diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/IXLPivotTable.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/IXLPivotTable.cs
index 91bcafd..03f76d1 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/IXLPivotTable.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/IXLPivotTable.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace ClosedXML.Excel
 {
@@ -117,20 +118,22 @@
         IXLCell TargetCell { get; set; }
         IXLRange SourceRange { get; set; }
 
+        IEnumerable<String> SourceRangeFieldsAvailable { get; }
+
         Boolean MergeAndCenterWithLabels { get; set; } // MergeItem
         Int32 RowLabelIndent { get; set; } // Indent
-        XLFilterAreaOrder FilterAreaOrder { get; set; } // PageOverThenDown 
+        XLFilterAreaOrder FilterAreaOrder { get; set; } // PageOverThenDown
         Int32 FilterFieldsPageWrap { get; set; } // PageWrap
         String ErrorValueReplacement { get; set; } // ErrorCaption
         String EmptyCellReplacement { get; set; } // MissingCaption
-        Boolean AutofitColumns { get; set; } //UseAutoFormatting 
-        Boolean PreserveCellFormatting { get; set; } // PreserveFormatting 
-        
-        Boolean ShowGrandTotalsRows { get; set; } // RowGrandTotals 
-        Boolean ShowGrandTotalsColumns { get; set; } // ColumnGrandTotals 
+        Boolean AutofitColumns { get; set; } //UseAutoFormatting
+        Boolean PreserveCellFormatting { get; set; } // PreserveFormatting
+
+        Boolean ShowGrandTotalsRows { get; set; } // RowGrandTotals
+        Boolean ShowGrandTotalsColumns { get; set; } // ColumnGrandTotals
         Boolean FilteredItemsInSubtotals { get; set; } // Subtotal filtered page items
-        Boolean AllowMultipleFilters { get; set; } // MultipleFieldFilters 
-        Boolean UseCustomListsForSorting { get; set; } // CustomListSort 
+        Boolean AllowMultipleFilters { get; set; } // MultipleFieldFilters
+        Boolean UseCustomListsForSorting { get; set; } // CustomListSort
 
         Boolean ShowExpandCollapseButtons { get; set; }
         Boolean ShowContextualTooltips { get; set; }
diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/PivotValues/XLPivotValues.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/PivotValues/XLPivotValues.cs
index 4e09f16..e5e124d 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/PivotValues/XLPivotValues.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/PivotValues/XLPivotValues.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
         }
         public IXLPivotValue Add(String sourceName, String customName)
         {
+            if (!this._pivotTable.SourceRangeFieldsAvailable.Contains(sourceName, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(sourceName), String.Format("The column '{0}' does not appear in the source range.", sourceName));
+
             var pivotValue = new XLPivotValue(sourceName) { CustomName = customName };
             _pivotValues.Add(customName, pivotValue);
 
diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/XLPivotFields.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/XLPivotFields.cs
index 19accb7..42abd9d 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/XLPivotFields.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/XLPivotFields.cs
@@ -4,9 +4,16 @@
 
 namespace ClosedXML.Excel
 {
-    public class XLPivotFields : IXLPivotFields
+    internal class XLPivotFields : IXLPivotFields
     {
+
         private readonly Dictionary<String, IXLPivotField> _pivotFields = new Dictionary<string, IXLPivotField>();
+        private readonly IXLPivotTable _pivotTable;
+
+        internal XLPivotFields(IXLPivotTable pivotTable)
+        {
+            this._pivotTable = pivotTable;
+        }
 
         public IXLPivotField Add(String sourceName)
         {
@@ -15,6 +22,9 @@
 
         public IXLPivotField Add(String sourceName, String customName)
         {
+            if (!this._pivotTable.SourceRangeFieldsAvailable.Contains(sourceName, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(sourceName), String.Format("The column '{0}' does not appear in the source range.", sourceName));
+
             var pivotField = new XLPivotField(sourceName) { CustomName = customName };
             _pivotFields.Add(sourceName, pivotField);
             return pivotField;
@@ -49,7 +59,8 @@
         {
             var selectedItem = _pivotFields.Select((item, index) => new { Item = item, Position = index }).FirstOrDefault(i => i.Item.Key == pf.SourceName);
             if (selectedItem == null)
-                throw new IndexOutOfRangeException("Invalid field name.");
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(pf), "Invalid field name.");
+
             return selectedItem.Position;
         }
 
diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/XLPivotTable.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/XLPivotTable.cs
index acb4a84..e1232cb 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/XLPivotTable.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/PivotTables/XLPivotTable.cs
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
         public XLPivotTable()
         {
-            Fields = new XLPivotFields();
-            ReportFilters = new XLPivotFields();
-            ColumnLabels=new XLPivotFields();
-            RowLabels = new XLPivotFields();
+            Fields = new XLPivotFields(this);
+            ReportFilters = new XLPivotFields(this);
+            ColumnLabels=new XLPivotFields(this);
+            RowLabels = new XLPivotFields(this);
             Values = new XLPivotValues(this);
             Theme = XLPivotTableTheme.PivotStyleLight16;
 
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 
         public IXLCell TargetCell { get; set; }
         public IXLRange SourceRange { get; set; }
+        public IEnumerable<string> SourceRangeFieldsAvailable
+        {
+            get { return this.SourceRange.FirstRow().Cells().Select(c => c.GetString()); }
+        }
 
         public IXLPivotFields Fields { get; private set; }
         public IXLPivotFields ReportFilters { get; private set; }