diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 60be59e..985458d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ## New features
 * `mwModule()` now return `controller` value, with possibility to use new `clear()` method
+* add `header` and `footer` arguments to `mwModuleUI()`
 
 # manipulateWidget 0.8.0 (2017-10-25)
 
diff --git a/R/module_ui.R b/R/module_ui.R
index a40ed35..1e3b003 100644
--- a/R/module_ui.R
+++ b/R/module_ui.R
@@ -67,9 +67,12 @@ mwModule <- function(id, controller, ...) {
 #'   units.
 #' @param width Width of the module UI.
 #' @param height Height of the module UI.
+#' @param header	Tag or list of tags to display as a common header above all tabPanels.
+#' @param footer	Tag or list of tags to display as a common footer below all tabPanels
 #' @rdname mwModule
 #' @export
-mwModuleUI <- function(id, border = TRUE, okBtn = FALSE, saveBtn = TRUE, margin = 0, width = "100%", height = 400) {
+mwModuleUI <- function(id, border = TRUE, okBtn = FALSE, saveBtn = TRUE, margin = 0, width = "100%", height = 400,
+                       header = NULL, footer = NULL) {
   ns <- shiny::NS(id)
   for (i in seq_along(margin)) {
     margin[i] <- shiny::validateCssUnit(margin[i])
@@ -83,7 +86,9 @@ mwModuleUI <- function(id, border = TRUE, okBtn = FALSE, saveBtn = TRUE, margin
   if(!saveBtn) class <- c(class, "without-save")
   class <- paste(class, collapse = " ")
 
-  res <- shiny::tagList(
+  res <- shiny::fluidRow(
+    shiny::column(12,
+    header,
     shiny::uiOutput(ns("ui"), container = function(...) {
       tags$div(style=sprintf("width:%s;height:%s;padding:%s",
                              shiny::validateCssUnit(width),
@@ -91,7 +96,9 @@ mwModuleUI <- function(id, border = TRUE, okBtn = FALSE, saveBtn = TRUE, margin
                              margin),
                class = class,
                ...)
-    })
+    }),
+    footer
+  )
   )
 
   htmldep <- htmltools::htmlDependency(