diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/segmentation/SectionsBuilderService.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/segmentation/SectionsBuilderService.java
index a5893161..16017f95 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/segmentation/SectionsBuilderService.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/segmentation/SectionsBuilderService.java
@@ -89,10 +89,15 @@ public class SectionsBuilderService {
                 if (previousTable != null && hasInvalidHeaderInformation(table) && hasValidHeaderInformation(previousTable)) {
                     List<Cell> previousTableNonHeaderRow = getRowWithNonHeaderCells(previousTable);
                     List<Cell> tableNonHeaderRow = getRowWithNonHeaderCells(table);
+                    // Allow merging of tables if header row is separated from first logical non-header row
+                    if (previousTableNonHeaderRow.isEmpty() && previousTable.getRowCount() == 1
+                            && previousTable.getRows().get(0).size() == tableNonHeaderRow.size()) {
+                        previousTableNonHeaderRow = previousTable.getRows().get(0);
+                    }
                     if (previousTableNonHeaderRow.size() == tableNonHeaderRow.size()) {
                         for (int i = table.getRows().size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { // Non header rows are most likely at bottom of table
                             List<Cell> row = table.getRows().get(i);
-                            if (row.size() == previousTableNonHeaderRow.size()
+                            if (row.size() == tableNonHeaderRow.size()
                                     && row.stream().allMatch(cell -> cell.getHeaderCells().isEmpty())) {
                                 for (int j = 0; j < row.size(); j++) {
                                     row.get(j).setHeaderCells(previousTableNonHeaderRow.get(j).getHeaderCells());
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/segmentation/PdfSegmentationServiceTest.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/segmentation/PdfSegmentationServiceTest.java
index 537fa91b..f85dd8dd 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/segmentation/PdfSegmentationServiceTest.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/segmentation/PdfSegmentationServiceTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
 
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.classification.model.Document;
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.classification.service.BlockificationService;
+import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.tableextraction.model.Cell;
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.tableextraction.model.Table;
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.tableextraction.service.RulingCleaningService;
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.tableextraction.service.TableExtractionService;
@@ -64,4 +65,44 @@ public class PdfSegmentationServiceTest {
         }
     }
 
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTableExtraction() throws IOException {
+
+        ClassPathResource pdfFileResource = new ClassPathResource("files/Minimal Examples/Merge Table.pdf");
+
+        try (PDDocument pdDocument = PDDocument.load(pdfFileResource.getInputStream())) {
+            Document document = pdfSegmentationService.parseDocument(pdDocument);
+            assertThat(document.getParagraphs()
+                    .stream()
+                    .flatMap(paragraph -> paragraph.getTables().stream())
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList())).isNotEmpty();
+            Table firstTable = document.getParagraphs()
+                    .stream()
+                    .flatMap(paragraph -> paragraph.getTables().stream())
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList())
+                    .get(0);
+            assertThat(firstTable.getColCount()).isEqualTo(8);
+            assertThat(firstTable.getRowCount()).isEqualTo(1);
+            Table secondTable = document.getParagraphs()
+                    .stream()
+                    .flatMap(paragraph -> paragraph.getTables().stream())
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList())
+                    .get(1);
+            assertThat(secondTable.getColCount()).isEqualTo(8);
+            assertThat(secondTable.getRowCount()).isEqualTo(2);
+            List<List<Cell>> firstTableHeaderCells = firstTable.getRows()
+                    .get(0)
+                    .stream()
+                    .map(Cell::getHeaderCells)
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList());
+            assertThat(secondTable.getRows().stream()
+                    .allMatch(row -> row.stream()
+                            .map(Cell::getHeaderCells)
+                            .collect(Collectors.toList())
+                            .equals(firstTableHeaderCells)))
+                    .isTrue();
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/files/Minimal Examples/Merge Table.pdf b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/files/Minimal Examples/Merge Table.pdf
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