diff --git a/lib/wombat.rb b/lib/wombat.rb
index 59fc2eb..bf684d6 100644
--- a/lib/wombat.rb
+++ b/lib/wombat.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 module Wombat
   class << self
 
-    attr_reader :proxy_args, :user_agent, :user_agent_alias
+    attr_reader :proxy_args, :user_agent, :user_agent_alias, :request_headers
 
     def crawl(&block)
       klass = Class.new
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ def configure
       yield self
     end
 
+    def set_request_headers(request_headers)
+      @request_headers = request_headers
+    end
+
     def set_proxy(*args)
       @proxy_args = args
     end
diff --git a/lib/wombat/processing/parser.rb b/lib/wombat/processing/parser.rb
index b80f23f..f08a800 100644
--- a/lib/wombat/processing/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/wombat/processing/parser.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ def initialize
             end
           }
         }
+
+        @mechanize.request_headers = Wombat.request_headers if Wombat.request_headers
         @mechanize.set_proxy(*Wombat.proxy_args) if Wombat.proxy_args
         @mechanize.user_agent = Wombat.user_agent if Wombat.user_agent
         @mechanize.user_agent_alias = Wombat.user_agent_alias if Wombat.user_agent_alias