diff --git a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/DemoUtil.java b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/DemoUtil.java
index 6479b28a7e..880ecc3286 100644
--- a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/DemoUtil.java
+++ b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/DemoUtil.java
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.CookieHandler;
+import java.net.CookieManager;
+import java.net.CookiePolicy;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -50,6 +53,13 @@ public class DemoUtil {
 
   public static final boolean EXPOSE_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES = false;
 
+  private static final CookieManager defaultCookieManager;
+
+  static {
+    defaultCookieManager = new CookieManager();
+    defaultCookieManager.setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER);
+  }
+
   public static String getUserAgent(Context context) {
     String versionName;
     try {
@@ -105,4 +115,11 @@ public class DemoUtil {
     return bytes;
   }
 
+  public static void setDefaultCookieManager() {
+    CookieHandler currentHandler = CookieHandler.getDefault();
+    if (currentHandler != defaultCookieManager) {
+      CookieHandler.setDefault(defaultCookieManager);
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/full/FullPlayerActivity.java b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/full/FullPlayerActivity.java
index 9966124ced..c1fe79eb0f 100644
--- a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/full/FullPlayerActivity.java
+++ b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/full/FullPlayerActivity.java
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ public class FullPlayerActivity extends Activity implements SurfaceHolder.Callba
     videoButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.video_controls);
     audioButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.audio_controls);
     textButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.text_controls);
+
+    DemoUtil.setDefaultCookieManager();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/full/player/DashVodRendererBuilder.java b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/full/player/DashVodRendererBuilder.java
index d6dff9e60e..4c6e0f73bc 100644
--- a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/full/player/DashVodRendererBuilder.java
+++ b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/full/player/DashVodRendererBuilder.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class DashVodRendererBuilder implements RendererBuilder,
     this.callback = callback;
     MediaPresentationDescriptionParser parser = new MediaPresentationDescriptionParser();
     ManifestFetcher<MediaPresentationDescription> manifestFetcher =
-        new ManifestFetcher<MediaPresentationDescription>(parser, contentId, url);
+        new ManifestFetcher<MediaPresentationDescription>(parser, contentId, url, userAgent);
     manifestFetcher.singleLoad(player.getMainHandler().getLooper(), this);
   }
 
diff --git a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/full/player/SmoothStreamingRendererBuilder.java b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/full/player/SmoothStreamingRendererBuilder.java
index 9922bab839..bc16d192a6 100644
--- a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/full/player/SmoothStreamingRendererBuilder.java
+++ b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/full/player/SmoothStreamingRendererBuilder.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class SmoothStreamingRendererBuilder implements RendererBuilder,
     this.callback = callback;
     SmoothStreamingManifestParser parser = new SmoothStreamingManifestParser();
     manifestFetcher = new ManifestFetcher<SmoothStreamingManifest>(parser, contentId,
-        url + "/Manifest");
+        url + "/Manifest", userAgent);
     manifestFetcher.singleLoad(player.getMainHandler().getLooper(), this);
   }
 
diff --git a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/simple/DashVodRendererBuilder.java b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/simple/DashVodRendererBuilder.java
index fda21da54f..547ca0fefc 100644
--- a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/simple/DashVodRendererBuilder.java
+++ b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/simple/DashVodRendererBuilder.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
     this.callback = callback;
     MediaPresentationDescriptionParser parser = new MediaPresentationDescriptionParser();
     ManifestFetcher<MediaPresentationDescription> manifestFetcher =
-        new ManifestFetcher<MediaPresentationDescription>(parser, contentId, url);
+        new ManifestFetcher<MediaPresentationDescription>(parser, contentId, url, userAgent);
     manifestFetcher.singleLoad(playerActivity.getMainLooper(), this);
   }
 
diff --git a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/simple/SimplePlayerActivity.java b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/simple/SimplePlayerActivity.java
index 73d2605c94..1622998ae4 100644
--- a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/simple/SimplePlayerActivity.java
+++ b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/simple/SimplePlayerActivity.java
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ public class SimplePlayerActivity extends Activity implements SurfaceHolder.Call
     shutterView = findViewById(R.id.shutter);
     surfaceView = (VideoSurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.surface_view);
     surfaceView.getHolder().addCallback(this);
+
+    DemoUtil.setDefaultCookieManager();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/simple/SmoothStreamingRendererBuilder.java b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/simple/SmoothStreamingRendererBuilder.java
index 4d92c0458c..8686fa3b5a 100644
--- a/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/simple/SmoothStreamingRendererBuilder.java
+++ b/demo/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/demo/simple/SmoothStreamingRendererBuilder.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
     this.callback = callback;
     SmoothStreamingManifestParser parser = new SmoothStreamingManifestParser();
     manifestFetcher = new ManifestFetcher<SmoothStreamingManifest>(parser, contentId,
-        url + "/Manifest");
+        url + "/Manifest", userAgent);
     manifestFetcher.singleLoad(playerActivity.getMainLooper(), this);
   }
 
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/util/ManifestFetcher.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/util/ManifestFetcher.java
index c72a856919..1facaa4774 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/util/ManifestFetcher.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/util/ManifestFetcher.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public class ManifestFetcher<T> implements Loader.Callback {
   /* package */ final ManifestParser<T> parser;
   /* package */ final String manifestUrl;
   /* package */ final String contentId;
+  /* package */ final String userAgent;
 
   private int enabledCount;
   private Loader loader;
@@ -79,11 +80,14 @@ public class ManifestFetcher<T> implements Loader.Callback {
    * @param parser A parser to parse the loaded manifest data.
    * @param contentId The content id of the content being loaded. May be null.
    * @param manifestUrl The manifest location.
+   * @param userAgent The User-Agent string that should be used.
    */
-  public ManifestFetcher(ManifestParser<T> parser, String contentId, String manifestUrl) {
+  public ManifestFetcher(ManifestParser<T> parser, String contentId, String manifestUrl,
+      String userAgent) {
     this.parser = parser;
     this.contentId = contentId;
     this.manifestUrl = manifestUrl;
+    this.userAgent = userAgent;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -167,7 +171,7 @@ public class ManifestFetcher<T> implements Loader.Callback {
       loader = new Loader("manifestLoader");
     }
     if (!loader.isLoading()) {
-      currentLoadable = new ManifestLoadable();
+      currentLoadable = new ManifestLoadable(userAgent);
       loader.startLoading(currentLoadable, this);
     }
   }
@@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ public class ManifestFetcher<T> implements Loader.Callback {
       this.callbackLooper = callbackLooper;
       this.wrappedCallback = wrappedCallback;
       singleUseLoader = new Loader("manifestLoader:single");
-      singleUseLoadable = new ManifestLoadable();
+      singleUseLoadable = new ManifestLoadable(userAgent);
     }
 
     public void startLoading() {
@@ -265,9 +269,15 @@ public class ManifestFetcher<T> implements Loader.Callback {
 
     private static final int TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 10000;
 
+    private final String userAgent;
+
     /* package */ volatile T result;
     private volatile boolean isCanceled;
 
+    public ManifestLoadable(String userAgent) {
+      this.userAgent = userAgent;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void cancelLoad() {
       // We don't actually cancel anything, but we need to record the cancellation so that
@@ -302,6 +312,7 @@ public class ManifestFetcher<T> implements Loader.Callback {
       connection.setConnectTimeout(TIMEOUT_MILLIS);
       connection.setReadTimeout(TIMEOUT_MILLIS);
       connection.setDoOutput(false);
+      connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", userAgent);
       connection.connect();
       return connection;
     }