diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/CocoapodsExtension.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/CocoapodsExtension.kt
index a1937c03574..0e73e4e0fd9 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/CocoapodsExtension.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/CocoapodsExtension.kt
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ open class CocoapodsExtension(private val project: Project) {
      * Add a CocoaPods dependency to the pod built from this project.
      */
     @JvmOverloads
-    fun pod(name: String, version: String? = null, path: File? = null, moduleName: String = name.asModuleName()) {
+    fun pod(name: String, version: String? = null, path: File? = null, moduleName: String = name.asModuleName(), headers: String? = null) {
         // Empty string will lead to an attempt to create two podDownload tasks.
         // One is original podDownload and second is podDownload + pod.name
         require(name.isNotEmpty()) { "Please provide not empty pod name to avoid ambiguity" }
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ open class CocoapodsExtension(private val project: Project) {
             project.logger.warn(warnMessage)
             podSource = path.parentFile
         }
-        addToPods(CocoapodsDependency(name, moduleName, version, podSource?.let { Path(it) }))
+        addToPods(CocoapodsDependency(name, moduleName, headers, version, podSource?.let { Path(it) }))
     }
 
 
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ open class CocoapodsExtension(private val project: Project) {
     data class CocoapodsDependency(
         private val name: String,
         @get:Input var moduleName: String,
+        @get:Optional @get:Input var headers: String? = null,
         @get:Optional @get:Input var version: String? = null,
         @get:Optional @get:Nested var source: PodLocation? = null,
         @get:Internal var extraOpts: List<String> = listOf(),
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/CocoapodsTasks.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/CocoapodsTasks.kt
index e7e26d48944..79e71182767 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/CocoapodsTasks.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/CocoapodsTasks.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.cocoapods.KotlinCocoapodsPlugin.Compan
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.cocoapods.KotlinCocoapodsPlugin.Companion.GENERATE_WRAPPER_PROPERTY
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.cocoapods.KotlinCocoapodsPlugin.Companion.SYNC_TASK_NAME
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.cocoapods.cocoapodsBuildDirs
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.appendLine
 import java.io.File
 
 /**
@@ -329,11 +330,12 @@ open class DefFileTask : DefaultTask() {
     @TaskAction
     fun generate() {
         outputFile.parentFile.mkdirs()
-        outputFile.writeText(
-            """
-            language = Objective-C
-            modules = ${pod.get().moduleName}
-        """.trimIndent()
-        )
+        outputFile.writeText(buildString {
+            appendLine("language = Objective-C")
+            with(pod.get()) {
+                if (headers != null) appendLine("headers = $headers")
+                else appendLine("modules = $moduleName")
+            }
+        })
     }
 }
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