diff --git a/applications/party/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/party/party/PartyServices.java b/applications/party/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/party/party/PartyServices.java
index 991da1fbd1f..e37e4429f53 100644
--- a/applications/party/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/party/party/PartyServices.java
+++ b/applications/party/src/main/java/org/apache/ofbiz/party/party/PartyServices.java
@@ -2296,7 +2296,7 @@ public static Map<String, Object> importParty(DispatchContext dctx, Map<String,
         ByteBuffer fileBytes = (ByteBuffer) context.get("uploadedFile");
         String encoding = System.getProperty("file.encoding");
         String csvString = Charset.forName(encoding).decode(fileBytes).toString();
-        Builder csvFormatBuilder = Builder.create().setHeader();
+        Builder csvFormatBuilder = Builder.create().setHeader().setAllowMissingColumnNames(true);
         CSVFormat fmt = csvFormatBuilder.get();
         List<String> errMsgs = new LinkedList<>();
         List<String> newErrMsgs = new LinkedList<>();