This paper addresses the influence of small organic cations in the background electrolyte (BGE) on chiral separation by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE). Seven basic drugs, viz. alprenolol, amphetamine, anisodamine, isoprenaline, pinacidil, synephrine, and verapamil were used as test compounds with hydroxylpropyl‐β‐cyclodextrin (HP‐β‐CD) as the chiral selector. Resolution of the chiral test compounds was studied at pH 2.5 in the presence of Tris, ethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, diethylamine, and triethylamine, which exist in their cationic forms at this pH value. Among the six cationic additives studied, triethylamine is most effective in enhancing resolution. A tentative mechanism of the effect is proposed.