diff --git a/fm.h b/fm.h
index 96d3ab3..8face3c 100644
--- a/fm.h
+++ b/fm.h
@@ -935,6 +935,7 @@ global int w3m_dump init(0);
 global int w3m_halfload init(FALSE);
 global Str header_string init(NULL);
 global int override_content_type init(FALSE);
+global int override_user_agent init(FALSE);
 
 #ifdef USE_COLOR
 global int useColor init(TRUE);
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 43e181c..7bb058e 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ make_optional_header_string(char *s)
     Strcopy_charp_n(hs, s, p - s);
     if (!Strcasecmp_charp(hs, "content-type"))
 	override_content_type = TRUE;
+    if (!Strcasecmp_charp(hs, "user-agent"))
+	override_user_agent = TRUE;
     Strcat_charp(hs, ": ");
     if (*(++p)) {		/* not null header */
 	SKIP_BLANKS(p);		/* skip white spaces */
diff --git a/url.c b/url.c
index 1c17e18..31d7c4b 100644
--- a/url.c
+++ b/url.c
@@ -1324,12 +1324,14 @@ otherinfo(ParsedURL *target, ParsedURL *current, char *referer)
     const int *no_referer_ptr;
     int no_referer;
 
-    Strcat_charp(s, "User-Agent: ");
-    if (UserAgent == NULL || *UserAgent == '\0')
-	Strcat_charp(s, w3m_version);
-    else
-	Strcat_charp(s, UserAgent);
-    Strcat_charp(s, "\r\n");
+    if (!override_user_agent) {
+        Strcat_charp(s, "User-Agent: ");
+        if (UserAgent == NULL || *UserAgent == '\0')
+            Strcat_charp(s, w3m_version);
+        else
+            Strcat_charp(s, UserAgent);
+        Strcat_charp(s, "\r\n");
+    }
 
     Strcat_m_charp(s, "Accept: ", AcceptMedia, "\r\n", NULL);
     Strcat_m_charp(s, "Accept-Encoding: ", AcceptEncoding, "\r\n", NULL);