diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 50e40f70..d9edf5e0 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -1843,6 +1843,16 @@ Description
     and adjust their filename extensions if they do not match.
 
 
+downloader.http.headers
+-----------------------
+Type
+    ``object``
+Example
+    ``{"Accept": "image/webp,*/*", "Referer": "https://example.org/"}``
+Description
+    Additional HTTP headers to send when downloading files,
+
+
 downloader.ytdl.format
 ----------------------
 Type
diff --git a/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py b/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
index 8d72dc27..b08aae15 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class HttpDownloader(DownloaderBase):
         self.downloading = False
 
         self.adjust_extension = self.config("adjust-extensions", True)
+        self.headers = self.config("headers")
         self.minsize = self.config("filesize-min")
         self.maxsize = self.config("filesize-max")
         self.retries = self.config("retries", extractor._retries)
@@ -100,6 +101,9 @@ class HttpDownloader(DownloaderBase):
             file_size = pathfmt.part_size()
             if file_size:
                 headers["Range"] = "bytes={}-".format(file_size)
+            # general headers
+            if self.headers:
+                headers.update(self.headers)
             # file-specific headers
             extra = pathfmt.kwdict.get("_http_headers")
             if extra: