diff --git a/ql/src/semmle/go/frameworks/Revel.qll b/ql/src/semmle/go/frameworks/Revel.qll
index 259513f126f..1bd33768b66 100644
--- a/ql/src/semmle/go/frameworks/Revel.qll
+++ b/ql/src/semmle/go/frameworks/Revel.qll
@@ -185,4 +185,34 @@ module Revel {
 
     override HTTP::ResponseWriter getResponseWriter() { none() }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * The getter and setter methods of `revel.RevelHeader`.
+   *
+   * Note we currently don't implement `HeaderWrite` and related concepts, as they are currently only used
+   * to track content-type, and directly setting headers does not seem to be the usual way to set the response
+   * content-type for this framework. If and when the `HeaderWrite` concept has a more abstract idea of the
+   * relationship between header-writes and HTTP responses than looking for a particular `http.ResponseWriter`
+   * instance connecting the two, then we may implement it here for completeness.
+   */
+  private class RevelHeaderMethods extends TaintTracking::FunctionModel {
+    FunctionInput input;
+    FunctionOutput output;
+    string name;
+
+    RevelHeaderMethods() {
+      this.(Method).hasQualifiedName(packagePath(), "RevelHeader", name) and
+      (
+        name = ["Add", "Set"] and input.isParameter([0, 1]) and output.isReceiver()
+        or
+        name = ["Get", "GetAll"] and input.isReceiver() and output.isResult()
+        or
+        name = "SetCookie" and input.isParameter(0) and output.isReceiver()
+      )
+    }
+
+    override predicate hasTaintFlow(FunctionInput inp, FunctionOutput outp) {
+      inp = input and outp = output
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/frameworks/Revel/Revel.go b/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/frameworks/Revel/Revel.go
index ae59e7d1f51..7391b2506f2 100644
--- a/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/frameworks/Revel/Revel.go
+++ b/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/frameworks/Revel/Revel.go
@@ -126,3 +126,11 @@ func accessingServerRequest(c *revel.Controller) {
 	c.Request.WebSocket.MessageReceiveJSON(&p) // NOT OK
 	usePerson(p)
 }
+
+func accessingHeaders(c *revel.Controller) {
+	tainted := c.Request.Header.Get("somekey") // NOT OK
+	useString(tainted)
+
+	tainted2 := c.Request.Header.GetAll("somekey") // NOT OK
+	useString(tainted2[0])
+}
diff --git a/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/frameworks/Revel/TaintFlows.expected b/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/frameworks/Revel/TaintFlows.expected
index 51be68608b2..fe8b9115a71 100644
--- a/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/frameworks/Revel/TaintFlows.expected
+++ b/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/frameworks/Revel/TaintFlows.expected
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@
 | Revel.go:117:12:117:32 | call to UserAgent | Revel.go:117:12:117:32 | call to UserAgent | 117 |
 | Revel.go:122:37:122:44 | &... : pointer type | Revel.go:123:12:123:18 | message | 122 |
 | Revel.go:126:41:126:42 | &... : pointer type | Revel.go:127:12:127:12 | p | 126 |
+| Revel.go:131:13:131:28 | selection of Header : pointer type | Revel.go:132:12:132:18 | tainted | 131 |
+| Revel.go:134:14:134:29 | selection of Header : pointer type | Revel.go:135:12:135:22 | index expression | 134 |