diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/SoapHeader.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/SoapHeader.java
index 1ff102de..cb37982c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/SoapHeader.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/SoapHeader.java
@@ -68,4 +68,14 @@ public interface SoapHeader extends SoapElement {
      * @see SoapHeaderElement
      */
     Iterator examineAllHeaderElements() throws SoapHeaderException;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an <code>Iterator</code> over all the <code>SoapHeaderElement</code>s with the specified header.
+     *
+     * @param name the qualified name of header elements to look for
+     * @return an iterator over all the header elements
+     * @throws SoapHeaderException if the header cannot be returned
+     * @see SoapHeaderElement
+     */
+    Iterator examineHeaderElements(QName name) throws SoapHeaderException;
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/axiom/AxiomSoapHeader.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/axiom/AxiomSoapHeader.java
index c1dd983d..d6e088b7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/axiom/AxiomSoapHeader.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/axiom/AxiomSoapHeader.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.axiom.soap.SOAPHeader;
 import org.apache.axiom.soap.SOAPHeaderBlock;
 import org.springframework.ws.soap.SoapHeader;
 import org.springframework.ws.soap.SoapHeaderElement;
+import org.springframework.ws.soap.SoapHeaderException;
 import org.springframework.xml.namespace.QNameUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -73,7 +74,15 @@ class AxiomSoapHeader extends AxiomSoapElement implements SoapHeader {
         catch (OMException ex) {
             throw new AxiomSoapHeaderException(ex);
         }
+    }
 
+    public Iterator examineHeaderElements(QName name) throws SoapHeaderException {
+        try {
+            return new AxiomSoapHeaderElementIterator(getAxiomHeader().getChildrenWithName(name));
+        }
+        catch (OMException ex) {
+            throw new AxiomSoapHeaderException(ex);
+        }
     }
 
     protected SOAPHeader getAxiomHeader() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj11Implementation.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj11Implementation.java
index 9200870c..06b3c04e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj11Implementation.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj11Implementation.java
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ public class Saaj11Implementation implements SaajImplementation {
         return results.iterator();
     }
 
+    public Iterator getChildElements(SOAPElement element, QName name) throws SOAPException {
+        Name childName = SaajUtils.toName(name, element);
+        return element.getChildElements(childName);
+    }
+
     public QName getFaultCode(SOAPFault fault) {
         String code = fault.getFaultCode();
         int idx = code.indexOf(':');
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj12Implementation.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj12Implementation.java
index f72a6e9d..a1f09f3e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj12Implementation.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj12Implementation.java
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ public class Saaj12Implementation implements SaajImplementation {
         return results.iterator();
     }
 
+    public Iterator getChildElements(SOAPElement element, QName name) throws SOAPException {
+        Name childName = SaajUtils.toName(name, element);
+        return element.getChildElements(childName);
+    }
+
     public SOAPEnvelope getEnvelope(SOAPMessage message) throws SOAPException {
         return message.getSOAPPart().getEnvelope();
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj13Implementation.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj13Implementation.java
index 35f4d9f8..07f08c71 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj13Implementation.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/Saaj13Implementation.java
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ public class Saaj13Implementation implements SaajImplementation {
         return element.getAllAttributesAsQNames();
     }
 
+    public Iterator getChildElements(SOAPElement element, QName name) throws SOAPException {
+        return element.getChildElements(name);
+    }
+
     public SOAPEnvelope getEnvelope(SOAPMessage message) throws SOAPException {
         return message.getSOAPPart().getEnvelope();
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/SaajImplementation.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/SaajImplementation.java
index 15e9d1d9..e13f3975 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/SaajImplementation.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/SaajImplementation.java
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ public interface SaajImplementation {
     /** Returns all attributes as an iterator of QNames. * */
     Iterator getAllAttibutes(SOAPElement element);
 
+    /** Returns an iterator over the child elements with the given name. */
+    Iterator getChildElements(SOAPElement element, QName name) throws SOAPException;
+
     /** Returns the envelope of the given message. */
     SOAPEnvelope getEnvelope(SOAPMessage message) throws SOAPException;
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/SaajSoapHeader.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/SaajSoapHeader.java
index 620358f1..77c31e9a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/SaajSoapHeader.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/SaajSoapHeader.java
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ class SaajSoapHeader extends SaajSoapElement implements SoapHeader {
         return new SaajSoapHeaderElementIterator(iterator);
     }
 
+    public Iterator examineHeaderElements(QName name) throws SoapHeaderException {
+        try {
+            Iterator iterator = getImplementation().getChildElements(getSaajHeader(), name);
+            return new SaajSoapHeaderElementIterator(iterator);
+        }
+        catch (SOAPException ex) {
+            throw new SaajSoapHeaderException(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
     public Iterator examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements(String actorOrRole) throws SoapHeaderException {
         Iterator iterator = getImplementation().examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements(getSaajHeader(), actorOrRole);
         return new SaajSoapHeaderElementIterator(iterator);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/AbstractSoapHeaderTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/AbstractSoapHeaderTestCase.java
index 568bcc07..b884ddce 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/AbstractSoapHeaderTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/AbstractSoapHeaderTestCase.java
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSoapHeaderTestCase extends AbstractSoapElementTest
     public void testAddHeaderElement() throws Exception {
         QName qName = new QName("http://www.springframework.org", "localName", "spring");
         SoapHeaderElement headerElement = soapHeader.addHeaderElement(qName);
-        assertEquals("Invalid qName for element", qName, headerElement.getName());
         assertNotNull("No SoapHeaderElement returned", headerElement);
+        assertEquals("Invalid qName for element", qName, headerElement.getName());
         String payload = "<content xmlns='http://www.springframework.org'/>";
         transformer.transform(new StringSource(payload), headerElement.getResult());
         assertHeaderElementEqual(headerElement,
@@ -94,10 +94,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractSoapHeaderTestCase extends AbstractSoapElementTest
         assertHeaderElementEqual(headerElement, content);
     }
 
+    public void testExamineHeaderElements() throws Exception {
+        QName qName = new QName("http://www.springframework.org", "localName", "spring");
+        soapHeader.addHeaderElement(qName);
+        Iterator iterator = soapHeader.examineHeaderElements(qName);
+        assertNotNull("No Iterator returned", iterator);
+        assertTrue("header element iterator has no elements", iterator.hasNext());
+        SoapHeaderElement headerElement = (SoapHeaderElement) iterator.next();
+        assertNotNull("No SoapHeaderElement returned", headerElement);
+        assertEquals("Invalid qName for element", qName, headerElement.getName());
+    }
+
     protected void assertHeaderElementEqual(SoapHeaderElement headerElement, String expected) throws Exception {
         StringResult result = new StringResult();
         transformer.transform(headerElement.getSource(), result);
         assertXMLEqual("Invalid contents of header element", expected, result.toString());
     }
 
+
 }