diff --git a/src/RestSharp/Parameters/HeaderParameter.cs b/src/RestSharp/Parameters/HeaderParameter.cs
index 1607eaeda..7dce5df92 100644
--- a/src/RestSharp/Parameters/HeaderParameter.cs
+++ b/src/RestSharp/Parameters/HeaderParameter.cs
@@ -13,22 +13,71 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 // 
 
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
 namespace RestSharp;
 
-public record HeaderParameter : Parameter {
+public partial record HeaderParameter : Parameter {
     /// <summary>
     /// Instantiates a header parameter
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="name">Parameter name</param>
-    /// <param name="value">Parameter value</param>
-    public HeaderParameter(string name, string value)
+    /// <param name="name">Header name</param>
+    /// <param name="value">Header value</param>
+    /// <param name="encode">Set to true to encode header value according to RFC 2047. Default is false.</param>
+    public HeaderParameter(string name, string value, bool encode = false)
         : base(
-            Ensure.NotEmptyString(name, nameof(name)),
-            Ensure.NotNull(value, nameof(value)),
+            EnsureValidHeaderString(Ensure.NotEmptyString(name, nameof(name)), "name"),
+            EnsureValidHeaderValue(name, value, encode),
             ParameterType.HttpHeader,
             false
         ) { }
 
     public new string Name  => base.Name!;
     public new string Value => (string)base.Value!;
+
+    static string EnsureValidHeaderValue(string name, string value, bool encode) {
+        CheckAndThrowsForInvalidHost(name, value);
+
+        return EnsureValidHeaderString(GetValue(Ensure.NotNull(value, nameof(value)), encode), "value");
+    }
+
+    static string EnsureValidHeaderString(string value, string type)
+        => !IsInvalidHeaderString(value) ? value : throw new ArgumentException($"Invalid character found in header {type}: {value}");
+
+    static string GetValue(string value, bool encode) => encode ? GetBase64EncodedHeaderValue(value) : value;
+
+    static string GetBase64EncodedHeaderValue(string value) => $"=?UTF-8?B?{Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(value))}?=";
+
+    static bool IsInvalidHeaderString(string stringValue) {
+        // ReSharper disable once ForCanBeConvertedToForeach
+        for (var i = 0; i < stringValue.Length; i++) {
+            switch (stringValue[i]) {
+                case '\t':
+                case '\r':
+                case '\n':
+                    return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    static readonly Regex PortSplitRegex = PartSplit();
+
+    static void CheckAndThrowsForInvalidHost(string name, string value) {
+        if (name == KnownHeaders.Host && InvalidHost(value))
+            throw new ArgumentException("The specified value is not a valid Host header string.", nameof(value));
+
+        return;
+
+        static bool InvalidHost(string host) => Uri.CheckHostName(PortSplitRegex.Split(host)[0]) == UriHostNameType.Unknown;
+    }
+
+#if NET7_0_OR_GREATER
+    [GeneratedRegex(@":\d+")]
+    private static partial Regex PartSplit();
+#else
+    static Regex PartSplit() => new(@":\d+");
+#endif
 }
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diff --git a/src/RestSharp/Request/RestRequestExtensions.Headers.cs b/src/RestSharp/Request/RestRequestExtensions.Headers.cs
index 8091a1a50..d3e6b7815 100644
--- a/src/RestSharp/Request/RestRequestExtensions.Headers.cs
+++ b/src/RestSharp/Request/RestRequestExtensions.Headers.cs
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
-
 namespace RestSharp;
 
 public static partial class RestRequestExtensions {
@@ -39,10 +37,8 @@ public static RestRequest AddHeader(this RestRequest request, string name, strin
     /// <param name="name">Header name</param>
     /// <param name="value">Header value</param>
     /// <returns></returns>
-    public static RestRequest AddHeader(this RestRequest request, string name, string value) {
-        CheckAndThrowsForInvalidHost(name, value);
-        return request.AddParameter(new HeaderParameter(name, value));
-    }
+    public static RestRequest AddHeader(this RestRequest request, string name, string value)
+        => request.AddParameter(new HeaderParameter(name, value));
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Adds a header to the request. RestSharp will try to separate request and content headers when calling the resource.
@@ -62,10 +58,8 @@ public static RestRequest AddHeader<T>(this RestRequest request, string name, T
     /// <param name="name">Header name</param>
     /// <param name="value">Header value</param>
     /// <returns></returns>
-    public static RestRequest AddOrUpdateHeader(this RestRequest request, string name, string value) {
-        CheckAndThrowsForInvalidHost(name, value);
-        return request.AddOrUpdateParameter(new HeaderParameter(name, value));
-    }
+    public static RestRequest AddOrUpdateHeader(this RestRequest request, string name, string value)
+        => request.AddOrUpdateParameter(new HeaderParameter(name, value));
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Adds or updates the request header. RestSharp will try to separate request and content headers when calling the resource.
@@ -121,22 +115,4 @@ static void CheckAndThrowsDuplicateKeys(ICollection<KeyValuePair<string, string>
             throw new ArgumentException($"Duplicate header names exist: {string.Join(", ", duplicateKeys)}");
         }
     }
-
-    static readonly Regex PortSplitRegex = PartSplit();
-
-    static void CheckAndThrowsForInvalidHost(string name, string value) {
-        if (name == KnownHeaders.Host && InvalidHost(value))
-            throw new ArgumentException("The specified value is not a valid Host header string.", nameof(value));
-
-        return;
-
-        static bool InvalidHost(string host) => Uri.CheckHostName(PortSplitRegex.Split(host)[0]) == UriHostNameType.Unknown;
-    }
-
-#if NET7_0_OR_GREATER
-    [GeneratedRegex(@":\d+")]
-    private static partial Regex PartSplit();
-#else
-    static Regex PartSplit() => new(@":\d+");
-#endif
 }
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diff --git a/test/RestSharp.Tests/RequestHeaderTests.cs b/test/RestSharp.Tests/RequestHeaderTests.cs
index 6fa6c8215..bf8bc4c4b 100644
--- a/test/RestSharp.Tests/RequestHeaderTests.cs
+++ b/test/RestSharp.Tests/RequestHeaderTests.cs
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ public void Should_not_allow_empty_header_name() {
         var request = new RestRequest();
         Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>("name", () => request.AddHeader("", "value"));
     }
+    
+    [Fact]
+    public void Should_not_allow_CRLF_in_header_value() {
+        var request = new RestRequest();
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => request.AddHeader("name", "test\r\nUser-Agent: injected header!\r\n\r\nGET /smuggled HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: insert.some.site.here"));
+    }
 
     static Parameter[] GetHeaders(RestRequest request) => request.Parameters.Where(x => x.Type == ParameterType.HttpHeader).ToArray();