Index: opendmarc-1.3.0.beta0/opendmarc/opendmarc.c
===================================================================
--- opendmarc-1.3.0.beta0.orig/opendmarc/opendmarc.c	2014-04-24 20:44:10.000000000 +0200
+++ opendmarc-1.3.0.beta0/opendmarc/opendmarc.c	2014-05-08 22:15:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 struct dmarcf_config
 {
 	_Bool			conf_reqhdrs;
+	_Bool			conf_rejectreqhdrsfail;
 	_Bool			conf_afrf;
 	_Bool			conf_afrfnone;
 	_Bool			conf_rejectfail;
@@ -1236,6 +1237,10 @@
 		                  &conf->conf_reqhdrs,
 		                  sizeof conf->conf_reqhdrs);
 
+		(void) config_get(data, "RejectRequiredHeadersFailures",
+		                  &conf->conf_rejectreqhdrsfail,
+		                  sizeof conf->conf_rejectreqhdrsfail);
+
 		(void) config_get(data, "ForensicReports",
 		                  &conf->conf_afrf,
 		                  sizeof conf->conf_afrf);
@@ -2079,7 +2084,14 @@
 				       dfc->mctx_jobid, reqhdrs_error);
 			}
 
-			return SMFIS_REJECT;
+			if (conf->conf_rejectreqhdrsfail) {
+				/* TODO: handle setreply failures */
+				snprintf(replybuf, sizeof replybuf,
+				         "RFC5322 header requirement error");
+				dmarcf_setreply(ctx, DMARC_REJECT_SMTP,
+				                DMARC_REJECT_ESC, replybuf);
+				return SMFIS_REJECT;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2109,7 +2121,7 @@
 			       dfc->mctx_jobid);
 		}
 
-		if (conf->conf_reqhdrs)
+		if (conf->conf_rejectreqhdrsfail)
 			return SMFIS_REJECT;
 		else
 			return SMFIS_ACCEPT;
Index: opendmarc-1.3.0.beta0/opendmarc/opendmarc.conf.5.in
===================================================================
--- opendmarc-1.3.0.beta0.orig/opendmarc/opendmarc.conf.5.in	2014-04-22 22:14:37.000000000 +0200
+++ opendmarc-1.3.0.beta0/opendmarc/opendmarc.conf.5.in	2014-05-08 22:15:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -225,8 +225,12 @@
 .I RequiredHeaders (Boolean)
 If set, the filter will ensure the header of the message conforms to the basic
 header field count restrictions laid out in RFC5322, Section 3.6.  Messages
-failing this test are rejected without further processing.  A From:
-field from which no domain name could be extracted will also be rejected.
+failing this test are logged.  A From:
+field from which no domain name could be extracted will also be logged.
+
+.TP
+.I RejectRequiredHeadersFailures (Boolean)
+Messages failing the above tests are rejected without further processing.
 
 .TP
 .I Socket (string)
Index: opendmarc-1.3.0.beta0/opendmarc/opendmarc-config.h
===================================================================
--- opendmarc-1.3.0.beta0.orig/opendmarc/opendmarc-config.h	2014-04-22 22:12:16.000000000 +0200
+++ opendmarc-1.3.0.beta0/opendmarc/opendmarc-config.h	2014-05-08 22:15:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 	{ "PublicSuffixList",		CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,	FALSE },
 	{ "RecordAllMessages",		CONFIG_TYPE_BOOLEAN,	FALSE },
 	{ "RequiredHeaders",		CONFIG_TYPE_BOOLEAN,	FALSE },
+	{ "RejectRequiredHeadersFailures", CONFIG_TYPE_BOOLEAN,	FALSE },
 	{ "RejectFailures",		CONFIG_TYPE_BOOLEAN,	FALSE },
 	{ "ReportCommand",		CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,	FALSE },
 	{ "Socket",			CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,	FALSE },