diff --git a/httprl.module b/httprl.module
index e25a580..d953d2c 100644
--- a/httprl.module
+++ b/httprl.module
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ function httprl_build_url_self($path = '', $detect_schema = FALSE) {
  *   - context: A context resource created with stream_context_create().
  *   - blocking: set to FALSE to make this not care about the returned data.
  *   - version: HTTP Version 1.0 or 1.1. Default is 1.0 for a good reason.
+ *   - referrer: TRUE - send current page; FALSE - do not send current
+ *     page. Default is FALSE.
  * @return bool
  *   return value from httprl_send_request().
  */
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ function httprl_request($url, $options = array()) {
     'context' => NULL,
     'blocking' => TRUE,
     'version' => 1.0,
+    'referrer' => FALSE,
   );
 
   // stream_socket_client() requires timeout to be a float.
@@ -264,8 +267,10 @@ function httprl_request($url, $options = array()) {
   $options['headers'] += array(
     'User-Agent' => 'Drupal (+http://drupal.org/)',
     'Connection' => 'close',
-    'Referer' => $base_root . request_uri(),
   );
+  if (!isset($options['headers']['Referer'] && !empty($options['referrer']))) {
+    $options['headers']['Referer'] = $base_root . request_uri();
+  }
 
   // Only add Content-Length if we actually have any content or if it is a POST
   // or PUT request. Some non-standard servers get confused by Content-Length in