diff --git a/app/main/views/sms.py b/app/main/views/sms.py
index 61a6f62cc..2889b62a1 100644
--- a/app/main/views/sms.py
+++ b/app/main/views/sms.py
@@ -104,10 +104,12 @@ def get_example_csv(service_id, template_id):
 @main.route("/services/<service_id>/sms/send/<template_id>/to-self", methods=['GET'])
 @login_required
 def send_sms_to_self(service_id, template_id):
+    template = templates_dao.get_service_template_or_404(service_id, template_id)['data']
+    placeholders = list(Template(template).placeholders)
     output = io.StringIO()
     writer = csv.writer(output)
-    writer.writerow(['phone'])
-    writer.writerow([current_user.mobile_number])
+    writer.writerow(['phone'] + placeholders)
+    writer.writerow([current_user.mobile_number] + ["test {}".format(header) for header in placeholders])
     filedata = {
         'file_name': 'Test run',
         'data': output.getvalue().splitlines()