Index: stream/network.c
===================================================================
--- stream/network.c	(revision 31285)
+++ stream/network.c	(working copy)
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 int   network_bandwidth=0;
 int   network_cookies_enabled = 0;
 char *network_useragent=NULL;
+char *network_referrer=NULL;
 
 /* IPv6 options */
 int   network_ipv4_only_proxy = 0;
@@ -226,6 +227,26 @@
 	else
 	    http_set_field( http_hdr, "User-Agent: MPlayer/"VERSION);
 
+	if (network_referrer) {
+		size_t len;
+		char *referrer = NULL;
+
+		len = strlen(network_referrer) + 10;
+
+		// Check len to ensure we don't do something really bad in case of an overflow
+		if (len > 10) {
+			referrer = malloc(len);
+		}
+
+		if (referrer == NULL) {
+			mp_msg(MSGT_NETWORK, MSGL_FATAL, MSGTR_MemAllocFailed);
+		} else {
+			snprintf(referrer, len, "Referer: %s", network_referrer);
+			http_set_field(http_hdr, referrer);
+			free(referrer);
+		}
+	}
+
 	if( strcasecmp(url->protocol, "noicyx") )
 	    http_set_field(http_hdr, "Icy-MetaData: 1");
 
Index: DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
===================================================================
--- DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	(revision 31285)
+++ DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	(working copy)
@@ -1789,6 +1789,10 @@
 .PD 1
 .
 .TP
+.B \-referrer <string> (network only)
+Specify a referrer path or URL for HTTP requests.
+.
+.TP
 .B \-rtsp\-port
 Used with 'rtsp://' URLs to force the client's port number.
 This option may be useful if you are behind a router and want to forward
Index: cfg-common.h
===================================================================
--- cfg-common.h	(revision 31285)
+++ cfg-common.h	(working copy)
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 extern char *network_password;
 extern int   network_bandwidth;
 extern char *network_useragent;
+extern char *network_referrer;
 extern int   network_cookies_enabled;
 extern char *cookies_file;
 
Index: cfg-common-opts.h
===================================================================
--- cfg-common-opts.h	(revision 31285)
+++ cfg-common-opts.h	(working copy)
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     {"passwd", &network_password, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
     {"bandwidth", &network_bandwidth, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_MIN, 0, 0, NULL},
     {"user-agent", &network_useragent, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
+    {"referrer", &network_referrer, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
     {"cookies", &network_cookies_enabled, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},
     {"nocookies", &network_cookies_enabled, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 1, 0, NULL},
     {"cookies-file", &cookies_file, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},