diff --git a/components/lib/treetable/HeaderCell.vue b/components/lib/treetable/HeaderCell.vue
index 8918be6a5..a53ff4f4d 100644
--- a/components/lib/treetable/HeaderCell.vue
+++ b/components/lib/treetable/HeaderCell.vue
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@
         :data-p-highlight="isColumnSorted()"
         :data-p-frozen-column="columnProp('frozen')"
     >
-        <span v-if="resizableColumns && !columnProp('frozen')" :class="cx('columnResizer')" @mousedown="onResizeStart" v-bind="getColumnPT('columnResizer')"></span>
-        <component v-if="column.children && column.children.header" :is="column.children.header" :column="column" />
-        <span v-if="columnProp('header')" :class="cx('columnTitle')" v-bind="getColumnPT('columnTitle')">{{ columnProp('header') }}</span>
-        <span v-if="columnProp('sortable')" v-bind="getColumnPT('sort')">
-            <component :is="(column.children && column.children.sorticon) || sortableColumnIcon" :sorted="sortState.sorted" :sortOrder="sortState.sortOrder" :class="cx('sortIcon')" v-bind="getColumnPT('sortIcon')" />
-        </span>
-        <span v-if="isMultiSorted()" :class="cx('sortBadge')" v-bind="getColumnPT('sortBadge')">{{ getMultiSortMetaIndex() + 1 }}</span>
+        <div :class="cx('columnHeaderContent')" v-bind="getColumnPT('columnHeaderContent')">
+            <span v-if="resizableColumns && !columnProp('frozen')" :class="cx('columnResizer')" @mousedown="onResizeStart" v-bind="getColumnPT('columnResizer')"></span>
+            <component v-if="column.children && column.children.header" :is="column.children.header" :column="column" />
+            <span v-if="columnProp('header')" :class="cx('columnTitle')" v-bind="getColumnPT('columnTitle')">{{ columnProp('header') }}</span>
+            <span v-if="columnProp('sortable')" v-bind="getColumnPT('sort')">
+                <component :is="(column.children && column.children.sorticon) || sortableColumnIcon" :sorted="sortState.sorted" :sortOrder="sortState.sortOrder" :class="cx('sortIcon')" v-bind="getColumnPT('sortIcon')" />
+            </span>
+            <span v-if="isMultiSorted()" :class="cx('sortBadge')" v-bind="getColumnPT('sortBadge')">{{ getMultiSortMetaIndex() + 1 }}</span>
+        </div>
     </th>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/components/lib/treetable/style/TreeTableStyle.js b/components/lib/treetable/style/TreeTableStyle.js
index 1288fdc43..0b7b79061 100644
--- a/components/lib/treetable/style/TreeTableStyle.js
+++ b/components/lib/treetable/style/TreeTableStyle.js
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ const classes = {
         }
     ],
     columnResizer: 'p-treetable-column-resizer',
+    columnHeaderContent: 'p-treetable-column-header-content',
     columnTitle: 'p-treetable-column-title',
     sortIcon: 'p-treetable-sort-icon',
     sortBadge: 'p-treetable-sort-badge',