diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContract.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContract.java
index 6c4b9138..6b9d91ed 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContract.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContract.java
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 
-import feign.Contract;
-import feign.Feign;
-import feign.MethodMetadata;
-
 import static feign.Util.checkState;
 import static feign.Util.emptyToNull;
 import static org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils.findMergedAnnotation;
 
+import feign.Contract;
+import feign.Feign;
+import feign.MethodMetadata;
+
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
@@ -79,10 +79,11 @@ public class SpringMvcContract extends Contract.BaseContract {
 
 	@Override
 	public MethodMetadata parseAndValidateMetadata(Class<?> targetType, Method method) {
-		processedMethods.put(Feign.configKey(targetType, method), method);
+		this.processedMethods.put(Feign.configKey(targetType, method), method);
 		MethodMetadata md = super.parseAndValidateMetadata(targetType, method);
 
-		RequestMapping classAnnotation = findMergedAnnotation(targetType, RequestMapping.class);
+		RequestMapping classAnnotation = findMergedAnnotation(targetType,
+				RequestMapping.class);
 		if (classAnnotation != null) {
 			// Prepend path from class annotation if specified
 			if (classAnnotation.value().length > 0) {
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ public class SpringMvcContract extends Contract.BaseContract {
 
 		AnnotatedParameterProcessor.AnnotatedParameterContext context = new SimpleAnnotatedParameterContext(
 				data, paramIndex);
-		Method method = processedMethods.get(data.configKey());
+		Method method = this.processedMethods.get(data.configKey());
 		for (Annotation parameterAnnotation : annotations) {
 			AnnotatedParameterProcessor processor = this.annotatedArgumentProcessors
 					.get(parameterAnnotation.annotationType());
@@ -213,9 +214,9 @@ public class SpringMvcContract extends Contract.BaseContract {
 		// TODO: only supports one header value per key
 		if (annotation.headers() != null && annotation.headers().length > 0) {
 			for (String header : annotation.headers()) {
-				int colon = header.indexOf(':');
-				md.template().header(header.substring(0, colon),
-						header.substring(colon + 2));
+				int index = header.indexOf('=');
+				md.template().header(header.substring(0, index),
+						header.substring(index + 1).trim());
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContractTests.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContractTests.java
index fde15e62..edf0fd00 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContractTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/support/SpringMvcContractTests.java
@@ -182,6 +182,18 @@ public class SpringMvcContractTests {
 				data.template().headers().get("Accept").iterator().next());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testProcessHeaders() throws Exception {
+		Method method = TestTemplate_Headers.class.getDeclaredMethod("getTest",
+				String.class);
+		MethodMetadata data = this.contract
+				.parseAndValidateMetadata(method.getDeclaringClass(), method);
+
+		assertEquals("/test/{id}", data.template().url());
+		assertEquals("GET", data.template().method());
+		assertEquals("bar", data.template().headers().get("X-Foo").iterator().next());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testProcessAnnotations_Fallback() throws Exception {
 		Method method = TestTemplate_Advanced.class.getDeclaredMethod("getTestFallback",
@@ -219,10 +231,12 @@ public class SpringMvcContractTests {
 		org.springframework.util.Assert.isTrue(m.getParameterTypes().length > 0,
 				"method has no parameters");
 		if (EXECUTABLE_TYPE != null) {
-			Method getParameters = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(EXECUTABLE_TYPE, "getParameters");
+			Method getParameters = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(EXECUTABLE_TYPE,
+					"getParameters");
 			try {
 				Object[] parameters = (Object[]) getParameters.invoke(m);
-				Method isNamePresent = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(parameters[0].getClass(), "isNamePresent");
+				Method isNamePresent = ReflectionUtils
+						.findMethod(parameters[0].getClass(), "isNamePresent");
 				return Boolean.TRUE.equals(isNamePresent.invoke(parameters[0]));
 			}
 			catch (IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException
@@ -243,6 +257,11 @@ public class SpringMvcContractTests {
 		TestObject postTest(@RequestBody TestObject object);
 	}
 
+	public interface TestTemplate_Headers {
+		@RequestMapping(value = "/test/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET, headers = "X-Foo=bar")
+		ResponseEntity<TestObject> getTest(@PathVariable("id") String id);
+	}
+
 	@JsonAutoDetect
 	@RequestMapping("/advanced")
 	public interface TestTemplate_Advanced {
@@ -253,7 +272,8 @@ public class SpringMvcContractTests {
 				@PathVariable("id") String id, @RequestParam("amount") Integer amount);
 
 		@RequestMapping(path = "/test2", method = RequestMethod.PUT, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
-		ResponseEntity<TestObject> getTest2(@RequestHeader(name = "Authorization") String auth,
+		ResponseEntity<TestObject> getTest2(
+				@RequestHeader(name = "Authorization") String auth,
 				@RequestParam(name = "amount") Integer amount);
 
 		@ExceptionHandler