diff --git a/dnf/package.py b/dnf/package.py
index baef04f..836e0e4 100644
--- a/dnf/package.py
+++ b/dnf/package.py
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from dnf.i18n import _
 
 import binascii
+import dnf.exceptions
 import dnf.rpm
 import dnf.yum.misc
 import hawkey
 import logging
 import os
+import rpm
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("dnf")
 
@@ -95,6 +97,11 @@ class Package(hawkey.Package):
 
     @property
     def _header(self):
+        """
+        Returns the header of a locally present rpm package file. As opposed to
+        self.get_header(), which retrieves the header of an installed package
+        from rpmdb.
+        """
         return dnf.rpm._header(self.localPkg())
 
     @property
@@ -164,6 +171,23 @@ class Package(hawkey.Package):
         src_name = self.source_name if self.source_name is not None else self.name
         return src_name + self.DEBUGSOURCE_SUFFIX
 
+    def get_header(self):
+        """
+        Returns the rpm header of the package if it is installed. If not
+        installed, returns None. The header is not cached, it is retrieved from
+        rpmdb on every call. In case of a failure (e.g. when the rpmdb changes
+        between loading the data and calling this method), raises an instance
+        of PackageNotFoundError.
+        """
+        if not self._from_system:
+            return None
+
+        try:
+            # RPMDBI_PACKAGES stands for the header of the package
+            return next(self.base._ts.dbMatch(rpm.RPMDBI_PACKAGES, self.rpmdbid))
+        except StopIteration:
+            raise dnf.exceptions.PackageNotFoundError("Package not found when attempting to retrieve header", str(self))
+
     @property
     def source_debug_name(self):
         # :api
diff --git a/tests/test_package.py b/tests/test_package.py
index cd4872e..514e5bf 100644
--- a/tests/test_package.py
+++ b/tests/test_package.py
@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@ class PackageTest(tests.support.DnfBaseTestCase):
             with self.assertRaises(IOError):
                 pkg._header
 
+    # rpm.hdr() is not easy to construct with custom data, we just return a string
+    # instead, as we don't actually need an instance of rpm.hdr for the test
+    @mock.patch("rpm.TransactionSet.dbMatch", lambda self, a, b: iter(["package_header_test_data"]))
+    def test_get_header(self):
+        pkg = self.sack.query().installed().filter(name="pepper")[0]
+        header = pkg.get_header()
+        self.assertEqual(header, "package_header_test_data")
+
+        pkg = self.sack.query().available().filter(name="pepper")[0]
+        header = pkg.get_header()
+        self.assertEqual(header, None)
+
     @mock.patch("dnf.package.Package.rpmdbid", long(3))
     def test_idx(self):
         """ pkg.idx is an int. """