diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/MySQLExportMapper.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/MySQLExportMapper.java
index 5a695ca80..0cfb0b349 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/MySQLExportMapper.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/MySQLExportMapper.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ private void initMySQLImportProcess() throws IOException {
     }
 
     if (0 != escapedBy) {
-      args.add("--escaped-by=0x" + Integer.toString(escapedBy, 16));
+      args.add("--fields-escaped-by=0x" + Integer.toString(escapedBy, 16));
     }
 
     // These two arguments are positional and must be last.