diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index fdfa3a05..b4fec7ad 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 1.3.8
 -----
 * Make using SET or querying system catalogues harder
+* Allow sql queries to end with a semicolon (#90)
 
 1.3.7
 -----
diff --git a/app/controllers/app.js b/app/controllers/app.js
index cbff7f80..94dd375e 100755
--- a/app/controllers/app.js
+++ b/app/controllers/app.js
@@ -502,6 +502,9 @@ function toOGR(dbname, user_id, gcol, sql, skipfields, out_format, out_filename,
 
   var columns = [];
 
+  // Drop ending semicolon (ogr doens't like it)
+  sql = sql.replace(/;\s*$/, ''); 
+
   Step (
 
     function fetchColumns() {
diff --git a/test/acceptance/export/kml.js b/test/acceptance/export/kml.js
index 94a001de..d6caa215 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/export/kml.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/export/kml.js
@@ -176,4 +176,21 @@ test('GET /api/v1/sql as kml with no rows', function(done){
     });
 });
 
+// See https://github.com/Vizzuality/CartoDB-SQL-API/issues/90
+test('GET /api/v1/sql as kml with ending semicolon', function(done){
+    assert.response(app, {
+        url: '/api/v1/sql?' + querystring.stringify({
+          q: 'SELECT true WHERE false;',
+          format: 'kml'
+        }),
+        headers: {host: 'vizzuality.cartodb.com'},
+        method: 'GET'
+    },{ }, function(res){
+        assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200, res.body);
+        var body = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>\n<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">\n<Document><Folder><name>sql_statement</name>\n</Folder></Document></kml>\n';
+        assert.equal(res.body, body);
+        done();
+    });
+});
+
 });