3 files changed, 22 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HeaderFooter.java b/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HeaderFooter.java
index 9d369ad378..aa883dd44e 100644
--- a/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HeaderFooter.java
+++ b/poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HeaderFooter.java
@@ -298,10 +298,13 @@ public abstract class HeaderFooter implements org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Header
 
         // Now do the tricky, dynamic ones
         // These are things like font sizes, font names and colours
-        text = text.replaceAll("\\&\\d+", "");
-        text = text.replaceAll("\\&\".*?,.*?\"", "");
-        text = text.replaceAll("\\&K[\\dA-F]{6}", "");
-        text = text.replaceAll("\\&K[\\d]{2}[+][\\d]{3}", "");
+        text = text.replaceAll("&\\d+", "");
+        text = text.replaceAll("&\".*?,.*?\"", "");
+        text = text.replaceAll("&K[\\dA-F]{6}", "");
+        text = text.replaceAll("&K[\\d]{2}[+][\\d]{3}", "");
+
+        text = text.replaceAll("&&", "&");
+
 
         // All done
         return text;
diff --git a/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestHSSFHeaderFooter.java b/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestHSSFHeaderFooter.java
index 22ee32af31..b703390585 100644
--- a/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestHSSFHeaderFooter.java
+++ b/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestHSSFHeaderFooter.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ final class TestHSSFHeaderFooter {
         assertEquals(simple, HSSFHeader.stripFields(withPage));
         assertEquals(simple, HSSFHeader.stripFields(withLots));
         assertEquals(simple, HSSFHeader.stripFields(withFont));
-        assertEquals(simple + "&&", HSSFHeader.stripFields(withOtherAnds));
+        assertEquals(simple + "&", HSSFHeader.stripFields(withOtherAnds));
         assertEquals(simple + "&a&b", HSSFHeader.stripFields(withOtherAnds2));
 
         // Now test the default strip flag
@@ -192,4 +192,18 @@ final class TestHSSFHeaderFooter {
             assertEquals("bar", footer2.getCenter());
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testHeaderWithAmpersand() throws IOException {
+        try (HSSFWorkbook wb = openSampleWorkbook("AmpersandHeader.xls")) {
+            HSSFSheet s = wb.getSheetAt(0);
+            HSSFHeader h = s.getHeader();
+            String header = h.getCenter();
+            assertEquals("one && two &&&&", header);
+
+            // In Excel headers fields start with '&'
+            // For '&' to appear as text it needs to be escaped as '&&'
+            assertEquals("one & two &&", HSSFHeader.stripFields(header));
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/poi/src/test/java9/module-info.class b/poi/src/test/java9/module-info.class
index 438e778ab5..028b943d0a 100644
--- a/poi/src/test/java9/module-info.class
+++ b/poi/src/test/java9/module-info.class