diff --git a/plugins/by-name/dashboard/default.nix b/plugins/by-name/dashboard/default.nix
index ad3d5725..571d9d05 100644
--- a/plugins/by-name/dashboard/default.nix
+++ b/plugins/by-name/dashboard/default.nix
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ helpers.neovim-plugin.mkNeovimPlugin {
         };
 
         header =
-          helpers.defaultNullOpts.mkListOf types.str
+          helpers.defaultNullOpts.mkNullableWithRaw (with types; either str (listOf (maybeRaw str)))
             [
               ""
               " ██████╗  █████╗ ███████╗██╗  ██╗██████╗  ██████╗  █████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗  "
diff --git a/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/dashboard/default.nix b/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/dashboard/default.nix
index 971a4941..0e85acd7 100644
--- a/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/dashboard/default.nix
+++ b/tests/test-sources/plugins/by-name/dashboard/default.nix
@@ -203,4 +203,50 @@
       };
     };
   };
+
+  header-raw = {
+    plugins.dashboard = {
+      enable = true;
+
+      settings.config.header.__raw = ''
+        function()
+          return {
+              "",
+              " ██████╗  █████╗ ███████╗██╗  ██╗██████╗  ██████╗  █████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗  ",
+              " ██╔══██╗██╔══██╗██╔════╝██║  ██║██╔══██╗██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗██╔══██╗██╔══██╗ ",
+              " ██║  ██║███████║███████╗███████║██████╔╝██║   ██║███████║██████╔╝██║  ██║ ",
+              " ██║  ██║██╔══██║╚════██║██╔══██║██╔══██╗██║   ██║██╔══██║██╔══██╗██║  ██║ ",
+              " ██████╔╝██║  ██║███████║██║  ██║██████╔╝╚██████╔╝██║  ██║██║  ██║██████╔╝ ",
+              " ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═════╝  ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═════╝  ",
+              ""
+          }
+        end
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  header-line-raw = {
+    plugins.dashboard = {
+      enable = true;
+
+      settings.config.header = [
+        {
+          __raw = ''
+            function()
+              return {
+                  "",
+                  " ██████╗  █████╗ ███████╗██╗  ██╗██████╗  ██████╗  █████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗  ",
+                  " ██╔══██╗██╔══██╗██╔════╝██║  ██║██╔══██╗██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗██╔══██╗██╔══██╗ ",
+                  " ██║  ██║███████║███████╗███████║██████╔╝██║   ██║███████║██████╔╝██║  ██║ ",
+                  " ██║  ██║██╔══██║╚════██║██╔══██║██╔══██╗██║   ██║██╔══██║██╔══██╗██║  ██║ ",
+                  " ██████╔╝██║  ██║███████║██║  ██║██████╔╝╚██████╔╝██║  ██║██║  ██║██████╔╝ ",
+                  " ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═════╝  ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═════╝  ",
+                  ""
+              }
+            end
+          '';
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+  };
 }