diff --git a/pdf/plugin.jelly b/pdf/plugin.jelly
index ea8f23e8..b65cb18b 100644
--- a/pdf/plugin.jelly
+++ b/pdf/plugin.jelly
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ maven_version                   = [${maven_version}]
       <arg value="-PARAM"/>
       <arg value="debug"/>
       <arg value="${maven.pdf.debug}"/>
+      <arg value="-PARAM"/>
+      <arg value="header_Height"/>
+      <arg value="${maven.pdf.cover.headerHeight}"/>
+      <arg value="-PARAM"/>
+      <arg value="footer_Height"/>
+      <arg value="${maven.pdf.cover.footerHeight}"/>
       <classpath>
         <pathelement location="${plugin.getDependencyPath('xerces')}"/>
         <pathelement location="${plugin.getDependencyPath('xalan')}"/>
diff --git a/pdf/plugin.properties b/pdf/plugin.properties
index 1d2944ae..46750481 100644
--- a/pdf/plugin.properties
+++ b/pdf/plugin.properties
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ maven.pdf.cover.projectName=${pom.name}
 maven.pdf.cover.type=Project Documentation
 maven.pdf.cover.version=${pom.currentVersion}
 #maven.pdf.cover.date=Not defined by default
+maven.pdf.cover.headerHeight=0.5
+maven.pdf.cover.footerHeight=0.3
 maven.pdf.projectLogo=${pom.logo}
 maven.pdf.companyLogo=${pom.organization.logo}
 
@@ -41,4 +43,4 @@ maven.pdf.companyLogo=${pom.organization.logo}
 # Not defined by default
 #maven.jar.jimi=${maven.repo.local}/jimi/jars/jimi-X.Y.Z.jar
 #maven.jar.jaicore=${maven.repo.local}/jai/jars/jai_core-X.Y.Z.jar
-#maven.jar.jaicodec=${maven.repo.local}/jai/jars/jai_codec-X.Y.Z.jar
\ No newline at end of file
+#maven.jar.jaicodec=${maven.repo.local}/jai/jars/jai_codec-X.Y.Z.jar
diff --git a/pdf/src/plugin-resources/fo-cover.xslt b/pdf/src/plugin-resources/fo-cover.xslt
index edd2a861..b310fee4 100644
--- a/pdf/src/plugin-resources/fo-cover.xslt
+++ b/pdf/src/plugin-resources/fo-cover.xslt
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
     <xsl:variable name="colWidth2" select="$maxBodyWidth div 2"/>
     <xsl:variable name="colWidth3" select="$maxBodyWidth div 3"/>
     <xsl:variable name="maxTableHeight" select="$maxBodyHeight - $regionTopMargin"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="headerHeight">0.5</xsl:variable>
-    <xsl:variable name="footerHeight">0.3</xsl:variable>
+    <xsl:variable name="headerHeight" select="$header_Height"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="footerHeight" select="$footer_Height"/>
     <xsl:variable name="lineHeight">0.014</xsl:variable>
     <xsl:variable name="middleHeight" select="$maxTableHeight - $headerHeight - $footerHeight - $lineHeight - $lineHeight - 0.5"/>
     <xsl:template name="fo-cover">
diff --git a/pdf/src/plugin-resources/project2fo.xslt b/pdf/src/plugin-resources/project2fo.xslt
index 542d4f3d..b52df965 100644
--- a/pdf/src/plugin-resources/project2fo.xslt
+++ b/pdf/src/plugin-resources/project2fo.xslt
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
     <xsl:param name="coverType">Project Documentation</xsl:param>
     <xsl:param name="coverVersion">1.0</xsl:param>
     <xsl:param name="coverDate">January 1, 1901</xsl:param>
+    <xsl:param name="header_Height">0.5</xsl:param>
+    <xsl:param name="footer_Height">0.3</xsl:param>
     <xsl:param name="debug">false</xsl:param>
     <!-- These next two variables are used in cheap-and-cheerful case conversions -->
     <xsl:variable name="lc">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</xsl:variable>
diff --git a/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml b/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
index 08be3ca5..0034b3a5 100644
--- a/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="2.5-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="add">Make cover header- and footer-height configurable.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPPDF-40">Use optional id tag for sub/section anchors to avoid problems with identical names.</action>
     </release>
     <release version="2.4" date="2005-09-05">
diff --git a/pdf/xdocs/properties.xml b/pdf/xdocs/properties.xml
index d3e73c4c..217fbc75 100644
--- a/pdf/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/pdf/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -150,12 +150,24 @@
           </tr>
           <tr>
             <td width="25%">maven.pdf.cover.date</td>
-            <td>Defaults to current day.</td>
+            <td>The date printed on the cover.</td>
             <td width="10%">Yes</td>
             <td>
               <code>Empty.</code> The build date is used.
                         </td>
           </tr>
+          <tr>
+            <td width="25%">maven.pdf.cover.headerHeight</td>
+            <td>The height of the cover header.</td>
+            <td width="10%">Yes</td>
+            <td>Defaults to <code>0.5in</code>.</td>
+          </tr>
+          <tr>
+            <td width="25%">maven.pdf.cover.footerHeight</td>
+            <td>The height of the cover footer.</td>
+            <td width="10%">Yes</td>
+            <td>Defaults to <code>0.3in</code>.</td>
+          </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
       <subsection name="Project parameters">
