diff --git a/src/cmd/split.rs b/src/cmd/split.rs
index 3bbf804e5..999b28e61 100644
--- a/src/cmd/split.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/split.rs
@@ -166,10 +166,14 @@ impl Args {
         let mut headerbuf_wtr = csv::WriterBuilder::new().from_writer(vec![]);
 
         headerbuf_wtr.write_byte_record(&headers)?;
-        // safety: we know the inner vec is valid
-        let header_string =
-            simdutf8::basic::from_utf8(&headerbuf_wtr.into_inner().unwrap())?.to_string();
-        let header_byte_size = header_string.len();
+        let header_byte_size = if self.flag_no_headers {
+            0
+        } else {
+            // safety: we know the inner vec is valid
+            let header_string =
+                simdutf8::basic::from_utf8(&headerbuf_wtr.into_inner().unwrap())?.to_string();
+            header_string.len()
+        };
 
         let mut wtr = self.new_writer(&headers, 0, self.flag_pad)?;
         let mut i = 0;
diff --git a/tests/test_split.rs b/tests/test_split.rs
index 024a862ba..ebfadddf5 100644
--- a/tests/test_split.rs
+++ b/tests/test_split.rs
@@ -780,8 +780,8 @@ fn split_nooutdir() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn split_kbsize_boston_2k() {
-    let wrk = Workdir::new("split_kbsize_boston_2k");
+fn split_kbsize_boston_5k() {
+    let wrk = Workdir::new("split_kbsize_boston_5k");
     let test_file = wrk.load_test_file("boston311-100.csv");
 
     let mut cmd = wrk.command("split");
@@ -805,8 +805,8 @@ fn split_kbsize_boston_2k() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn split_kbsize_boston_2k_padded() {
-    let wrk = Workdir::new("split_kbsize_boston_2k_padded");
+fn split_kbsize_boston_5k_padded() {
+    let wrk = Workdir::new("split_kbsize_boston_5k_padded");
     let test_file = wrk.load_test_file("boston311-100.csv");
 
     let mut cmd = wrk.command("split");
@@ -830,3 +830,28 @@ fn split_kbsize_boston_2k_padded() {
     assert!(wrk.path("testme-086.csv").exists());
     assert!(wrk.path("testme-095.csv").exists());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn split_kbsize_boston_5k_no_headers() {
+    let wrk = Workdir::new("split_kbsize_boston_5k_no_headers");
+    let test_file = wrk.load_test_file("boston311-100.csv");
+
+    let mut cmd = wrk.command("split");
+    cmd.args(["--kb-size", "5"])
+        .arg(&wrk.path("."))
+        .arg("--no-headers")
+        .arg(test_file);
+    wrk.run(&mut cmd);
+
+    assert!(wrk.path("0.csv").exists());
+    assert!(wrk.path("12.csv").exists());
+    assert!(wrk.path("21.csv").exists());
+    assert!(wrk.path("29.csv").exists());
+    assert!(wrk.path("39.csv").exists());
+    assert!(wrk.path("48.csv").exists());
+    assert!(wrk.path("56.csv").exists());
+    assert!(wrk.path("66.csv").exists());
+    assert!(wrk.path("76.csv").exists());
+    assert!(wrk.path("84.csv").exists());
+    assert!(wrk.path("93.csv").exists());
+}