diff --git a/libs/core/Converter.js b/libs/core/Converter.js
index 7cdbe19..ef653f2 100644
--- a/libs/core/Converter.js
+++ b/libs/core/Converter.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ function Converter(params, options) {
   this._needJson = null;
   this._needEmitResult = null;
   this._needEmitFinalResult = null;
+  this._needEmitHeader = null;
   this._needEmitJson = null;
   this._needPush = null;
   this._needEmitCsv = null;
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ function Converter(params, options) {
     if (this._needEmitJson === null) {
       this._needEmitJson = this.listeners("json").length > 0;
     }
+    if (this._needEmitHeader === null) {
+      this._needEmitHeader = this.listeners("header").length > 0;
+    }
     if (this._needEmitCsv === null) {
       this._needEmitCsv = this.listeners("csv").length > 0;
     }
@@ -297,6 +301,8 @@ Converter.prototype.processHead = function (fileLine, cb) {
     this.workerMgr.setParams(params);
   }
   var res = linesToJson(lines.lines, params, 0);
+  // Put the header with the first row
+  if(res.length > 0) res[0].header = params._headers;
   this.processResult(res);
   this.lastIndex += res.length;
   this.recordNum += res.length;
@@ -348,6 +354,7 @@ Converter.prototype.processResult = function (result) {
 
 Converter.prototype.emitResult = function (r) {
   var index = r.index;
+  var header = r.header;
   var row = r.row;
   var result = r.json;
   var resultJson = null;
@@ -367,6 +374,9 @@ Converter.prototype.emitResult = function (r) {
     this.transform(resultJson, row, index);
     resultStr = null;
   }
+  if (this._needEmitHeader && header) {
+    this.emit("header", header);
+  }
   if (this._needEmitJson) {
     this.emit("json", resultJson, index);
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 26b00dd..65315df 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
       "hireable": true
     }
   ],
-  "version": "1.1.7",
+  "version": "1.1.8",
   "keywords": [
     "csv",
     "csv parser",
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 4f80a34..90b25bb 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -272,6 +272,22 @@ All parameters can be used in Command Line tool.
 
 `Converter` class defined a series of events.
 
+### header
+
+`header` event is emitted for each CSV file. It passes an array object which contains the names of the header row.
+
+```js
+const csv=require('csvtojson')
+csv()
+.on('header',(header)=>{
+	//header=> [header1, header2, header3]
+})
+```
+
+`header` is always an array of strings without types.
+
+`header` event will be emitted regardless of the `noHeaders` parameter setting.
+
 ### json
 
 `json` event is emitted for each parsed CSV line. It passes JSON object and the row number of the CSV line in its callback function.
diff --git a/test/testCSVConverter2.js b/test/testCSVConverter2.js
index 090e46c..c4ec513 100644
--- a/test/testCSVConverter2.js
+++ b/test/testCSVConverter2.js
@@ -434,6 +434,10 @@ describe("CSV Converter", function () {
      ignoreColumns:[0]
     })
     .fromStream(rs)
+    .on("header", function(header) {
+      assert.equal(header.indexOf("TIMESTAMP"), -1);
+      assert.equal(header.indexOf("UPDATE"), 0);
+    })
     .on("csv", function(row, idx) {
       assert(idx >= 0);
       if (idx ===1){
@@ -455,6 +459,11 @@ describe("CSV Converter", function () {
      includeColumns:[0]
     })
     .fromStream(rs)
+    .on("header", function(header) {
+      assert.equal(header.indexOf("TIMESTAMP"), 0);
+      assert.equal(header.indexOf("UPDATE"), -1);
+      assert.equal(header.length, 1);
+    })
     .on("csv", function(row, idx) {
       assert(idx >= 0);
       assert.equal(row.length, 1);