diff --git a/Basic/Gen/PP.pm b/Basic/Gen/PP.pm
index 7eefeca9f..5ea279922 100644
--- a/Basic/Gen/PP.pm
+++ b/Basic/Gen/PP.pm
@@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@ EOF
       sub {(undef,(make_xs_code(' CODE:','',@_))[1..2])}),
    # if PMCode supplied, no var-args stuff
    PDL::PP::Rule->new(["NewXSCode","BootSetNewXS","NewXSInPrelude"],
-      [qw(PMCode NewXSHdr NewXSCHdrs? FixArgsXSOtherOutDeclSV RunFuncCall XSOtherOutSet)],
+      [qw(PMCode NewXSHdr NewXSCHdrs? FixArgsXSOtherOutDeclSV HdrCode RunFuncCall FtrCode XSOtherOutSet)],
       "Non-varargs XS code when PMCode given",
       sub {make_xs_code(' CODE:','',@_[1..$#_])}),
    PDL::PP::Rule->new(["NewXSCode","BootSetNewXS","NewXSInPrelude"],
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index c93b3c8c4..643d5895d 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - fix dataflow when vaffine ndarray is between modified and downstream (#461) - thanks @vadim-160102 for continued reporting
 - revert the use of ArgOrder for PDL::Ops so op($a,$b,$c,$swap) works again as pre 2.082_01
 - error on inflating output ndarrays over dims sized 1 or implicit as undefined
+- make HdrCode and FtrCode run when PMCode supplied (#463) - thanks @jo-37 for suggestion
 
 2.085_01 2024-02-10
 - test, document PDL::string, make more consistent (#459) - thanks @vadim-160102 for report
diff --git a/t/01-pptest.t b/t/01-pptest.t
index 14d027d15..f9d0b6988 100644
--- a/t/01-pptest.t
+++ b/t/01-pptest.t
@@ -349,6 +349,21 @@ pp_def('ftr',
        FtrCode => "  sv_setiv(perl_get_sv(\"main::FOOTERVAL\",TRUE), 1);\n",
       );
 
+pp_def('ftrPM',
+       Pars => 'a(); [o]b()',
+       Code => ';',
+       HdrCode => "  sv_setiv(perl_get_sv(\"main::HEADERVAL\",TRUE), 1);\n",
+       FtrCode => "  sv_setiv(perl_get_sv(\"main::FOOTERVAL\",TRUE), 1);\n",
+       PMCode => <<'EOPM',
+sub PDL::ftrPM {
+  my ($a, $b) = @_;
+  $b //= PDL->null;
+  PDL::_ftrPM_int($a, $b);
+  $b;
+}
+EOPM
+      );
+
 pp_done;
 
 # this tests the bug with a trailing comment and *no* newline
@@ -533,6 +548,12 @@ undef $main::FOOTERVAL;
 ftr(1);
 is $main::FOOTERVAL, 1;
 
+undef $main::HEADERVAL;
+undef $main::FOOTERVAL;
+ftrPM(1);
+is $main::HEADERVAL, 1;
+is $main::FOOTERVAL, 1;
+
 done_testing;
 EOF