diff --git a/config.yaml.dist b/config.yaml.dist
index 3b00d0e..d1dc97c 100644
--- a/config.yaml.dist
+++ b/config.yaml.dist
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ api_url: # where frontend connects to, example: http://api.example.com/
 base_url: # used to form links to frontend, example: http://example.com/
 data_url: # used to form links to posts and avatars, example: http://example.com/data/
 data_dir: # absolute path for posts and avatars storage, example: /srv/www/booru/client/public/data/
+user_agent: # user agent name used to download files from the web on behalf of the api users
 
 
 # usage: schema://user:password@host:port/database_name
diff --git a/server/szurubooru/func/net.py b/server/szurubooru/func/net.py
index a6e1821..e6326c0 100644
--- a/server/szurubooru/func/net.py
+++ b/server/szurubooru/func/net.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import urllib.request
+from szurubooru import config
 from szurubooru import errors
 
 
 def download(url: str) -> bytes:
     assert url
     request = urllib.request.Request(url)
+    if config.config['user_agent']:
+        request.add_header('User-Agent', config.config['user_agent'])
     request.add_header('Referer', url)
     try:
         with urllib.request.urlopen(request) as handle:
diff --git a/server/szurubooru/tests/func/test_net.py b/server/szurubooru/tests/func/test_net.py
index f749d38..fb149b0 100644
--- a/server/szurubooru/tests/func/test_net.py
+++ b/server/szurubooru/tests/func/test_net.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from szurubooru.func import net
 
 
-def test_download():
+def test_download(config_injector):
+    config_injector({
+        'user_agent': None
+    })
     url = 'http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html'
 
     expected_content = (