diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/BudgetReport.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/BudgetReport.hs
index cd5c12d33..475032b5d 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/BudgetReport.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/BudgetReport.hs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ module Hledger.Reports.BudgetReport (
   budgetReport,
   budgetReportAsTable,
   budgetReportAsText,
+  budgetReportAsCsv,
   -- * Helpers
   reportPeriodName,
   -- * Tests
@@ -44,12 +45,14 @@ import qualified Data.Text as T
 --import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as TL
 --import System.Console.CmdArgs.Explicit as C
 --import Lucid as L
+
 import Text.Printf (printf)
 import Text.Tabular as T
 import Text.Tabular.AsciiWide as T
 
 import Hledger.Data
 import Hledger.Utils
+import Hledger.Read.CsvReader (CSV)
 import Hledger.Reports.ReportOptions
 import Hledger.Reports.ReportTypes
 import Hledger.Reports.MultiBalanceReport
@@ -335,6 +338,45 @@ reportPeriodName balancetype spans =
         multiyear = (>1) $ length $ nubSort $ map spanStartYear spans
     _ -> maybe "" (showDate . prevday) . spanEnd
 
+-- XXX generalise this with multiBalanceReportAsCsv ?
+-- | Render a budget report as CSV. Like multiBalanceReportAsCsv,
+-- but includes alternating actual and budget amount columns.
+budgetReportAsCsv :: ReportOpts -> BudgetReport -> CSV
+budgetReportAsCsv 
+  ReportOpts{average_, row_total_, no_total_, transpose_}
+  (PeriodicReport colspans items (PeriodicReportRow _ abtotals (magrandtot,mbgrandtot) (magrandavg,mbgrandavg)))
+  = (if transpose_ then transpose else id) $
+
+  -- heading row
+  ("Account" : 
+   concatMap (\span -> [showDateSpan span, "budget"]) colspans
+   ++ concat [["Total"  ,"budget"] | row_total_]
+   ++ concat [["Average","budget"] | average_]
+  ) :
+
+  -- account rows
+  [T.unpack (displayFull a) :
+   map showmamt (flattentuples abamts)
+   ++ concat [[showmamt mactualrowtot, showmamt mbudgetrowtot] | row_total_]
+   ++ concat [[showmamt mactualrowavg, showmamt mbudgetrowavg] | average_]
+  | PeriodicReportRow a abamts (mactualrowtot,mbudgetrowtot) (mactualrowavg,mbudgetrowavg) <- items
+  ]
+
+  -- totals row
+  ++ concat [
+    [
+    "Total:" :
+    map showmamt (flattentuples abtotals)
+    ++ concat [[showmamt magrandtot,showmamt mbgrandtot] | row_total_] 
+    ++ concat [[showmamt magrandavg,showmamt mbgrandavg] | average_]
+    ]
+  | not no_total_
+  ]
+
+  where
+    flattentuples abs = concat [[a,b] | (a,b) <- abs]
+    showmamt = maybe "" (showMixedAmountOneLineWithoutPrice False)
+
 -- tests
 
 tests_BudgetReport = tests "BudgetReport" [
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.hs
index ed4fec0d5..48763aad8 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.hs
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ import Hledger
 import Hledger.Cli.CliOptions
 import Hledger.Cli.Utils
 import Hledger.Read.CsvReader (CSV, printCSV)
+import Hledger.Reports.BudgetReport (budgetReportAsCsv)
 
 
 -- | Command line options for this command.
@@ -322,6 +323,7 @@ balance opts@CliOpts{rawopts_=rawopts,reportspec_=rspec} j = do
           render = case fmt of
             "txt"  -> budgetReportAsText ropts
             "json" -> (++"\n") . TL.unpack . toJsonText
+            "csv"  -> (++"\n") . printCSV . budgetReportAsCsv ropts
             _      -> const $ error' $ unsupportedOutputFormatError fmt
       writeOutput opts $ render budgetreport
 
@@ -345,6 +347,10 @@ balance opts@CliOpts{rawopts_=rawopts,reportspec_=rspec} j = do
               _      -> const $ error' $ unsupportedOutputFormatError fmt  -- PARTIAL:
         writeOutput opts $ render ropts report
 
+
+-- XXX should all the per-report, per-format rendering code live in the command module,
+-- like the below, or in the report module, like budgetReportAsText/budgetReportAsCsv ?
+
 -- rendering single-column balance reports
 
 -- | Render a single-column balance report as CSV.
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.md
index f447f59bb..1110ab7a0 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.md
@@ -531,4 +531,4 @@ This command also supports the
 [output destination](hledger.html#output-destination) and
 [output format](hledger.html#output-format) options
 The output formats supported are
-`txt`, `csv`, (multicolumn non-budget reports only) `html`, and (experimental) `json`.
+`txt`, `csv`, `html`, and `json`.
diff --git a/hledger/test/balance/budget.test b/hledger/test/balance/budget.test
index fded9e5ed..a9fe0b0d9 100644
--- a/hledger/test/balance/budget.test
+++ b/hledger/test/balance/budget.test
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ Budget performance in 2019-01-01..2019-01-02:
 ------------------++------------------------
                   ||       0 [           0] 
 
-# 25. -E shows d
+# 25. -E shows d and e
 $ hledger bal -f- --budget -E
 Budget performance in 2019-01-01..2019-01-02:
 
@@ -532,3 +532,27 @@ Budget performance in 2019-01-01..2019-01-02:
 ------------------++------------------------
                   ||       0 [           0] 
 
+# 26. The totals row shows correct totals.
+# -T/--total and -A/--average adds those columns.
+$ hledger bal -f- --budget -TA not:income
+Budget performance in 2019-01-01..2019-01-02:
+
+                  || 2019-01-01..2019-01-02              Total            Average 
+==================++==============================================================
+ expenses:bills   ||      $80 [22% of $370]  $80 [22% of $370]  $80 [22% of $370] 
+ expenses:bills:a ||      $10 [50% of  $20]  $10 [50% of  $20]  $10 [50% of  $20] 
+ expenses:bills:b ||      $40 [20% of $200]  $40 [20% of $200]  $40 [20% of $200] 
+ expenses:bills:c ||        0 [ 0% of  $50]    0 [ 0% of  $50]    0 [ 0% of  $50] 
+ expenses:bills:f ||      $10 [          0]  $10 [          0]  $10 [          0] 
+------------------++--------------------------------------------------------------
+                  ||      $80 [22% of $370]  $80 [22% of $370]  $80 [22% of $370] 
+
+# 27. CSV output works.
+$ hledger bal -f- --budget -TA not:income -O csv
+"Account","2019-01-01..2019-01-02","budget","Total","budget","Average","budget"
+"expenses:bills","$80","$370","$80","$370","$80","$370"
+"expenses:bills:a","$10","$20","$10","$20","$10","$20"
+"expenses:bills:b","$40","$200","$40","$200","$40","$200"
+"expenses:bills:c","","$50","","$50","","$50"
+"expenses:bills:f","$10","0","$10","0","$10","0"
+"Total:","$80","$370","$80","$370","$80","$370"