diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
index cff22079..1d617ef2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Observable;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
@@ -72,30 +73,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractRipper
     public void setObserver(RipStatusHandler obs) {
         this.observer = obs;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Queues image to be downloaded and saved.
-     * Uses filename from URL to decide filename.
-     * @param url
-     *      URL to download
-     */
-    public void addURLToDownload(URL url) {
-        // Use empty prefix and empty subdirectory
-        addURLToDownload(url, "", "");
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Queues image to be downloaded and saved.
-     * Uses filename from URL (and 'prefix') to decide filename.
-     * @param url
-     *      URL to download
-     * @param prefix
-     *      Text to append to saved filename.
-     */
-    public void addURLToDownload(URL url, String prefix) {
-        // Use empty subdirectory
-        addURLToDownload(url, prefix, "");
-    }
     
     /**
      * Queues image to be downloaded and saved.
@@ -105,17 +82,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractRipper
      *      Path of the local file to save the content to.
      */
     public abstract void addURLToDownload(URL url, File saveAs);
+    public abstract void addURLToDownload(URL url, File saveAs, String referrer, Map<String,String> cookies);
 
-    /**
-     * Queues file to be downloaded and saved. With options.
-     * @param url
-     *      URL to download.
-     * @param prefix
-     *      Prefix to prepend to the saved filename.
-     * @param subdirectory
-     *      Sub-directory of the working directory to save the images to.
-     */
-    public void addURLToDownload(URL url, String prefix, String subdirectory) {
+    public void addURLToDownload(URL url, String prefix, String subdirectory, String referrer, Map<String,String> cookies) {
         try {
             stopCheck();
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -147,9 +116,34 @@ public abstract class AbstractRipper
             logger.info("[+] Creating directory: " + Utils.removeCWD(saveFileAs.getParent()));
             saveFileAs.getParentFile().mkdirs();
         }
-        addURLToDownload(url, saveFileAs);
+        addURLToDownload(url, saveFileAs, referrer, cookies);
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Queues file to be downloaded and saved. With options.
+     * @param url
+     *      URL to download.
+     * @param prefix
+     *      Prefix to prepend to the saved filename.
+     * @param subdirectory
+     *      Sub-directory of the working directory to save the images to.
+     */
+    public void addURLToDownload(URL url, String prefix, String subdirectory) {
+        addURLToDownload(url, prefix, subdirectory, null, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Queues image to be downloaded and saved.
+     * Uses filename from URL (and 'prefix') to decide filename.
+     * @param url
+     *      URL to download
+     * @param prefix
+     *      Text to append to saved filename.
+     */
+    public void addURLToDownload(URL url, String prefix) {
+        // Use empty subdirectory
+        addURLToDownload(url, prefix, "");
+    }
     /**
      * Waits for downloading threads to complete.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AlbumRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AlbumRipper.java
index ca456737..8161d7c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AlbumRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AlbumRipper.java
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ public abstract class AlbumRipper extends AbstractRipper {
     public abstract String getHost();
     public abstract String getGID(URL url) throws MalformedURLException;
 
-    @Override
-    public void addURLToDownload(URL url, File saveAs) {
+    public void addURLToDownload(URL url, File saveAs, String referrer, Map<String,String> cookies) {
         if (itemsPending.containsKey(url)
                 || itemsCompleted.containsKey(url)
                 || itemsErrored.containsKey(url)) {
@@ -38,7 +37,30 @@ public abstract class AlbumRipper extends AbstractRipper {
             return;
         }
         itemsPending.put(url, saveAs);
-        threadPool.addThread(new DownloadFileThread(url, saveAs, this));
+        DownloadFileThread dft = new DownloadFileThread(url,  saveAs,  this);
+        if (referrer != null) {
+            dft.setReferrer(referrer);
+        }
+        if (cookies != null) {
+            dft.setCookies(cookies);
+        }
+        threadPool.addThread(dft);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addURLToDownload(URL url, File saveAs) {
+        addURLToDownload(url, saveAs, null, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Queues image to be downloaded and saved.
+     * Uses filename from URL to decide filename.
+     * @param url
+     *      URL to download
+     */
+    public void addURLToDownload(URL url) {
+        // Use empty prefix and empty subdirectory
+        addURLToDownload(url, "", "");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/DownloadFileThread.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/DownloadFileThread.java
index 8fdc2133..18a8c14e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/DownloadFileThread.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/DownloadFileThread.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.jsoup.Connection.Response;
@@ -20,6 +22,9 @@ public class DownloadFileThread extends Thread {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(DownloadFileThread.class);
 
+    private String referrer = "";
+    private Map<String,String> cookies = new HashMap<String,String>();
+
     private URL url;
     private File saveAs;
     private String prettySaveAs;
@@ -40,6 +45,13 @@ public class DownloadFileThread extends Thread {
         this.MAX_BODY_SIZE = Utils.getConfigInteger("download.max_bytes", 1024 * 1024 * 100);
     }
 
+    public void setReferrer(String referrer) {
+        this.referrer = referrer;
+    }
+    public void setCookies(Map<String,String> cookies) {
+        this.cookies = cookies;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Attempts to download the file. Retries as needed.
      * Notifies observers upon completion/error/warn.
@@ -74,6 +86,8 @@ public class DownloadFileThread extends Thread {
                         .userAgent(AbstractRipper.USER_AGENT)
                         .timeout(TIMEOUT)
                         .maxBodySize(MAX_BODY_SIZE)
+                        .cookies(cookies)
+                        .referrer(referrer)
                         .execute();
                 if (response.statusCode() != 200) {
                     logger.error("[!] Non-OK status code " + response.statusCode() + " while downloading from " + url);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/VideoRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/VideoRipper.java
index 3b4e06a8..b80339c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/VideoRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/VideoRipper.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.rarchives.ripme.ui.RipStatusMessage;
 import com.rarchives.ripme.ui.RipStatusMessage.STATUS;
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@ public abstract class VideoRipper extends AbstractRipper {
         threadPool.addThread(new DownloadVideoThread(url, saveAs, this));
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void addURLToDownload(URL url, File saveAs, String referrer, Map<String,String> cookies) {
+        addURLToDownload(url, saveAs);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void setWorkingDir(URL url) throws IOException {
         String path = Utils.getWorkingDirectory().getCanonicalPath();