diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tumblr.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
index edbb0aa69..71ced8018 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ class TumblrIE(InfoExtractor):
         if iframe_url is None:
             return self.url_result(redirect_url, 'Generic')
 
-        iframe = self._download_webpage(iframe_url, video_id, 'Downloading iframe page')
+        iframe = self._download_webpage(iframe_url, video_id, 'Downloading iframe page',
+            headers={'Referer': url})
 
         duration = None
         sources = []