diff --git a/table/render.go b/table/render.go
index 1a8bc04..a1b6cfe 100644
--- a/table/render.go
+++ b/table/render.go
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func (t *Table) renderRowsHeader(out *strings.Builder) {
 
 		// Only add separator after header if there are data rows or footer rows.
 		// Otherwise, the bottom border is rendered directly.
-		if len(t.rows) > 0 || len(t.rowsFooter) > 0 {
+		if len(t.rows) > 0 || len(t.rowsFooter) > 0 || !t.style.Options.DoNotRenderSeparatorWhenEmpty {
 			hintSeparator.separatorType = separatorTypeHeaderBottom
 			t.renderRowSeparator(out, hintSeparator)
 		}
diff --git a/table/render_test.go b/table/render_test.go
index 515ae2f..0531286 100644
--- a/table/render_test.go
+++ b/table/render_test.go
@@ -1119,7 +1119,14 @@ func TestTable_Render_EmptyWithHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	tw := NewWriter()
 	tw.AppendHeader(Row{"ID", "DIALER", "ACCEPTOR", "STATIC COST", "SRC LATENCY", "DST LATENCY", "STATE", "STATUS", "FULL COST", "CONNECTIONS"})
 	tw.SetStyle(StyleRounded)
+	tw.Style().Options.DoNotRenderSeparatorWhenEmpty = false
+	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
+╭────┬────────┬──────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬───────┬────────┬───────────┬─────────────╮
+│ ID │ DIALER │ ACCEPTOR │ STATIC COST │ SRC LATENCY │ DST LATENCY │ STATE │ STATUS │ FULL COST │ CONNECTIONS │
+├────┼────────┼──────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼───────┼────────┼───────────┼─────────────┤
+╰────┴────────┴──────────┴─────────────┴─────────────┴─────────────┴───────┴────────┴───────────┴─────────────╯`)
 
+	tw.Style().Options.DoNotRenderSeparatorWhenEmpty = true
 	compareOutput(t, tw.Render(), `
 ╭────┬────────┬──────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬───────┬────────┬───────────┬─────────────╮
 │ ID │ DIALER │ ACCEPTOR │ STATIC COST │ SRC LATENCY │ DST LATENCY │ STATE │ STATUS │ FULL COST │ CONNECTIONS │
@@ -1130,7 +1137,6 @@ func TestTable_Render_EmptyWithHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	tw2.AppendHeader(testHeader)
 	tw2.AppendFooter(testFooter)
 	tw2.SetStyle(StyleRounded)
-
 	compareOutput(t, tw2.Render(), `
 ╭───┬────────────┬───────────┬────────╮
 │ # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │
diff --git a/table/style_options.go b/table/style_options.go
index d24e767..7e7a27c 100644
--- a/table/style_options.go
+++ b/table/style_options.go
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ type Options struct {
 	// or column separators.
 	DoNotColorBordersAndSeparators bool
 
+	// DoNotRenderSeparatorWhenEmpty disables rendering the separator row after
+	// headers when there are no data rows (for example when only headers and/or
+	// footers are present).
+	DoNotRenderSeparatorWhenEmpty bool
+
 	// DrawBorder enables or disables drawing the border around the Table.
 	// Example of a table where it is disabled:
 	//     # │ FIRST NAME │ LAST NAME │ SALARY │