diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 397e840..367e6f0 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class CsvParser extends Transform {
       cells.push(this._empty)
     }
 
-    const skip = this.skipLines && this.skipLines !== this._line
+    const skip = this.skipLines && this.skipLines > this._line
     this._line++
 
     if (this._first && !skip) {
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class CsvParser extends Transform {
       const e = new RangeError('Row length does not match headers')
       this.emit('error', e)
     } else {
-      if (!this._first) this._emit(this._Row, cells)
+      if (!skip) this._emit(this._Row, cells)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/skipLines.test.js b/test/skipLines.test.js
index e673efe..3f39bd1 100644
--- a/test/skipLines.test.js
+++ b/test/skipLines.test.js
@@ -2,12 +2,25 @@ const test = require('ava')
 
 const { collect } = require('./helpers/helper')
 
-test.cb('skip rows until', (t) => {
+test.cb('skip lines', (t) => {
   const verify = (err, lines) => {
     t.false(err, 'no err')
+    t.is(lines.length, 1, '1 row')
     t.is(JSON.stringify(lines[0]), JSON.stringify({yes: 'ok', yup: 'ok', yeah: 'ok!'}))
     t.end()
   }
 
   collect('junk_rows.csv', {skipLines: 2}, verify)
 })
+
+test.cb('skip lines with headers', (t) => {
+  const verify = (err, lines) => {
+    t.false(err, 'no err')
+    t.is(lines.length, 2, '2 rows')
+    t.is(JSON.stringify(lines[0]), JSON.stringify({s: 'yes', p: 'yup', h: 'yeah'}))
+    t.is(JSON.stringify(lines[1]), JSON.stringify({s: 'ok', p: 'ok', h: 'ok!'}))
+    t.end()
+  }
+
+  collect('junk_rows.csv', {headers: ['s', 'p', 'h'], skipLines: 2}, verify)
+})