diff --git a/include/wx/gtk/webview_webkit.h b/include/wx/gtk/webview_webkit.h
index 0b9a1939f8..75a22e5343 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk/webview_webkit.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk/webview_webkit.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public:
 #if wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2
     virtual void EnableAccessToDevTools(bool enable = true) wxOVERRIDE;
     virtual bool IsAccessToDevToolsEnabled() const wxOVERRIDE;
+    virtual bool SetUserAgent(const wxString& userAgent) wxOVERRIDE;
 #endif
 
     void SetZoomType(wxWebViewZoomType) wxOVERRIDE;
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ private:
 #endif
 
     WebKitWebView *m_web_view;
+    wxString m_customUserAgent;
     int m_historyLimit;
 
     wxVector<wxSharedPtr<wxWebViewHandler> > m_handlerList;
diff --git a/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp b/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
index 4ae910e5af..2bddbe8de8 100644
--- a/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
@@ -651,6 +651,9 @@ bool wxWebViewWebKit::Create(wxWindow *parent,
     GTKCreateScrolledWindowWith(GTK_WIDGET(m_web_view));
     g_object_ref(m_widget);
 
+    if (!m_customUserAgent.empty())
+        SetUserAgent(m_customUserAgent);
+
     g_signal_connect(m_web_view, "decide-policy",
                      G_CALLBACK(wxgtk_webview_webkit_decide_policy),
                      this);
@@ -756,6 +759,18 @@ bool wxWebViewWebKit::IsAccessToDevToolsEnabled() const
     return webkit_settings_get_enable_developer_extras(settings);
 }
 
+bool wxWebViewWebKit::SetUserAgent(const wxString& userAgent)
+{
+    if (m_web_view)
+    {
+        WebKitSettings* settings = webkit_web_view_get_settings(m_web_view);
+        webkit_settings_set_user_agent(settings, userAgent.utf8_str());
+    }
+    else
+        m_customUserAgent = userAgent;
+    return true;
+}
+
 void wxWebViewWebKit::Stop()
 {
      webkit_web_view_stop_loading(m_web_view);