diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 28b6326b..1ddd2e89 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ This is the changelog between releases of PHPWord. Releases are listed in revers
 - Table: Add `exactHeight` to row style to define whether row height should be exact or atLeast - @jcarignan GH-168
 - Element: New `CheckBox` element for sections and table cells - @ozilion GH-156
 - Settings: Ability to use PCLZip as alternative to ZipArchive - @bskrtich @ivanlanin GH-106 GH-140 GH-185
+- Template: Ability to find & replace variables in headers & footers - @dgudgeon GH-190
 - Table: Ability to add footnote in table cell - @ivanlanin GH-187
 - Footnote: Ability to add image in footnote - @ivanlanin GH-187
 - ListItem: Ability to add list item in header/footer - @ivanlanin GH-187
diff --git a/samples/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.php b/samples/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.php
index 4344fafc..72464d84 100755
--- a/samples/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.php
+++ b/samples/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.php
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ $phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
 
 $document = $phpWord->loadTemplate('resources/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.docx');
 
+// Variables on different parts of document
+$document->setValue('weekday', date('l')); // On section/content
+$document->setValue('time', date('H:i')); // On footer
+$document->setValue('serverName', $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']); // On header
+
 // Simple table
 $document->cloneRow('rowValue', 10);
 
@@ -32,9 +37,6 @@ $document->setValue('rowNumber#8', '8');
 $document->setValue('rowNumber#9', '9');
 $document->setValue('rowNumber#10', '10');
 
-$document->setValue('weekday', date('l'));
-$document->setValue('time', date('H:i'));
-
 // Table with a spanned cell
 $document->cloneRow('userId', 3);
 
diff --git a/samples/resources/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.docx b/samples/resources/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.docx
index 25a8c418..9ac6c2a1 100755
Binary files a/samples/resources/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.docx and b/samples/resources/Sample_07_TemplateCloneRow.docx differ
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Template.php b/src/PhpWord/Template.php
index 0711ecd5..142228c3 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Template.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Template.php
@@ -23,46 +23,72 @@ class Template
      *
      * @var mixed
      */
-    private $_objZip;
+    private $zipClass;
 
     /**
      * Temporary file name
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    private $_tempFileName;
+    private $tempFileName;
 
     /**
      * Document XML
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    private $_documentXML;
+    private $documentXML;
 
+    /**
+     * Document header XML
+     *
+     * @var string[]
+     */
+    private $headerXMLs = array();
+
+    /**
+     * Document footer XML
+     *
+     * @var string[]
+     */
+    private $footerXMLs = array();
 
     /**
      * Create a new Template Object
      *
      * @param string $strFilename
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Exception\Exception
+     * @throws Exception
      */
     public function __construct($strFilename)
     {
-        $this->_tempFileName = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), '');
-        if ($this->_tempFileName === false) {
+        $this->tempFileName = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), '');
+        if ($this->tempFileName === false) {
             throw new Exception('Could not create temporary file with unique name in the default temporary directory.');
         }
 
         // Copy the source File to the temp File
-        if (!copy($strFilename, $this->_tempFileName)) {
-            throw new Exception("Could not copy the template from {$strFilename} to {$this->_tempFileName}.");
+        if (!copy($strFilename, $this->tempFileName)) {
+            throw new Exception("Could not copy the template from {$strFilename} to {$this->tempFileName}.");
         }
 
         $zipClass = Settings::getZipClass();
-        $this->_objZip = new $zipClass();
-        $this->_objZip->open($this->_tempFileName);
+        $this->zipClass = new $zipClass();
+        $this->zipClass->open($this->tempFileName);
 
-        $this->_documentXML = $this->_objZip->getFromName('word/document.xml');
+        // Find and load headers and footers
+        $i = 1;
+        while ($this->zipClass->locateName($this->getHeaderName($i)) !== false) {
+            $this->headerXMLs[$i] = $this->zipClass->getFromName($this->getHeaderName($i));
+            $i++;
+        }
+
+        $i = 1;
+        while ($this->zipClass->locateName($this->getFooterName($i)) !== false) {
+            $this->footerXMLs[$i] = $this->zipClass->getFromName($this->getFooterName($i));
+            $i++;
+        }
+
+        $this->documentXML = $this->zipClass->getFromName('word/document.xml');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -71,7 +97,7 @@ class Template
      * @param \DOMDocument $xslDOMDocument
      * @param array $xslOptions
      * @param string $xslOptionsURI
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Exception\Exception
+     * @throws Exception
      */
     public function applyXslStyleSheet(&$xslDOMDocument, $xslOptions = array(), $xslOptionsURI = '')
     {
@@ -84,7 +110,7 @@ class Template
         }
 
         $xmlDOMDocument = new \DOMDocument();
-        if ($xmlDOMDocument->loadXML($this->_documentXML) === false) {
+        if ($xmlDOMDocument->loadXML($this->documentXML) === false) {
             throw new Exception('Could not load XML from the given template.');
         }
 
@@ -93,7 +119,7 @@ class Template
             throw new Exception('Could not transform the given XML document.');
         }
 
-        $this->_documentXML = $xmlTransformed;
+        $this->documentXML = $xmlTransformed;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -104,13 +130,151 @@ class Template
      * @param integer $limit
      */
     public function setValue($search, $replace, $limit = -1)
+    {
+        foreach ($this->headerXMLs as $index => $headerXML) {
+            $this->headerXMLs[$index] = $this->setValueForPart($this->headerXMLs[$index], $search, $replace, $limit);
+        }
+
+        $this->documentXML = $this->setValueForPart($this->documentXML, $search, $replace, $limit);
+
+        foreach ($this->footerXMLs as $index => $headerXML) {
+            $this->footerXMLs[$index] = $this->setValueForPart($this->footerXMLs[$index], $search, $replace, $limit);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns array of all variables in template
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+    public function getVariables()
+    {
+        $variables = $this->getVariablesForPart($this->documentXML);
+
+        foreach ($this->headerXMLs as $headerXML) {
+            $variables = array_merge($variables, $this->getVariablesForPart($headerXML));
+        }
+
+        foreach ($this->footerXMLs as $footerXML) {
+            $variables = array_merge($variables, $this->getVariablesForPart($footerXML));
+        }
+
+        return array_unique($variables);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clone a table row in a template document
+     *
+     * @param string $search
+     * @param int $numberOfClones
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public function cloneRow($search, $numberOfClones)
+    {
+        if (substr($search, 0, 2) !== '${' && substr($search, -1) !== '}') {
+            $search = '${' . $search . '}';
+        }
+
+        $tagPos = strpos($this->documentXML, $search);
+        if (!$tagPos) {
+            throw new Exception("Can not clone row, template variable not found or variable contains markup.");
+        }
+
+        $rowStart = $this->findRowStart($tagPos);
+        $rowEnd = $this->findRowEnd($tagPos);
+        $xmlRow = $this->getSlice($rowStart, $rowEnd);
+
+        // Check if there's a cell spanning multiple rows.
+        if (preg_match('#<w:vMerge w:val="restart"/>#', $xmlRow)) {
+            $extraRowStart = $rowEnd;
+            $extraRowEnd = $rowEnd;
+            while (true) {
+                $extraRowStart = $this->findRowStart($extraRowEnd + 1);
+                $extraRowEnd = $this->findRowEnd($extraRowEnd + 1);
+
+                // If extraRowEnd is lower then 7, there was no next row found.
+                if ($extraRowEnd < 7) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // If tmpXmlRow doesn't contain continue, this row is no longer part of the spanned row.
+                $tmpXmlRow = $this->getSlice($extraRowStart, $extraRowEnd);
+                if (!preg_match('#<w:vMerge/>#', $tmpXmlRow) && !preg_match('#<w:vMerge w:val="continue" />#', $tmpXmlRow)) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                // This row was a spanned row, update $rowEnd and search for the next row.
+                $rowEnd = $extraRowEnd;
+            }
+            $xmlRow = $this->getSlice($rowStart, $rowEnd);
+        }
+
+        $result = $this->getSlice(0, $rowStart);
+        for ($i = 1; $i <= $numberOfClones; $i++) {
+            $result .= preg_replace('/\$\{(.*?)\}/', '\${\\1#' . $i . '}', $xmlRow);
+        }
+        $result .= $this->getSlice($rowEnd);
+
+        $this->documentXML = $result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Save XML to temporary file
+     *
+     * @return string
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public function save()
+    {
+        foreach ($this->headerXMLs as $index => $headerXML) {
+            $this->zipClass->addFromString($this->getHeaderName($index), $this->headerXMLs[$index]);
+        }
+
+        $this->zipClass->addFromString('word/document.xml', $this->documentXML);
+
+        foreach ($this->footerXMLs as $index => $headerXML) {
+            $this->zipClass->addFromString($this->getFooterName($index), $this->footerXMLs[$index]);
+        }
+
+        // Close zip file
+        if ($this->zipClass->close() === false) {
+            throw new Exception('Could not close zip file.');
+        }
+
+        return $this->tempFileName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Save XML to defined name
+     *
+     * @param string $strFilename
+     */
+    public function saveAs($strFilename)
+    {
+        $tempFilename = $this->save();
+
+        if (\file_exists($strFilename)) {
+            unlink($strFilename);
+        }
+
+        rename($tempFilename, $strFilename);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find and replace placeholders in the given XML section.
+     *
+     * @param string $documentPartXML
+     * @param string $search
+     * @param mixed $replace
+     * @param integer $limit
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function setValueForPart($documentPartXML, $search, $replace, $limit)
     {
         $pattern = '|\$\{([^\}]+)\}|U';
-        preg_match_all($pattern, $this->_documentXML, $matches);
+        preg_match_all($pattern, $documentPartXML, $matches);
         foreach ($matches[0] as $value) {
             $valueCleaned = preg_replace('/<[^>]+>/', '', $value);
             $valueCleaned = preg_replace('/<\/[^>]+>/', '', $valueCleaned);
-            $this->_documentXML = str_replace($value, $valueCleaned, $this->_documentXML);
+            $documentPartXML = str_replace($value, $valueCleaned, $documentPartXML);
         }
 
         if (substr($search, 0, 2) !== '${' && substr($search, -1) !== '}') {
@@ -130,30 +294,53 @@ class Template
 
         $regExpDelim = '/';
         $escapedSearch = preg_quote($search, $regExpDelim);
-        $this->_documentXML = preg_replace("{$regExpDelim}{$escapedSearch}{$regExpDelim}u", $replace, $this->_documentXML, $limit);
+        return preg_replace("{$regExpDelim}{$escapedSearch}{$regExpDelim}u", $replace, $documentPartXML, $limit);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns array of all variables in template
+     * Find all variables in $documentPartXML
+     * @param string $documentPartXML
+     * @return string[]
      */
-    public function getVariables()
+    protected function getVariablesForPart($documentPartXML)
     {
-        preg_match_all('/\$\{(.*?)}/i', $this->_documentXML, $matches);
+        preg_match_all('/\$\{(.*?)}/i', $documentPartXML, $matches);
+
         return $matches[1];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the name of the footer file for $index
+     * @param integer $index
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function getFooterName($index)
+    {
+        return sprintf('word/footer%d.xml', $index);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the name of the header file for $index
+     * @param integer $index
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function getHeaderName($index)
+    {
+        return sprintf('word/header%d.xml', $index);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Find the start position of the nearest table row before $offset
      *
      * @param int $offset
      * @return int
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Exception\Exception
+     * @throws Exception
      */
-    private function _findRowStart($offset)
+    private function findRowStart($offset)
     {
-        $rowStart = strrpos($this->_documentXML, "<w:tr ", ((strlen($this->_documentXML) - $offset) * -1));
+        $rowStart = strrpos($this->documentXML, "<w:tr ", ((strlen($this->documentXML) - $offset) * -1));
         if (!$rowStart) {
-            $rowStart = strrpos($this->_documentXML, "<w:tr>", ((strlen($this->_documentXML) - $offset) * -1));
+            $rowStart = strrpos($this->documentXML, "<w:tr>", ((strlen($this->documentXML) - $offset) * -1));
         }
         if (!$rowStart) {
             throw new Exception("Can not find the start position of the row to clone.");
@@ -167,9 +354,9 @@ class Template
      * @param int $offset
      * @return int
      */
-    private function _findRowEnd($offset)
+    private function findRowEnd($offset)
     {
-        $rowEnd = strpos($this->_documentXML, "</w:tr>", $offset) + 7;
+        $rowEnd = strpos($this->documentXML, "</w:tr>", $offset) + 7;
         return $rowEnd;
     }
 
@@ -180,100 +367,11 @@ class Template
      * @param int $endPosition
      * @return string
      */
-    private function _getSlice($startPosition, $endPosition = 0)
+    private function getSlice($startPosition, $endPosition = 0)
     {
         if (!$endPosition) {
-            $endPosition = strlen($this->_documentXML);
+            $endPosition = strlen($this->documentXML);
         }
-        return substr($this->_documentXML, $startPosition, ($endPosition - $startPosition));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Clone a table row in a template document
-     *
-     * @param string $search
-     * @param int $numberOfClones
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Exception\Exception
-     */
-    public function cloneRow($search, $numberOfClones)
-    {
-        if (substr($search, 0, 2) !== '${' && substr($search, -1) !== '}') {
-            $search = '${' . $search . '}';
-        }
-
-        $tagPos = strpos($this->_documentXML, $search);
-        if (!$tagPos) {
-            throw new Exception("Can not clone row, template variable not found or variable contains markup.");
-        }
-
-        $rowStart = $this->_findRowStart($tagPos);
-        $rowEnd = $this->_findRowEnd($tagPos);
-        $xmlRow = $this->_getSlice($rowStart, $rowEnd);
-
-        // Check if there's a cell spanning multiple rows.
-        if (preg_match('#<w:vMerge w:val="restart"/>#', $xmlRow)) {
-            $extraRowStart = $rowEnd;
-            $extraRowEnd = $rowEnd;
-            while (true) {
-                $extraRowStart = $this->_findRowStart($extraRowEnd + 1);
-                $extraRowEnd = $this->_findRowEnd($extraRowEnd + 1);
-
-                // If extraRowEnd is lower then 7, there was no next row found.
-                if ($extraRowEnd < 7) {
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                // If tmpXmlRow doesn't contain continue, this row is no longer part of the spanned row.
-                $tmpXmlRow = $this->_getSlice($extraRowStart, $extraRowEnd);
-                if (!preg_match('#<w:vMerge/>#', $tmpXmlRow) && !preg_match('#<w:vMerge w:val="continue" />#', $tmpXmlRow)) {
-                    break;
-                }
-                // This row was a spanned row, update $rowEnd and search for the next row.
-                $rowEnd = $extraRowEnd;
-            }
-            $xmlRow = $this->_getSlice($rowStart, $rowEnd);
-        }
-
-        $result = $this->_getSlice(0, $rowStart);
-        for ($i = 1; $i <= $numberOfClones; $i++) {
-            $result .= preg_replace('/\$\{(.*?)\}/', '\${\\1#' . $i . '}', $xmlRow);
-        }
-        $result .= $this->_getSlice($rowEnd);
-
-        $this->_documentXML = $result;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Save XML to temporary file
-     *
-     * @return string
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Exception\Exception
-     */
-    public function save()
-    {
-        $this->_objZip->addFromString('word/document.xml', $this->_documentXML);
-
-        // Close zip file
-        if ($this->_objZip->close() === false) {
-            throw new Exception('Could not close zip file.');
-        }
-
-        return $this->_tempFileName;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Save XML to defined name
-     *
-     * @param string $strFilename
-     */
-    public function saveAs($strFilename)
-    {
-        $tempFilename = $this->save();
-
-        if (\file_exists($strFilename)) {
-            unlink($strFilename);
-        }
-
-        rename($tempFilename, $strFilename);
+        return substr($this->documentXML, $startPosition, ($endPosition - $startPosition));
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Tests/TemplateTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/Tests/TemplateTest.php
index eb766772..6929c4fd 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/Tests/TemplateTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/Tests/TemplateTest.php
@@ -156,4 +156,27 @@ final class TemplateTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals($expectedVar, $actualVar);
         $this->assertTrue($docFound);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Replace variables in header and footer
+     */
+    public function testVariablesCanBeReplacedInHeaderAndFooter()
+    {
+        $template = __DIR__ . "/_files/templates/header-footer.docx";
+        $expectedVar = array('documentContent', 'headerValue', 'footerValue');
+        $docName = 'header-footer-test-result.docx';
+
+        $document = new Template($template);
+        $actualVar = $document->getVariables();
+        $document->setValue('headerValue', 'Header Value');
+        $document->setValue('documentContent', 'Document text.');
+        $document->setValue('footerValue', 'Footer Value');
+        $document->saveAs($docName);
+        $docFound = file_exists($docName);
+        unlink($docName);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedVar, $actualVar);
+        $this->assertTrue($docFound);
+
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Tests/_files/templates/header-footer.docx b/tests/PhpWord/Tests/_files/templates/header-footer.docx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..647d5222
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