diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 3614a01b..6aa89406 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Unreleased
 -  feat: :doc:`/scripts/csvsql` adds a :code:`--engine-option` option.
 -  feat: :doc:`/scripts/sql2csv` adds a :code:`--execution-option` option.
 -  feat: :doc:`/scripts/sql2csv` uses the ``stream_results=True`` execution option, by default, to not load all data into memory at once.
+-  fix: :doc:`/scripts/csvsql` uses a default value of 1 for the :code:`--min-col-len` and :code:`--col-len-multiplier` options.
 
 2.0.1 - July 12, 2024
 ---------------------
diff --git a/csvkit/utilities/csvsql.py b/csvkit/utilities/csvsql.py
index 4eecf49b..dd051c13 100644
--- a/csvkit/utilities/csvsql.py
+++ b/csvkit/utilities/csvsql.py
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ def add_arguments(self):
             '--chunk-size', dest='chunk_size', type=int,
             help='Chunk size for batch insert into the table. Requires --insert.')
         self.argparser.add_argument(
-            '--min-col-len', dest='min_col_len', type=int,
+            '--min-col-len', dest='min_col_len', type=int, default=1,
             help='The minimum length of text columns.')
         self.argparser.add_argument(
-            '--col-len-multiplier', dest='col_len_multiplier', type=int,
+            '--col-len-multiplier', dest='col_len_multiplier', type=int, default=1,
             help='Multiply the maximum column length by this multiplier to accomodate larger values in later runs.')
 
     def main(self):