diff --git a/dpi/downloads.cc b/dpi/downloads.cc
index ee805de9..69e04f8f 100644
--- a/dpi/downloads.cc
+++ b/dpi/downloads.cc
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class DLItem {
    Fl_Widget *prTitle, *prGot, *prSize, *prRate, *pr_Rate, *prETA, *prETAt;
 
 public:
-   DLItem(const char *full_filename, const char *url);
+   DLItem(const char *full_filename, const char *url, const char *user_agent);
    ~DLItem();
    void child_init();
    void father_init();
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class DLWin {
 
 public:
    DLWin(int ww, int wh);
-   void add(const char *full_filename, const char *url);
+   void add(const char *full_filename, const char *url, const char *user_agent);
    void del(int n_item);
    int num();
    int num_running();
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static void prButton_scb(Fl_Widget *, void *cb_data)
    i->prButton_cb();
 }
 
-DLItem::DLItem(const char *full_filename, const char *url)
+DLItem::DLItem(const char *full_filename, const char *url, const char *user_agent)
 {
    struct stat ss;
    const char *p;
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ DLItem::DLItem(const char *full_filename, const char *url)
    cookies_path = dStrconcat(dGethomedir(), "/.dillo/cookies.txt", NULL);
    dl_argv = new char*[10];
    int i = 0;
-   const char *user_agent = "Dillo/" VERSION;
    dl_argv[i++] = (char*)"wget";
    if (stat(fullname, &ss) == 0)
       init_bytesize = (int)ss.st_size;
@@ -844,7 +843,7 @@ static void read_req_cb(int req_fd, void *)
    int sock_fd;
    socklen_t csz;
    Dsh *sh = NULL;
-   char *dpip_tag = NULL, *cmd = NULL, *url = NULL, *dl_dest = NULL;
+   char *dpip_tag = NULL, *cmd = NULL, *url = NULL, *dl_dest = NULL, *ua = NULL;
 
    /* Initialize the value-result parameter */
    csz = sizeof(struct sockaddr_un);
@@ -898,7 +897,11 @@ static void read_req_cb(int req_fd, void *)
       MSG("Failed to parse 'destination' in {%s}\n", dpip_tag);
       goto end;
    }
-   dl_win->add(dl_dest, url);
+   if (!(ua = a_Dpip_get_attr(dpip_tag, "user-agent"))){
+      MSG("Failed to parse 'user-agent' in {%s}\n", dpip_tag);
+      goto end;
+   }
+   dl_win->add(dl_dest, url, ua);
 
 end:
    dFree(cmd);
@@ -931,9 +934,9 @@ static void dlwin_esc_cb(Fl_Widget *, void *)
  * Add a new download request to the main window and
  * fork a child to do the job.
  */
-void DLWin::add(const char *full_filename, const char *url)
+void DLWin::add(const char *full_filename, const char *url, const char *user_agent)
 {
-   DLItem *dl_item = new DLItem(full_filename, url);
+   DLItem *dl_item = new DLItem(full_filename, url, user_agent);
    mDList->add(dl_item);
    mPG->insert(*dl_item->get_widget(), 0);
 
diff --git a/src/capi.c b/src/capi.c
index fb992fe4..0e6ef82e 100644
--- a/src/capi.c
+++ b/src/capi.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * File: capi.c
  *
  * Copyright 2002-2007 Jorge Arellano Cid <jcid@dillo.org>
- * Copyright 2023 Rodrigo Arias Mallo <rodarima@gmail.com>
+ * Copyright 2023-2024 Rodrigo Arias Mallo <rodarima@gmail.com>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "uicmd.hh"
 #include "domain.h"
 #include "../dpip/dpip.h"
+#include "prefs.h"
 
 /* for testing dpi chat */
 #include "bookmark.h"
@@ -305,8 +306,9 @@ static char *Capi_dpi_build_cmd(DilloWeb *web, char *server)
 
    if (strcmp(server, "downloads") == 0) {
       /* let the downloads server get it */
-      cmd = a_Dpip_build_cmd("cmd=%s url=%s destination=%s",
-                             "download", URL_STR(web->url), web->filename);
+      cmd = a_Dpip_build_cmd("cmd=%s url=%s destination=%s user-agent=%s",
+                             "download", URL_STR(web->url), web->filename,
+                             prefs.http_user_agent);
 
    } else {
       /* For everyone else, the url string is enough... */