Abstract: The invention relates to a headrest (10) for a motor-vehicle seat that is fixed on the backrest of a vehicle seat by means of at least one support rod and that has a head cushion (13), the headrest being provided with a base element (15) on which the support rod (11) is provided. Object of the invention is to provide a headrest (10) that allows movable adaptation to the adjustment and equipment requirements of the individual vehicle types. A solution to this object is provided by the fact that the base element (15) has holding means (16, 17, 18, 23, 32, 33, 44) that are independent of each other and can be optionally used in a module-like manner for a respective application which allow the mounting of supporting elements for the connecting element (11a, 11b) as well as the mounting of adjusting elements (22, 34, 35), in particular for the vertical, horizontal and angle adjustment.