diff --git a/dev/App.vue b/dev/App.vue
index a4401ab4..f5fc91c8 100644
--- a/dev/App.vue
+++ b/dev/App.vue
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export default {
           filterOptions: {
             enabled: true,
             filterDropdownItems: ['24', '16', '30'],
+            styleClass: 'class1'
             // filterDropdownItems: [
             //   {
             //     value: 24,
diff --git a/src/components/VgtFilterRow.vue b/src/components/VgtFilterRow.vue
index 8b76ae5f..3257f0b6 100644
--- a/src/components/VgtFilterRow.vue
+++ b/src/components/VgtFilterRow.vue
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 <tr v-if="hasFilterRow">
   <th v-if="lineNumbers"></th>
   <th v-if="selectable"></th>
-  <th class="filter-th"
+  <th
     v-for="(column, index) in columns" :key="index"
-    v-if="!column.hidden">
+    v-if="!column.hidden"
+    :class="getClasses(column)"
+    >
 
     <slot
         name="column-filter"
@@ -128,6 +130,11 @@ export default {
         && typeof column.filterOptions.filterDropdownItems[0] !== 'object';
     },
 
+    getClasses(column) {
+      const firstClass = 'filter-th';
+      return (column.filterOptions && column.filterOptions.styleClass) ? [firstClass, ...column.filterOptions.styleClass.split(' ')].join(' ') : firstClass;
+    },
+
     // get column's defined placeholder or default one
     getPlaceholder(column) {
       const placeholder = (this.isFilterable(column) && column.filterOptions.placeholder) || `Filter ${column.label}`;
diff --git a/vp-docs/guide/configuration/column-filter-options.md b/vp-docs/guide/configuration/column-filter-options.md
index d694e84f..296bd466 100644
--- a/vp-docs/guide/configuration/column-filter-options.md
+++ b/vp-docs/guide/configuration/column-filter-options.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ columns: [
     label: 'name',
     field: 'user_name',
     filterOptions: {
+	  styleClass: 'class1', // class to be added to the parent th element
   	  enabled: true, // enable filter for this column
       placeholder: 'Filter This Thing', // placeholder for filter input
       filterValue: 'Jane', // initial populated value for this filter
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ columns: [
 ]
 ```
 
+## styleClass
+
+type: `string`
+Class to be added to the parent th element. You can specify several classes separated by a space.
+
 ## enabled
 
 type: `Boolean`
@@ -73,4 +79,4 @@ filterFn: function(data, filterString) {
   return data >= x - 5 && data <= x + 5;
 }
 // would create a filter matching numbers within 5 of the provided value
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```