diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
index 7ca2d3143..a57c15856 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ class Aria2cFD(ExternalFD):
         cmd += ['--', info_dict['url']]
         return cmd
 
+
+class HttpieFD(ExternalFD):
+    def _make_cmd(self, tmpfilename, info_dict):
+        cmd = ['http', '--download', '--output', tmpfilename, info_dict['url']]
+        for key, val in info_dict['http_headers'].items():
+            cmd += ['%s:%s' % (key, val)]
+        return cmd
+
 _BY_NAME = dict(
     (klass.get_basename(), klass)
     for name, klass in globals().items()