrailingWhitespaces(false);
+		settings.setHeaders(expectedHeaders);
+
+
+		ByteArrayOutputStream fixedWidthResult = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+		FixedWidthWriter writer = new FixedWidthWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(fixedWidthResult, "UTF-8"), settings);
+		writer.writeHeaders();
+		writer.writeRow(input[0]);
+		writer.writeRowWithCustomFields(input[1], customFields);
+		writer.writeRow(input[2]);
+		writer.close();
+
+		String result = fixedWidthResult.toString();
+		try {
+			assertEquals(result, expectedResult);
+		} catch (Error e) {
+			result = result.replaceAll("\r", "\\\\r");
+			System.out.println("FAILED:\n===\n" + result + "\n===");
+			throw e;
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Test(enabled = true, dataProvider = "lineSeparatorProvider")
 	public void testWriterWithSpacesAndOverflow(char[] lineSeparator) throws Exception {
 		String[] expectedHeaders = new String[]{