diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 6028bc0..2f12e8e 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const makeFetchHappen = (url, opts) => {
   return fetch(request, options)
 }
 
-makeFetchHappen.defaults = (defaultUrl, defaultOptions = {}) => {
+makeFetchHappen.defaults = (defaultUrl, defaultOptions = {}, wrappedFetch = makeFetchHappen) => {
   if (typeof defaultUrl === 'object') {
     defaultOptions = defaultUrl
     defaultUrl = null
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ makeFetchHappen.defaults = (defaultUrl, defaultOptions = {}) => {
         ...options.headers,
       },
     }
-    return makeFetchHappen(finalUrl, finalOptions)
+    return wrappedFetch(finalUrl, finalOptions)
   }
 
-  defaultedFetch.defaults = makeFetchHappen.defaults
+  defaultedFetch.defaults = (defaultUrl1, defaultOptions1 = {}) =>
+    makeFetchHappen.defaults(defaultUrl1, defaultOptions1, defaultedFetch)
   return defaultedFetch
 }
 
diff --git a/test/defaults.js b/test/defaults.js
index db76438..9353a2d 100644
--- a/test/defaults.js
+++ b/test/defaults.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ t.test('can set default url', async (t) => {
 
 t.test('allows default headers', async (t) => {
   const srv = nock('http://localhost', {
-    reqHeaders: {
+    reqheaders: {
       'x-foo': 'bar',
       'x-bar': 'baz',
     },
@@ -40,3 +40,27 @@ t.test('allows default headers', async (t) => {
   t.same(buf, Buffer.from('success'), 'got body')
   t.ok(srv.isDone())
 })
+
+t.test('layering default headers works', async (t) => {
+  const srv = nock('http://localhost', {
+    reqheaders: {
+      'x-foo': 'bar',
+      'x-bar': 'baz',
+      'x-another': 'yep',
+    },
+  })
+    .get('/test')
+    .reply(200, 'success')
+
+  const defaultedFetch1 = fetch.defaults({ headers: { 'x-foo': 'bar' } })
+  const defaultedFetch2 = defaultedFetch1.defaults({ headers: { 'x-bar': 'baz' } })
+  const res = await defaultedFetch2('http://localhost/test', {
+    headers: {
+      'x-another': 'yep',
+    },
+  })
+  t.equal(res.status, 200, 'got success')
+  const buf = await res.buffer()
+  t.same(buf, Buffer.from('success'), 'got body')
+  t.ok(srv.isDone())
+})