diff --git a/tpl/data/data.go b/tpl/data/data.go
index d383447ac..4cb8b5e78 100644
--- a/tpl/data/data.go
+++ b/tpl/data/data.go
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ type Namespace struct {
 // The data separator can be a comma, semi-colon, pipe, etc, but only one character.
 // If you provide multiple parts for the URL they will be joined together to the final URL.
 // GetCSV returns nil or a slice slice to use in a short code.
-func (ns *Namespace) GetCSV(sep string, urlParts ...interface{}) (d [][]string, err error) {
-	url := joinURL(urlParts)
+func (ns *Namespace) GetCSV(sep string, args ...interface{}) (d [][]string, err error) {
+	url := joinURL(args)
 	cache := ns.cacheGetCSV
 
 	unmarshal := func(b []byte) (bool, error) {
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ func (ns *Namespace) GetCSV(sep string, urlParts ...interface{}) (d [][]string,
 	req.Header.Add("Accept", "text/csv")
 	req.Header.Add("Accept", "text/plain")
 
+	// Add custom user headers to the get request
+	finalArg := args[len(args)-1]
+
+	if userHeaders, ok := finalArg.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+		for key, val := range userHeaders {
+			req.Header.Add(key, val.(string))
+		}
+	}
+
 	err = ns.getResource(cache, unmarshal, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		ns.deps.Log.(loggers.IgnorableLogger).Errorsf(constants.ErrRemoteGetCSV, "Failed to get CSV resource %q: %s", url, err)
@@ -97,9 +106,9 @@ func (ns *Namespace) GetCSV(sep string, urlParts ...interface{}) (d [][]string,
 // GetJSON expects one or n-parts of a URL to a resource which can either be a local or a remote one.
 // If you provide multiple parts they will be joined together to the final URL.
 // GetJSON returns nil or parsed JSON to use in a short code.
-func (ns *Namespace) GetJSON(urlParts ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+func (ns *Namespace) GetJSON(args ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	var v interface{}
-	url := joinURL(urlParts)
+	url := joinURL(args)
 	cache := ns.cacheGetJSON
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
@@ -118,6 +127,15 @@ func (ns *Namespace) GetJSON(urlParts ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", "Hugo Static Site Generator")
 
+	// Add custom user headers to the get request
+	finalArg := args[len(args)-1]
+
+	if userHeaders, ok := finalArg.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+		for key, val := range userHeaders {
+			req.Header.Add(key, val.(string))
+		}
+	}
+
 	err = ns.getResource(cache, unmarshal, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		ns.deps.Log.(loggers.IgnorableLogger).Errorsf(constants.ErrRemoteGetJSON, "Failed to get JSON resource %q: %s", url, err)
diff --git a/tpl/data/data_test.go b/tpl/data/data_test.go
index f9e8621f2..6b62a2b0d 100644
--- a/tpl/data/data_test.go
+++ b/tpl/data/data_test.go
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ func TestGetCSV(t *testing.T) {
 		c.Assert(got, qt.Not(qt.IsNil), msg)
 		c.Assert(got, qt.DeepEquals, test.expect, msg)
 
+		// Test user-defined headers as well
+		gotHeader, _ := ns.GetCSV(test.sep, test.url, map[string]interface{}{"Accept-Charset": "utf-8", "Max-Forwards": "10"})
+
+		if _, ok := test.expect.(bool); ok {
+			c.Assert(int(ns.deps.Log.LogCounters().ErrorCounter.Count()), qt.Equals, 1)
+			// c.Assert(err, msg, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
+			c.Assert(got, qt.IsNil)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil, msg)
+		c.Assert(int(ns.deps.Log.LogCounters().ErrorCounter.Count()), qt.Equals, 0)
+		c.Assert(gotHeader, qt.Not(qt.IsNil), msg)
+		c.Assert(gotHeader, qt.DeepEquals, test.expect, msg)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -206,6 +220,19 @@ func TestGetJSON(t *testing.T) {
 		c.Assert(int(ns.deps.Log.LogCounters().ErrorCounter.Count()), qt.Equals, 0, msg)
 		c.Assert(got, qt.Not(qt.IsNil), msg)
 		c.Assert(got, qt.DeepEquals, test.expect)
+
+		// Test user-defined headers as well
+		gotHeader, _ := ns.GetJSON(test.url, map[string]interface{}{"Accept-Charset": "utf-8", "Max-Forwards": "10"})
+
+		if _, ok := test.expect.(bool); ok {
+			c.Assert(int(ns.deps.Log.LogCounters().ErrorCounter.Count()), qt.Equals, 1)
+			// c.Assert(err, msg, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		c.Assert(int(ns.deps.Log.LogCounters().ErrorCounter.Count()), qt.Equals, 0, msg)
+		c.Assert(gotHeader, qt.Not(qt.IsNil), msg)
+		c.Assert(gotHeader, qt.DeepEquals, test.expect)
 	}
 }