diff --git a/components/net/fetch/methods.rs b/components/net/fetch/methods.rs
index aac309b5ecf..2e7ce27f54a 100644
--- a/components/net/fetch/methods.rs
+++ b/components/net/fetch/methods.rs
@@ -1024,7 +1024,8 @@ fn http_network_fetch(request: Rc<Request>,
             response.status = Some(res.response.status);
             response.raw_status = Some((res.response.status_raw().0,
                                         res.response.status_raw().1.as_bytes().to_vec()));
-                        response.headers = res.response.headers.clone();
+            response.headers = res.response.headers.clone();
+            response.referrer = request.referrer.borrow().to_url().cloned();
 
             let res_body = response.body.clone();
 
diff --git a/components/net_traits/response.rs b/components/net_traits/response.rs
index 154e689bcef..e9de8d83a58 100644
--- a/components/net_traits/response.rs
+++ b/components/net_traits/response.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ pub struct Response {
     pub body: Arc<Mutex<ResponseBody>>,
     pub cache_state: CacheState,
     pub https_state: HttpsState,
+    pub referrer: Option<Url>,
     /// [Internal response](https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-internal-response), only used if the Response
     /// is a filtered response
     pub internal_response: Option<Box<Response>>,
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ impl Response {
             body: Arc::new(Mutex::new(ResponseBody::Empty)),
             cache_state: CacheState::None,
             https_state: HttpsState::None,
+            referrer: None,
             internal_response: None,
             return_internal: Cell::new(true)
         }
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ impl Response {
             body: Arc::new(Mutex::new(ResponseBody::Empty)),
             cache_state: CacheState::None,
             https_state: HttpsState::None,
+            referrer: None,
             internal_response: None,
             return_internal: Cell::new(true)
         }
@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ impl Response {
             metadata.headers = Some(Serde(response.headers.clone()));
             metadata.status = response.raw_status.clone();
             metadata.https_state = response.https_state;
+            metadata.referrer = response.referrer.clone();
             metadata
         };