diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_providers.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_providers.tmpl
index 7f81712f..2c0a21db 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_providers.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_providers.tmpl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var show_nzb_providers = #if $sickbeard.USE_NZBS then "true" else "false"#;
 <!--
 \$(document).ready(function(){
 #for $curTorrentRssProvider in $sickbeard.torrentRssProviderList:
-    \$(this).addTorrentRssProvider('$curTorrentRssProvider.getID()', '$curTorrentRssProvider.name', '$curTorrentRssProvider.url');
+    \$(this).addTorrentRssProvider('$curTorrentRssProvider.getID()', '$curTorrentRssProvider.name', '$curTorrentRssProvider.url', '$curTorrentRssProvider.cookies');
 #end for
 });
 //-->
@@ -591,6 +591,16 @@ var show_nzb_providers = #if $sickbeard.USE_NZBS then "true" else "false"#;
                                 <input class="component-desc" type="text" id="torrentrss_url" size="40" />
                             </label>
                         </div>
+                        <div class="field-pair">
+                            <label class="nocheck clearfix">
+                                <span class="component-title">Cookies:</span>
+                                <input class="component-desc" type="text" id="torrentrss_cookies" size="40" />
+                            </label>
+                            <label class="nocheck clearfix">
+                                <span class="component-title">&nbsp;</span>
+                                <span class="component-desc">eg. uid=xx;pass=yy</span>
+                            </label>
+                        </div>
                         
             <div id="torrentrss_add_div">
                 <input type="button" class="btn torrentrss_save" id="torrentrss_add" value="Add" />
diff --git a/gui/slick/js/configProviders.js b/gui/slick/js/configProviders.js
index b5f04da1..52eb6a39 100644
--- a/gui/slick/js/configProviders.js
+++ b/gui/slick/js/configProviders.js
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
     }
 
-    $.fn.addTorrentRssProvider = function (id, name, url) {
+    $.fn.addTorrentRssProvider = function (id, name, url, cookies) {
 
-        var newData = [name, url];
+        var newData = [name, url, cookies];
         torrentRssProviders[id] = newData;
 
         $('#editATorrentRssProvider').addOption(id, name);
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
     }
 
-    $.fn.updateTorrentRssProvider = function (id, url) {
+    $.fn.updateTorrentRssProvider = function (id, url, cookies) {
         torrentRssProviders[id][1] = url;
+        torrentRssProviders[id][2] = cookies;
         $(this).populateTorrentRssSection();
         $(this).makeTorrentRssProviderString();
     }
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         var selectedProvider = $('#editATorrentRssProvider :selected').val();
 
         if (selectedProvider == 'addTorrentRss') {
-            var data = ['','','',''];
+            var data = ['','',''];
             $('#torrentrss_add_div').show();
             $('#torrentrss_update_div').hide();
         } else {
@@ -164,19 +165,16 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
         $('#torrentrss_name').val(data[0]);
         $('#torrentrss_url').val(data[1]);
-        $('#torrentrss_uname').val(data[2]);
-        $('#torrentrss_passw').val(data[3]);
+        $('#torrentrss_cookies').val(data[2]);
 
         if (selectedProvider == 'addTorrentRss') {
             $('#torrentrss_name').removeAttr("disabled");
             $('#torrentrss_url').removeAttr("disabled");
-            $('#torrentrss_uname').removeAttr("disabled");
-            $('#torrentrss_passw').removeAttr("disabled");
+            $('#torrentrss_cookies').removeAttr("disabled");
         } else {
             $('#torrentrss_name').attr("disabled", "disabled");
             $('#torrentrss_url').removeAttr("disabled");
-            $('#torrentrss_uname').removeAttr("disabled");
-            $('#torrentrss_passw').removeAttr("disabled")
+            $('#torrentrss_cookies').removeAttr("disabled");
             $('#torrentrss_delete').removeAttr("disabled");
         }
 
@@ -316,7 +314,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
     });
 
-    $('#torrentrss_url,#torrentrss_uname,#torrentrss_key').change(function(){
+    $('#torrentrss_url,#torrentrss_cookies').change(function(){
 
         var selectedProvider = $('#editATorrentRssProvider :selected').val();
 
@@ -324,8 +322,9 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
       return;
 
         var url = $('#torrentrss_url').val();
+        var cookies = $('#torrentrss_cookies').val();
 
-        $(this).updateTorrentRssProvider(selectedProvider, url);
+        $(this).updateTorrentRssProvider(selectedProvider, url, cookies);
     });
 
 
@@ -390,7 +389,8 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
         var name = $('#torrentrss_name').val();
         var url = $('#torrentrss_url').val();
-        var params = { name: name, url: url}
+        var cookies = $('#torrentrss_cookies').val();
+        var params = { name: name, url: url, cookies: cookies}
 
         // send to the form with ajax, get a return value
         $.getJSON(sbRoot + '/config/providers/canAddTorrentRssProvider', params,
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
                     return;
                 }
 
-                $(this).addTorrentRssProvider(data.success, name, url);
+                $(this).addTorrentRssProvider(data.success, name, url, cookies);
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/lib/feedcache/cache.py b/lib/feedcache/cache.py
index fbaef63a..6ec0a39a 100644
--- a/lib/feedcache/cache.py
+++ b/lib/feedcache/cache.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class Cache:
                     del self.storage[url]
         return
 
-    def fetch(self, url, force_update=False, offline=False):
+    def fetch(self, url, force_update=False, offline=False, request_headers=None):
         """Return the feed at url.
 
         url - The URL of the feed.
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class Cache:
                                          agent=self.user_agent,
                                          modified=modified,
                                          etag=etag,
-                                         )
+                                         request_headers=request_headers)
 
         status = parsed_result.get('status', None)
         logger.debug('HTTP status=%s' % status)
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/__init__.py b/sickbeard/providers/__init__.py
index de9d3d5e..ef4c71bf 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/__init__.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/__init__.py
@@ -139,22 +139,26 @@ def makeTorrentRssProvider(configString):
     if not configString:
         return None
 
+    cookies = None
     search_mode = 'eponly'
     search_fallback = 0
     backlog_only = 0
 
     try:
-        name, url, enabled, search_mode, search_fallback, backlog_only = configString.split('|')
+        name, url, cookies, enabled, search_mode, search_fallback, backlog_only = configString.split('|')
     except ValueError:
         try:
-            name, url, enabled = configString.split('|')
+            name, url, enabled, search_mode, search_fallback, backlog_only = configString.split('|')
         except ValueError:
-            logger.log(u"Skipping RSS Torrent provider string: '" + configString + "', incorrect format", logger.ERROR)
-            return None
+            try:
+                name, url, enabled = configString.split('|')
+            except ValueError:
+                logger.log(u"Skipping RSS Torrent provider string: '" + configString + "', incorrect format", logger.ERROR)
+                return None
 
     torrentRss = sys.modules['sickbeard.providers.rsstorrent']
 
-    newProvider = torrentRss.TorrentRssProvider(name, url, search_mode, search_fallback, backlog_only)
+    newProvider = torrentRss.TorrentRssProvider(name, url, cookies, search_mode, search_fallback, backlog_only)
     newProvider.enabled = enabled == '1'
 
     return newProvider
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py b/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py
index 8b6695a5..7b9f9a47 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from lib.requests import exceptions
 from lib.bencode import bdecode
 
 class TorrentRssProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
-    def __init__(self, name, url, search_mode='eponly', search_fallback=False, backlog_only=False):
+    def __init__(self, name, url, cookies, search_mode='eponly', search_fallback=False, backlog_only=False):
         generic.TorrentProvider.__init__(self, name)
         self.cache = TorrentRssCache(self)
         self.url = re.sub('\/$', '', url)
@@ -47,8 +47,13 @@ class TorrentRssProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
         self.search_fallback = search_fallback
         self.backlog_only = backlog_only
 
+        if cookies:
+          self.cookies = cookies
+        else:
+          self.cookies = None
+
     def configStr(self):
-        return self.name + '|' + self.url + '|' + str(int(self.enabled)) + '|' + self.search_mode + '|' + str(int(self.search_fallback)) + '|' + str(int(self.backlog_only))
+        return self.name + '|' + self.url + '|' + self.cookies + '|' + str(int(self.enabled)) + '|' + self.search_mode + '|' + str(int(self.search_fallback)) + '|' + str(int(self.backlog_only))
 
     def imageName(self):
         if ek.ek(os.path.isfile, ek.ek(os.path.join, sickbeard.PROG_DIR, 'data', 'images', 'providers', self.getID() + '.png')):
@@ -84,6 +89,10 @@ class TorrentRssProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
     def validateRSS(self):
 
         try:
+            if self.cookies:
+                cookie_validator=re.compile("^(\w+=\w+)(;\w+=\w+)*$")
+                if not cookie_validator.match(self.cookies):
+                    return (False, 'Cookie is not correctly formatted: ' + self.cookies)
 
             data = self.cache._getRSSData()
             if not data:
@@ -121,6 +130,10 @@ class TorrentRssProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
         if not self.session:
             self.session = requests.Session()
 
+        if self.cookies:
+          requests.utils.add_dict_to_cookiejar(self.session.cookies,
+                                               dict(x.rsplit('=', 1) for x in (self.cookies.split(';'))))
+
         try:
             parsed = list(urlparse.urlparse(url))
             parsed[2] = re.sub("/{2,}", "/", parsed[2])  # replace two or more / with one
@@ -158,9 +171,12 @@ class TorrentRssCache(tvcache.TVCache):
         self.minTime = 15
 
     def _getRSSData(self):
-        url = self.provider.url
         logger.log(u"TorrentRssCache cache update URL: " + self.provider.url, logger.DEBUG)
-        return self.getRSSFeed(url)
+        if self.provider.cookies:
+          request_headers = { 'Cookie': self.provider.cookies }
+        else:
+          request_headers = None
+        return self.getRSSFeed(self.provider.url, request_headers=request_headers)
 
     def _parseItem(self, item):
 
diff --git a/sickbeard/tvcache.py b/sickbeard/tvcache.py
index ac09042b..eb97ecfa 100644
--- a/sickbeard/tvcache.py
+++ b/sickbeard/tvcache.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class TVCache():
 
         return []
 
-    def getRSSFeed(self, url, post_data=None):
+    def getRSSFeed(self, url, post_data=None, request_headers=None):
         # create provider storaqe cache
         storage = Shove('sqlite:///' + ek.ek(os.path.join, sickbeard.CACHE_DIR, self.provider.name) + '.db')
         fc = cache.Cache(storage)
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class TVCache():
         if post_data:
             url += urllib.urlencode(post_data)
 
-        f = fc.fetch(url)
+        f = fc.fetch(url, request_headers=request_headers)
 
         if not f:
             logger.log(u"Error loading " + self.providerID + " URL: " + url, logger.ERROR)
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index 680bd237..c1ffe140 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ class ConfigProviders:
         return '1'
 
     @cherrypy.expose
-    def canAddTorrentRssProvider(self, name, url):
+    def canAddTorrentRssProvider(self, name, url, cookies):
 
         if not name:
             return json.dumps({'error': 'Invalid name specified'})
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ class ConfigProviders:
         providerDict = dict(
             zip([x.getID() for x in sickbeard.torrentRssProviderList], sickbeard.torrentRssProviderList))
 
-        tempProvider = rsstorrent.TorrentRssProvider(name, url)
+        tempProvider = rsstorrent.TorrentRssProvider(name, url, cookies)
 
         if tempProvider.getID() in providerDict:
             return json.dumps({'error': 'Exists as ' + providerDict[tempProvider.getID()].name})
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ class ConfigProviders:
                 return json.dumps({'error': errMsg})
 
     @cherrypy.expose
-    def saveTorrentRssProvider(self, name, url):
+    def saveTorrentRssProvider(self, name, url, cookies):
 
         if not name or not url:
             return '0'
@@ -1487,11 +1487,12 @@ class ConfigProviders:
         if name in providerDict:
             providerDict[name].name = name
             providerDict[name].url = config.clean_url(url)
+            providerDict[name].cookies = cookies
 
             return providerDict[name].getID() + '|' + providerDict[name].configStr()
 
         else:
-            newProvider = rsstorrent.TorrentRssProvider(name, url)
+            newProvider = rsstorrent.TorrentRssProvider(name, url, cookies)
             sickbeard.torrentRssProviderList.append(newProvider)
             return newProvider.getID() + '|' + newProvider.configStr()
 
@@ -1569,10 +1570,10 @@ class ConfigProviders:
                 if not curTorrentRssProviderStr:
                     continue
 
-                curName, curURL = curTorrentRssProviderStr.split('|')
+                curName, curURL, curCookies = curTorrentRssProviderStr.split('|')
                 curURL = config.clean_url(curURL)
 
-                newProvider = rsstorrent.TorrentRssProvider(curName, curURL)
+                newProvider = rsstorrent.TorrentRssProvider(curName, curURL, curCookies)
 
                 curID = newProvider.getID()
 
@@ -1580,6 +1581,7 @@ class ConfigProviders:
                 if curID in torrentRssProviderDict:
                     torrentRssProviderDict[curID].name = curName
                     torrentRssProviderDict[curID].url = curURL
+                    torrentRssProviderDict[curID].cookies = curCookies
                 else:
                     sickbeard.torrentRssProviderList.append(newProvider)