diff --git a/src/configBitstreamParser.cpp b/src/configBitstreamParser.cpp
index 96c2e86..4dac078 100644
--- a/src/configBitstreamParser.cpp
+++ b/src/configBitstreamParser.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ ConfigBitstreamParser::~ConfigBitstreamParser()
 	_fd.close();
 }
 
+string ConfigBitstreamParser::getHeaderVal(string key)
+{
+	auto val = _hdr.find(key);
+	if (val == _hdr.end())
+		throw std::runtime_error("Error key " + key + " not found");
+	return val->second;
+}
+
 uint8_t ConfigBitstreamParser::reverseByte(uint8_t src)
 {
 	uint8_t dst = 0;
diff --git a/src/configBitstreamParser.hpp b/src/configBitstreamParser.hpp
index a9539ee..0552a4f 100644
--- a/src/configBitstreamParser.hpp
+++ b/src/configBitstreamParser.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ class ConfigBitstreamParser {
 		virtual int parse() = 0;
 		uint8_t *getData() {return (uint8_t*)_bit_data.c_str();}
 		int getLength() {return _bit_length;}
+
+		/**
+		 * \brief get header list of keys/values
+		 * \return list of couple keys/values
+		 */
+		std::map<std::string, std::string> getHeader() { return _hdr; }
+
+		/**
+		 * \brief get value in header list
+		 * \param[in] key: key value
+		 * \return associated value for the key
+		 */
+		std::string getHeaderVal(std::string key);
 	
 		enum {
 			ASCII_MODE = 0,