diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c359d0398..b395482f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ var table = React.render(
           <th>false</th>
           <td>whether render expandIcon as a cell</td>
       </tr>
+      <tr>
+          <td>expandIconColumnHeader</td>
+          <td>Boolean</td>
+          <th>true</th>
+          <td>whether render expandIcon column header. If not and expandIconAsCell is true, second column header will span first column header.</td>
+      </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>rowKey</td>
           <td>Function(recode,index):string</td>
diff --git a/src/Table.jsx b/src/Table.jsx
index a73a212b7..296941812 100644
--- a/src/Table.jsx
+++ b/src/Table.jsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const Table = React.createClass({
   propTypes: {
     data: React.PropTypes.array,
     expandIconAsCell: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    expandIconColumnHeader: React.PropTypes.bool,
     expandedRowKeys: React.PropTypes.array,
     defaultExpandedRowKeys: React.PropTypes.array,
     useFixedHeader: React.PropTypes.bool,
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ const Table = React.createClass({
       data: [],
       useFixedHeader: false,
       expandIconAsCell: false,
+      expandIconColumnHeader: true,
       columns: [],
       defaultExpandedRowKeys: [],
       rowKey(o) {
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ const Table = React.createClass({
 
   getThs() {
     let ths = [];
-    if (this.props.expandIconAsCell) {
+    if (this.props.expandIconAsCell && this.props.expandIconColumnHeader) {
       ths.push({
         key: 'rc-table-expandIconAsCell',
         className: `${this.props.prefixCls}-expand-icon-th`,
@@ -116,9 +118,15 @@ const Table = React.createClass({
       });
     }
     ths = ths.concat(this.props.columns);
-    return ths.map((c)=> {
-      if (c.colSpan !== 0) {
-        return <th key={c.key} colSpan={c.colSpan} className={c.className || ''}>{c.title}</th>;
+    return ths.map((c, index) => {
+      let colSpan = c.colSpan;
+      if (colSpan !== 0) {
+        if (this.props.expandIconAsCell && !this.props.expandIconColumnHeader && index === 0) {
+          // if expand icon is rendered as icon and expandIconColumnHeader is false, we need to span second column header
+          colSpan = colSpan || 1;
+          colSpan += 1;
+        }
+        return <th key={c.key} colSpan={colSpan} className={c.className || ''}>{c.title}</th>;
       }
     });
   },