diff --git a/src/semantic_csv/core.cljc b/src/semantic_csv/core.cljc
index 25c4ddf..cba3a93 100644
--- a/src/semantic_csv/core.cljc
+++ b/src/semantic_csv/core.cljc
@@ -75,11 +75,12 @@
     If `:transform-header` is present, this option will be ignored.
   * `:transform-header` - A function that transforms the header/column names for each column.
     This takes precedence over `keyify` and should be a function that takes a string.
+  * `:preserve-header` -  every row will have the full header even if values are missing from the CSV (default: `false`)
   * `:header` - specify the header to use for map keys, preventing first row of data from being consumed as header.
   * `:structs` - bool; use structs instead of hash-maps or array-maps, for performance boost (default: `false`)."
   ([rows]
    (mappify {} rows))
-  ([{:keys [keyify transform-header header structs] :or {keyify true} :as opts}
+  ([{:keys [keyify preserve-header transform-header header structs] :or {keyify true preserve-header false} :as opts}
     rows]
    (let [xform #?(:clj (if structs
                          (td/structify opts)
diff --git a/src/semantic_csv/impl/core.cljc b/src/semantic_csv/impl/core.cljc
index 8f09866..61b3203 100644
--- a/src/semantic_csv/impl/core.cljc
+++ b/src/semantic_csv/impl/core.cljc
@@ -4,10 +4,25 @@
   (:require [clojure.string :as s]))
 
 
+(defn zipmap-keys
+  "Returns a map with the keys mapped to the corresponding vals.
+   Will add nil values if vals is smaller than keys."
+  [keys vals]
+  (loop [map {}
+         ks (seq keys)
+         vs (seq vals)]
+    (if ks
+      (recur (assoc map (first ks) (first vs))
+             (next ks)
+             (next vs))
+      map)))
+
 (defn mappify-row
   "Translates a single row of values into a map of `colname -> val`, given colnames in `header`."
-  [header row]
-  (into {} (map vector header row)))
+  [preserve-header header row]
+  (if preserve-header
+    (zipmap-keys header row)                                ; custom zipmap that will put nil elements
+    (zipmap header row)))                                   ; default zipmap will not put nil row elements
 
 
 (defn apply-kwargs
diff --git a/src/semantic_csv/transducers.cljc b/src/semantic_csv/transducers.cljc
index fea1fd3..8feb51b 100644
--- a/src/semantic_csv/transducers.cljc
+++ b/src/semantic_csv/transducers.cljc
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
 
   * `:keyify` - bool; specify whether header/column names should be turned into keywords (default: `true`).
   * `:header` - specify the header to use for map keys, preventing first row of data from being consumed as header.
+  * `:preserve-header` - every row will have the full header even if values are missing from the CSV (default: `false`)
   * `:transform-header` - specify a transformation function for each header key (ignored if `:header` or `:keyify` is specified)."
   ([] (mappify {}))
-  ([{:as opts :keys [keyify transform-header header] :or {keyify true}}]
+  ([{:as opts :keys [keyify preserve-header transform-header header] :or {keyify true preserve-header false}}]
    (fn [rf]
      (let [hdr (volatile! (if keyify
                             (mapv keyword header)
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
                                keyify (mapv keyword input)
                                :else input))
                 results)
-            (rf results (impl/mappify-row @hdr input)))))))))
+            (rf results (impl/mappify-row preserve-header @hdr input)))))))))
 
 ;; Here's an example using the mappify transducers.
 ;;
diff --git a/test/semantic_csv/core_test.clj b/test/semantic_csv/core_test.clj
index 583cd2e..b6003e7 100644
--- a/test/semantic_csv/core_test.clj
+++ b/test/semantic_csv/core_test.clj
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
     (testing "mappify should not regard comments"
       (is (= (last (mappify data))
              {:this "# some comment"})))
+    (testing ":preserve-header will put nil values"
+      (is (= (last (mappify {:preserve-header true} data))
+             {:this "# some comment" :that nil})))
     (testing "mappify should not consume header if :header is specified"
       (is (= (first (mappify {:header ["foo" "bar"]} data))
              {:foo "this" :bar "that"})))
diff --git a/test/semantic_csv/transducers_test.clj b/test/semantic_csv/transducers_test.clj
index 310b3d8..55a512c 100644
--- a/test/semantic_csv/transducers_test.clj
+++ b/test/semantic_csv/transducers_test.clj
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
     (testing "mappify should not regard comments"
       (is (= (last (into [] (mappify) data))
              {:this "# some comment"})))
+    (testing ":preserve-header will put nil values"
+      (is (= (last (into [] (mappify {:preserve-header true}) data))
+             {:this "# some comment" :that nil})))
     (testing "mappify should not consume header if :header is specified"
       (is (= (first (into [] (mappify {:header ["foo" "bar"]}) data))
              {:foo "this" :bar "that"})))