diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ca3ba99e..64de9999 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Notmuch 0.29 (UNRELEASED)
+=========================
+
+Command Line Interface
+----------------------
+
+`notmuch show` now supports --body=false with --format=text
+
 Notmuch 0.28 (2018-10-12)
 =========================
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-show.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-show.rst
index 8bfa87c6..f3c32fd2 100644
--- a/doc/man1/notmuch-show.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-show.rst
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ Supported options for **show** include
 ``--body=(true|false)``
     If true (the default) **notmuch show** includes the bodies of the
     messages in the output; if false, bodies are omitted.
-    ``--body=false`` is only implemented for the json and sexp formats
-    and it is incompatible with ``--part > 0.``
+    ``--body=false`` is only implemented for the text, json and sexp
+    formats and it is incompatible with ``--part > 0.``
 
     This is useful if the caller only needs the headers as body-less
     output is much faster and substantially smaller.
diff --git a/notmuch-show.c b/notmuch-show.c
index c3a3783a..42fe27cc 100644
--- a/notmuch-show.c
+++ b/notmuch-show.c
@@ -574,6 +574,11 @@ format_part_text (const void *ctx, sprinter_t *sp, mime_node_t *node,
 	g_mime_stream_printf (stream, "Date: %s\n", date_string);
 	g_mime_stream_printf (stream, "\fheader}\n");
 
+	if (!params->output_body)
+	{
+	    g_mime_stream_printf (stream, "\f%s}\n", part_type);
+	    return NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+	}
 	g_mime_stream_printf (stream, "\fbody{\n");
     }
 
@@ -1204,9 +1209,11 @@ notmuch_show_command (notmuch_config_t *config, int argc, char *argv[])
 	    fprintf (stderr, "Warning: --body=false is incompatible with --part > 0. Disabling.\n");
 	    params.output_body = true;
 	} else {
-	    if (format != NOTMUCH_FORMAT_JSON && format != NOTMUCH_FORMAT_SEXP)
+	    if (format != NOTMUCH_FORMAT_TEXT &&
+		format != NOTMUCH_FORMAT_JSON &&
+		format != NOTMUCH_FORMAT_SEXP)
 		fprintf (stderr,
-			 "Warning: --body=false only implemented for format=json and format=sexp\n");
+			 "Warning: --body=false only implemented for format=text, format=json and format=sexp\n");
 	}
     }
 
diff --git a/test/T190-multipart.sh b/test/T190-multipart.sh
index 3eeac1db..81c4d772 100755
--- a/test/T190-multipart.sh
+++ b/test/T190-multipart.sh
@@ -190,6 +190,21 @@ Non-text part: application/pgp-signature
 EOF
 test_expect_equal_file EXPECTED OUTPUT
 
+test_begin_subtest "--format=text --part=0 --body=false, message header"
+notmuch show --format=text --part=0  --body=false 'id:87liy5ap00.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org' >OUTPUT
+cat <<EOF >EXPECTED
+message{ id:87liy5ap00.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org depth:0 match:1 excluded:0 filename:${MAIL_DIR}/multipart
+header{
+Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> (2001-01-05) (attachment inbox signed unread)
+Subject: Multipart message
+From: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
+To: cworth@cworth.org
+Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:43:57 +0000
+header}
+message}
+EOF
+test_expect_equal_file EXPECTED OUTPUT
+
 test_begin_subtest "--format=text --part=1, message body"
 notmuch show --format=text --part=1 'id:87liy5ap00.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org' >OUTPUT
 cat <<EOF >EXPECTED