diff --git a/odo/backends/sql_csv.py b/odo/backends/sql_csv.py
index a1430713..db23a4b1 100644
--- a/odo/backends/sql_csv.py
+++ b/odo/backends/sql_csv.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def __init__(self, element, csv, delimiter=',', header=None, na_value='',
         self.quotechar = quotechar
         self.escapechar = escapechar
         self.encoding = encoding
-        self.skiprows = int(skiprows or self.header)
+        self.skiprows = skiprows if self.header is None else int(self.header)
         self._bind = getbind(element, bind)
 
         for k, v in kwargs.items():