diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/model/XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/model/XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy.java
index 8ff59713af..682b1cfd48 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/model/XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/model/XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFHeader;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFHeaderFooter;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFParagraph;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFRelation;
+import org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.values.XmlValueOutOfRangeException;
 import org.openxmlformats.schemas.wordprocessingml.x2006.main.CTBody;
 import org.openxmlformats.schemas.wordprocessingml.x2006.main.CTHdrFtr;
 import org.openxmlformats.schemas.wordprocessingml.x2006.main.CTHdrFtrRef;
@@ -115,8 +116,14 @@ public class XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy {
             if (relatedPart != null && relatedPart instanceof XWPFHeader) {
                 hdr = (XWPFHeader) relatedPart;
             }
-            // Assign it
-            Enum type = ref.getType();
+            // Assign it; treat invalid options as "default" POI-60293
+            Enum type;
+            try {
+                type = ref.getType();
+            } catch (XmlValueOutOfRangeException e) {
+                type = STHdrFtr.DEFAULT;
+            }
+
             assignHeader(hdr, type);
         }
         for (int i = 0; i < sectPr.sizeOfFooterReferenceArray(); i++) {
@@ -127,8 +134,13 @@ public class XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy {
             if (relatedPart != null && relatedPart instanceof XWPFFooter) {
                 ftr = (XWPFFooter) relatedPart;
             }
-            // Assign it
-            Enum type = ref.getType();
+            // Assign it; treat invalid options as "default" POI-60293
+            Enum type;
+            try {
+                type = ref.getType();
+            } catch (XmlValueOutOfRangeException e) {
+                type = STHdrFtr.DEFAULT;
+            }
             assignFooter(ftr, type);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFHeader.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFHeader.java
index 371c9da064..fbb24f5062 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFHeader.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFHeader.java
@@ -220,4 +220,11 @@ public final class TestXWPFHeader {
     public void testGetPictureDataById() {
         // TODO
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void bug60293() throws Exception {
+        //test handling of non-standard header/footer options
+        XWPFDocument xwpf = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("60293.docx");
+        assertEquals(3, xwpf.getHeaderList().size());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test-data/document/60293.docx b/test-data/document/60293.docx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02dcabc9c4
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