diff --git a/config-templates/config.php b/config-templates/config.php
index fb7a87623c0ec1f20c191ce28ab54b54b830fb60..ddbe91f14cf2462460c5165631f0a0d96e154827 100644
--- a/config-templates/config.php
+++ b/config-templates/config.php
@@ -786,6 +786,12 @@ $config = [
      */
     'theme.use' => 'default',
 
+    /*
+     * Set this option to the text you would like to appear at the header of each page. Set to false if you don't want
+     * any text to appear in the header.
+     */
+    //'theme.header' => 'SimpleSAMLphp'
+
     /*
      * Templating options
      *
diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php
index 9b2907fd327146fbca2a11df1c8ae4bc02006567..90e6c027ec8fe66f9ea1d151e0fa37ca52a44774 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/XHTML/Template.php
@@ -462,6 +462,8 @@ class Template extends Response
         }
 
         $this->data['year'] = date('Y');
+
+        $this->data['header'] = $this->configuration->getValue('theme.header', 'SimpleSAMLphp');
     }
 
 
diff --git a/templates/_header.twig b/templates/_header.twig
index efc28c2ff26107ba886aa24a712a231ba8d97ed7..1359659c46d28057b1c0881e9192ac8a82e0d6bc 100644
--- a/templates/_header.twig
+++ b/templates/_header.twig
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@
                 <div class="left">
                     <div class="v-center logo-header">
                         <div id="logo">
-                            <span class="simple">Simple</span><span class="saml">SAML</span><span class="simple">php</span>
+                            {%- if header == 'SimpleSAMLphp' %}
+
+                            <span class="simple">Simple</span>{# -#}
+                            <span class="saml">SAML</span>{# -#}
+                            <span class="simple">php</span>
+                            {%- else %}
+
+                            {{ header }}
+                            {%- endif %}
+
                             <img class="pure-img hidden" src="" alt="LOGO">
                         </div>
                     </div>