diff --git a/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/style/FromSkinparamToStyle.java b/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/style/FromSkinparamToStyle.java
index 70ecd4fd0..c32b6ed82 100644
--- a/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/style/FromSkinparamToStyle.java
+++ b/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/style/FromSkinparamToStyle.java
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ public class FromSkinparamToStyle {
 		addMagic(SName.database);
 		addMagic(SName.entity);
 
-		addConFont("header", SName.header);
-		addConFont("footer", SName.footer);
+		addConFont("header", SName.document, SName.header);
+		addConFont("footer", SName.document, SName.footer);
 
 		addConvert("defaultFontSize", PName.FontSize, SName.element);
 
@@ -172,11 +172,12 @@ public class FromSkinparamToStyle {
 
 		addConvert("BackgroundColor", PName.BackGroundColor, SName.document);
 
-		addConvert("classBackgroundColor", PName.BackGroundColor, SName.class_);
-		addConvert("classBorderColor", PName.LineColor, SName.class_);
-		addConFont("class", SName.class_);
-		addConFont("classAttribute", SName.class_);
-		addConvert("classBorderThickness", PName.LineThickness, SName.class_);
+		addConvert("classBackgroundColor", PName.BackGroundColor, SName.element, SName.class_);
+		addConvert("classBorderColor", PName.LineColor, SName.element, SName.class_);
+		addConFont("class", SName.element, SName.class_);
+		addConFont("classAttribute", SName.element, SName.class_);
+		addConvert("classBorderThickness", PName.LineThickness, SName.element, SName.class_);
+		addConvert("classHeaderBackgroundColor", PName.BackGroundColor, SName.element, SName.class_, SName.header);
 
 		addConvert("objectBackgroundColor", PName.BackGroundColor, SName.object);
 		addConvert("objectBorderColor", PName.LineColor, SName.object);
diff --git a/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/svek/image/EntityImageClass.java b/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/svek/image/EntityImageClass.java
index 778c3ac6a..88f94b501 100644
--- a/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/svek/image/EntityImageClass.java
+++ b/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/svek/image/EntityImageClass.java
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ public class EntityImageClass extends AbstractEntityImage implements Stencil, Wi
 				.getMergedStyle(getSkinParam().getCurrentStyleBuilder());
 	}
 
+	private Style getStyleHeader() {
+		return StyleSignatureBasic.of(SName.root, SName.element, SName.classDiagram, SName.class_, SName.header) //
+				.withTOBECHANGED(getEntity().getStereotype()) //
+				.with(getEntity().getStereostyles()) //
+				.getMergedStyle(getSkinParam().getCurrentStyleBuilder());
+	}
+
 	private void drawInternal(UGraphic ug) {
 		final StringBounder stringBounder = ug.getStringBounder();
 		final Dimension2D dimTotal = calculateDimension(stringBounder);
@@ -179,13 +186,14 @@ public class EntityImageClass extends AbstractEntityImage implements Stencil, Wi
 				classBorder = getStyle().value(PName.LineColor).asColor(getSkinParam().getThemeStyle(),
 						getSkinParam().getIHtmlColorSet());
 
+			if (headerBackcolor == null)
+				headerBackcolor = backcolor == null ? getStyleHeader().value(PName.BackGroundColor)
+						.asColor(getSkinParam().getThemeStyle(), getSkinParam().getIHtmlColorSet()) : backcolor;
+
 			if (backcolor == null)
 				backcolor = getStyle().value(PName.BackGroundColor).asColor(getSkinParam().getThemeStyle(),
 						getSkinParam().getIHtmlColorSet());
 
-			if (headerBackcolor == null)
-				headerBackcolor = backcolor;
-
 		} else {
 			if (getSkinParam().shadowing(getEntity().getStereotype()))
 				shadow = 4;