diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index 5ef50b6e034fc4b3d511a75cde2851dbde824ebd..0c2d070aef58aa9defc660c37dc48fbfc3a202f7 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -588,6 +588,12 @@ def connection(refresh = false)
 
       def headers
         @headers ||= {}
+        
+        if superclass != Object && superclass.headers
+          @headers = superclass.headers.merge(@headers)
+        else
+          @headers
+        end
       end
 
       attr_writer :element_name
diff --git a/activeresource/test/cases/base_test.rb b/activeresource/test/cases/base_test.rb
index f5a58793d1582acd46739165a13415da1163c736..e89c5b19d36dfc326b0f51a588608509be476ee3 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/cases/base_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/cases/base_test.rb
@@ -437,6 +437,52 @@ def test_updating_baseclass_timeout_wipes_descendent_cached_connection_objects
     assert_not_equal(first_connection, second_connection, 'Connection should be re-created')
   end
 
+  def test_header_inheritance
+    fruit = Class.new(ActiveResource::Base)
+    apple = Class.new(fruit)
+    fruit.site = 'http://market'
+
+    fruit.headers['key'] = 'value'
+    assert_equal 'value', apple.headers['key']
+  end
+
+  def test_header_inheritance_set_at_multiple_points
+    fruit = Class.new(ActiveResource::Base)
+    apple = Class.new(fruit)
+    fruit.site = 'http://market'
+
+    fruit.headers['key'] = 'value'
+    assert_equal 'value', apple.headers['key']
+
+    apple.headers['key2'] = 'value2'
+    fruit.headers['key3'] = 'value3'
+
+    assert_equal 'value', apple.headers['key']
+    assert_equal 'value2', apple.headers['key2']
+    assert_equal 'value3', apple.headers['key3']
+  end
+
+  def test_header_inheritance_should_not_leak_upstream
+    fruit = Class.new(ActiveResource::Base)
+    apple = Class.new(fruit)
+    fruit.site = 'http://market'
+
+    fruit.headers['key'] = 'value'
+
+    apple.headers['key2'] = 'value2'
+    assert_equal nil, fruit.headers['key2']
+  end
+
+  def test_header_inheritance_should_not_leak_upstream
+    fruit = Class.new(ActiveResource::Base)
+    apple = Class.new(fruit)
+    fruit.site = 'http://market'
+
+    fruit.headers['key'] = 'value'
+
+    apple.headers['key2'] = 'value2'
+    assert_equal nil, fruit.headers['key2']
+  end
 
   ########################################################################
   # Tests for setting up remote URLs for a given model (including adding