diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 566dd7fc4..994953229 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.4.8.16"
+VERSION = "1.4.8.17"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 9869199f3..65cfc5371 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -958,8 +958,10 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
                 else:
                     argv[tamperIndex] = "%s,%s" % (argv[tamperIndex], argv[i].split('=')[1] if '=' in argv[i] else (argv[i + 1] if i + 1 < len(argv) and not argv[i + 1].startswith('-') else ""))
                     argv[i] = ""
-            elif argv[i] in ("-H", "--header"):
-                if i + 1 < len(argv):
+            elif argv[i] in ("-H", "--header") or any(argv[i].startswith("%s=" % _) for _ in ("-H", "--header")):
+                if '=' in argv[i]:
+                    extraHeaders.append(argv[i].split('=', 1)[1])
+                elif i + 1 < len(argv):
                     extraHeaders.append(argv[i + 1])
             elif argv[i] == "--deps":
                 argv[i] = "--dependencies"