diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 4ec4b314..623727af 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -194,6 +194,16 @@ Description
     Share number of skipped downloads between parent and child extractors.
 
 
+extractor.*.url-metadata
+------------------------
+Type
+    ``string``
+Default
+    ``null``
+Description
+    Insert a file's download URL into its metadata dictionary as the given name.
+
+
 extractor.*.path-restrict
 -------------------------
 Type
diff --git a/gallery_dl/job.py b/gallery_dl/job.py
index 4d3a1e80..c8b645f4 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/job.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/job.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class Job():
         self.pathfmt = None
         self.kwdict = {}
         self.status = 0
+        self.url_key = extr.config("url-metadata")
 
         self._logger_extra = {
             "job"      : self,
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class Job():
             extr.session.adapters = pextr.session.adapters
 
         # user-supplied metadata
-        kwdict = self.extractor.config("keywords")
+        kwdict = extr.config("keywords")
         if kwdict:
             self.kwdict.update(kwdict)
 
@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@ class Job():
         """Call the appropriate message handler"""
         if msg[0] == Message.Url:
             _, url, kwds = msg
+            if self.url_key:
+                kwds[self.url_key] = url
             if self.pred_url(url, kwds):
                 self.update_kwdict(kwds)
                 self.handle_url(url, kwds)
@@ -117,6 +120,8 @@ class Job():
 
         elif msg[0] == Message.Queue:
             _, url, kwds = msg
+            if self.url_key:
+                kwds[self.url_key] = url
             if self.pred_queue(url, kwds):
                 self.handle_queue(url, kwds)