diff --git a/bin/swift b/bin/swift
index 6cfd9ea..daa2710 100755
--- a/bin/swift
+++ b/bin/swift
@@ -807,6 +807,8 @@ def st_post(parser, args, thread_manager):
     if not args:
         headers = split_headers(
             options.meta, 'X-Account-Meta-', thread_manager)
+        # add header options for the account request.
+        headers.update(split_headers(options.header, '', thread_manager))
         try:
             conn.post_account(headers=headers)
         except ClientException as err:
@@ -820,6 +822,8 @@ def st_post(parser, args, thread_manager):
                              (args[0].replace('/', ' ', 1), args[0])
         headers = split_headers(options.meta, 'X-Container-Meta-',
                                 thread_manager)
+        # add header options for the container request.
+        headers.update(split_headers(options.header, '', thread_manager))
         if options.read_acl is not None:
             headers['X-Container-Read'] = options.read_acl
         if options.write_acl is not None: