diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 06e8731..c35df8c 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -527,10 +527,22 @@ An array of RSS/atom feeds. The title can optionally be changed.
 | hide-categories | boolean | no | false | Only applicable for `detailed-list` style |
 | hide-description | boolean | no | false | Only applicable for `detailed-list` style |
 | item-link-prefix | string | no | | |
+| headers | key (string) & value (string) | no | | |
 
 ###### `item-link-prefix`
 If an RSS feed isn't returning item links with a base domain and Glance has failed to automatically detect the correct domain you can manually add a prefix to each link with this property.
 
+###### `headers`
+Optionally specify the headers that will be sent with the request. Example:
+
+```yaml
+- type: rss
+  feeds:
+    - url: https://domain.com/rss
+      headers:
+        User-Agent: Custom User Agent
+```
+
 ##### `limit`
 The maximum number of articles to show.
 
diff --git a/internal/feed/rss.go b/internal/feed/rss.go
index ec6ab2e..45cbb14 100644
--- a/internal/feed/rss.go
+++ b/internal/feed/rss.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package feed
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"html"
+	"io"
 	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
@@ -57,12 +58,13 @@ func shortenFeedDescriptionLen(description string, maxLen int) string {
 }
 
 type RSSFeedRequest struct {
-	Url             string `yaml:"url"`
-	Title           string `yaml:"title"`
-	HideCategories  bool   `yaml:"hide-categories"`
-	HideDescription bool   `yaml:"hide-description"`
-	ItemLinkPrefix  string `yaml:"item-link-prefix"`
-	IsDetailed      bool   `yaml:"-"`
+	Url             string            `yaml:"url"`
+	Title           string            `yaml:"title"`
+	HideCategories  bool              `yaml:"hide-categories"`
+	HideDescription bool              `yaml:"hide-description"`
+	ItemLinkPrefix  string            `yaml:"item-link-prefix"`
+	Headers         map[string]string `yaml:"headers"`
+	IsDetailed      bool              `yaml:"-"`
 }
 
 type RSSFeedItems []RSSFeedItem
@@ -78,10 +80,31 @@ func (f RSSFeedItems) SortByNewest() RSSFeedItems {
 var feedParser = gofeed.NewParser()
 
 func getItemsFromRSSFeedTask(request RSSFeedRequest) ([]RSSFeedItem, error) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
-	defer cancel()
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", request.Url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
-	feed, err := feedParser.ParseURLWithContext(request.Url, ctx)
+	for key, value := range request.Headers {
+		req.Header.Add(key, value)
+	}
+
+	resp, err := defaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code %d from %s", resp.StatusCode, request.Url)
+	}
+
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	feed, err := feedParser.ParseString(string(body))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err