diff --git a/src/components/datatable/TableHeader.vue b/src/components/datatable/TableHeader.vue
index 3bb49a185..d88f016e7 100755
--- a/src/components/datatable/TableHeader.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatable/TableHeader.vue
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <template v-else>
             <tr v-for="(row,i) of columnGroup.children.default()" :key="i" role="row">
                 <template v-for="(col,j) of row.children.default()" :key="columnProp(col, 'columnKey')||columnProp(col, 'field')||j">
-                    <DTHeaderCell v-if="!columnProp(col, 'hidden') && (rowGroupMode !== 'subheader' || (groupRowsBy !== columnProp(col, 'field')))" :column="col"
+                    <DTHeaderCell v-if="!columnProp(col, 'hidden') && (rowGroupMode !== 'subheader' || (groupRowsBy !== columnProp(col, 'field'))) && (typeof col.children !== 'string')" :column="col"
                     @column-click="$emit('column-click', $event)" @column-mousedown="$emit('column-mousedown', $event)"
                     :sortMode="sortMode" :sortField="sortField" :sortOrder="sortOrder" :multiSortMeta="multiSortMeta"
                     :allRowsSelected="allRowsSelected" :empty="empty" @checkbox-change="$emit('checkbox-change', $event)"