diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/github/mnogu/gatling/kafka/action/KafkaRequestAction.scala b/src/main/scala/com/github/mnogu/gatling/kafka/action/KafkaRequestAction.scala
index 1431156..b71c72a 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/github/mnogu/gatling/kafka/action/KafkaRequestAction.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/github/mnogu/gatling/kafka/action/KafkaRequestAction.scala
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ package com.github.mnogu.gatling.kafka.action
 
 import com.github.mnogu.gatling.kafka.protocol.KafkaProtocol
 import com.github.mnogu.gatling.kafka.request.builder.KafkaAttributes
-import io.gatling.core.action.{Action, ExitableAction}
 import io.gatling.commons.stats.{KO, OK}
-import io.gatling.core.session._
 import io.gatling.commons.util.DefaultClock
 import io.gatling.commons.validation.Validation
 import io.gatling.core.CoreComponents
+import io.gatling.core.action.{Action, ExitableAction}
+import io.gatling.core.session._
 import io.gatling.core.util.NameGen
-import io.gatling.core.stats.message.ResponseTimings
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer._
 
 
@@ -54,11 +53,11 @@ class KafkaRequestAction[K,V]( val producer: KafkaProducer[K,V],
                            throttled: Boolean,
                            session: Session ): Validation[Unit] = {
 
-      kafkaAttributes payload session map { payload =>
+    kafkaAttributes payload session map { payload =>
 
       val record = kafkaAttributes.key match {
         case Some(k) =>
-          new ProducerRecord[K, V](kafkaProtocol.topic, k(session).toOption.get, payload)
+          new ProducerRecord[K, V](kafkaProtocol.topic,null, k(session).toOption.get, payload, kafkaAttributes.headers )
         case None =>
           new ProducerRecord[K, V](kafkaProtocol.topic, payload)
       }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/github/mnogu/gatling/kafka/request/builder/KafkaRequestBuilder.scala b/src/main/scala/com/github/mnogu/gatling/kafka/request/builder/KafkaRequestBuilder.scala
index d216265..3a6c2d1 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/github/mnogu/gatling/kafka/request/builder/KafkaRequestBuilder.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/github/mnogu/gatling/kafka/request/builder/KafkaRequestBuilder.scala
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
 package com.github.mnogu.gatling.kafka.request.builder
 
+import java.util
+
 import com.github.mnogu.gatling.kafka.action.KafkaRequestActionBuilder
-import io.gatling.core.session._
+import io.gatling.core.session.Expression
+import org.apache.kafka.common.header.Header
 
 case class KafkaAttributes[K,V]( requestName: Expression[String],
                                  key: Option[Expression[K]],
-                                 payload: Expression[V] )
+                                 payload: Expression[V],
+                                 headers: util.List[Header]
+                               )
 
 case class KafkaRequestBuilder(requestName: Expression[String]) {
 
-  def send[V](payload: Expression[V]): KafkaRequestActionBuilder[_,V] = send(payload, None)
+  def send[V](payload: Expression[V]): KafkaRequestActionBuilder[_,V] = send(payload, None,null)
+
+  def send[K,V](key: Expression[K], payload: Expression[V]): KafkaRequestActionBuilder[K,V] = send(payload, Some(key), null)
 
-  def send[K,V](key: Expression[K], payload: Expression[V]): KafkaRequestActionBuilder[K,V] = send(payload, Some(key))
+  def send[K,V](key: Expression[K], payload: Expression[V], headers:util.List[Header] ): KafkaRequestActionBuilder[K,V] = send(payload, Some(key), headers)
 
-  private def send[K,V](payload: Expression[V], key: Option[Expression[K]]) =
-    new KafkaRequestActionBuilder(KafkaAttributes(requestName, key, payload))
+  private def send[K,V](payload: Expression[V], key: Option[Expression[K]],headers: util.List[Header] ) =
+    new KafkaRequestActionBuilder(KafkaAttributes(requestName, key, payload,headers))
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/github/mnogu/gatling/kafka/test/KeyValueHeadersSimulation.scala b/src/test/scala/com/github/mnogu/gatling/kafka/test/KeyValueHeadersSimulation.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd2ab35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/github/mnogu/gatling/kafka/test/KeyValueHeadersSimulation.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.github.mnogu.gatling.kafka.test
+
+import java.util
+
+import com.github.mnogu.gatling.kafka.Predef._
+import io.gatling.core.Predef._
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig
+import org.apache.kafka.common.header.Header
+import org.apache.kafka.common.header.internals.RecordHeader
+
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+
+class KeyValueHeadersSimulation extends Simulation {
+  val kafkaConf = kafka
+    // Kafka topic name
+    .topic("test")
+    // Kafka producer configs
+    .properties(
+      Map(
+        ProducerConfig.ACKS_CONFIG -> "1",
+        // list of Kafka broker hostname and port pairs
+        ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG -> "localhost:9092",
+
+        // in most cases, StringSerializer or ByteArraySerializer
+        ProducerConfig.KEY_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG ->
+          "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.ByteArraySerializer",
+        ProducerConfig.VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG ->
+          "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.ByteArraySerializer"))
+
+  //Headers
+  val header: Header = new RecordHeader("key", "valueAsBytes".getBytes())
+  val headers: util.List[Header] = new util.ArrayList
+  headers.add(header)
+
+  // Push kafka with key, value and headers
+  val scn = scenario("Kafka Test")
+    .exec(
+      kafka("request")
+        // message to send
+        .send("key".getBytes(),"value".getBytes(),headers))
+
+  setUp(
+    scn
+      .inject(constantUsersPerSec(10) during(90 seconds)))
+    .protocols(kafkaConf)
+}