diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 38f1fce8..14ee1a7d 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -3748,6 +3748,17 @@ Description
     as signal handler for.
 
 
+warnings
+--------
+Type
+    ``string``
+Default
+    ``"default"``
+Description
+    The `Warnings Filter action <https://docs.python.org/3/library/warnings.html#the-warnings-filter>`__
+    used for (urllib3) warnings.
+
+
 pyopenssl
 ---------
 Type
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
index 6ccae7ff..1b41101f 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -795,12 +795,23 @@ SSL_CIPHERS = {
 }
 
 
+urllib3 = requests.packages.urllib3
+
 # detect brotli support
 try:
-    BROTLI = requests.packages.urllib3.response.brotli is not None
+    BROTLI = urllib3.response.brotli is not None
 except AttributeError:
     BROTLI = False
 
+# set (urllib3) warnings filter
+action = config.get((), "warnings", "default")
+if action:
+    try:
+        import warnings
+        warnings.simplefilter(action, urllib3.exceptions.HTTPWarning)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+del action
 
 # Undo automatic pyOpenSSL injection by requests
 pyopenssl = config.get((), "pyopenssl", False)