diff --git a/src/XNGMarkdownParser.h b/src/XNGMarkdownParser.h
index 2a6a77d..b8aba00 100644
--- a/src/XNGMarkdownParser.h
+++ b/src/XNGMarkdownParser.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ typedef NS_ENUM (NSUInteger, XNGMarkdownParserHeader) {
 @property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *linkFontName; // Default: paragraphFont
 @property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL shouldParseLinks; // Default: YES
 
+@property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *headerTextColor; // TextColor for header
+
 // common attributes that affect the whole string, can be overriden by the upper attributes
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSDictionary *topAttributes;  // default: nil (do nothing)
 
diff --git a/src/XNGMarkdownParser.m b/src/XNGMarkdownParser.m
index f6edc9d..80e1aa7 100644
--- a/src/XNGMarkdownParser.m
+++ b/src/XNGMarkdownParser.m
@@ -227,13 +227,22 @@ - (NSDictionary *)attributesForFont:(UINSFont *)font {
 }
 
 - (void)recurseOnString:(NSString *)string withFont:(UINSFont *)font {
+    [self recurseOnString:string withFont:font withTextColor:nil];
+}
+
+- (void)recurseOnString:(NSString *)string withFont:(UINSFont *)font withTextColor:(UIColor *)textColor {
     XNGMarkdownParser *recursiveParser = [self copy];
     recursiveParser->_topFont = font;
-
-    NSAttributedString *recursedString = [recursiveParser attributedStringFromMarkdownString:string];
+    
+    NSAttributedString *recursedString =[recursiveParser attributedStringFromMarkdownString:string];
     NSMutableAttributedString *mutableRecursiveString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithAttributedString:recursedString];
-    [mutableRecursiveString addAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName: font}
-                                    range:NSMakeRange(0, recursedString.length)];
+    if (textColor) {
+        [mutableRecursiveString addAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName : font, NSForegroundColorAttributeName : textColor}
+                                        range:NSMakeRange(0, recursedString.length)];
+    } else {
+        [mutableRecursiveString addAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName : font}
+                                        range:NSMakeRange(0, recursedString.length)];
+    }
     [_accum appendAttributedString:mutableRecursiveString];
 }
 
@@ -299,7 +308,7 @@ - (void)consumeToken:(XNGMarkdownParserCode)token text:(char *)text {
                 textAsString = [[textAsString substringFromIndex:rangeOfNonHash.location] stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet]];
 
                 XNGMarkdownParserHeader header = (XNGMarkdownParserHeader)(rangeOfNonHash.location - 1);
-                [self recurseOnString:textAsString withFont:[self fontForHeader:header]];
+                [self recurseOnString:textAsString withFont:[self fontForHeader:header] withTextColor:self.headerTextColor];
 
                 // We already appended the recursive parser's results in recurseOnString.
                 textAsString = nil;
@@ -316,8 +325,8 @@ - (void)consumeToken:(XNGMarkdownParserCode)token text:(char *)text {
             } else if ([[components objectAtIndex:1] rangeOfString:@"-"].length > 0) {
                 font = [self fontForHeader:XNGMarkdownParserHeader2];
             }
-
-            [self recurseOnString:textAsString withFont:font];
+            
+            [self recurseOnString:textAsString withFont:font withTextColor:self.headerTextColor];
 
             // We already appended the recursive parser's results in recurseOnString.
             textAsString = nil;