diff --git a/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/imm.py b/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/imm.py
index 62254d6e..15b98072 100644
--- a/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/imm.py
+++ b/pyghmi/ipmi/oem/lenovo/imm.py
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class IMMClient(object):
     def __init__(self, ipmicmd):
         self.ipmicmd = weakref.proxy(ipmicmd)
         self.imm = ipmicmd.bmc
+        self.adp_referer = 'https://{0}/designs/imm/index-console.php'.format(
+            self.imm)
         self.username = ipmicmd.ipmi_session.userid
         self.password = ipmicmd.ipmi_session.password
         self._wc = None  # The webclient shall be initiated on demand
@@ -203,7 +205,8 @@ class IMMClient(object):
         adapterdata = self.get_cached_data('lenovo_cached_adapters')
         if not adapterdata:
             if self.wc:
-                adapterdata = self.wc.grab_json_response(self.ADP_URL)
+                adapterdata = self.wc.grab_json_response(
+                    self.ADP_URL, referer=self.adp_referer)
                 if adapterdata:
                     self.datacache['lenovo_cached_adapters'] = (
                         adapterdata, util._monotonic_time())
@@ -293,7 +296,8 @@ class IMMClient(object):
         adapterdata = self.get_cached_data('lenovo_cached_adapters')
         if not adapterdata:
             if self.wc:
-                adapterdata = self.wc.grab_json_response(self.ADP_URL)
+                adapterdata = self.wc.grab_json_response(
+                    self.ADP_URL, referer=self.adp_referer)
                 if adapterdata:
                     self.datacache['lenovo_cached_adapters'] = (
                         adapterdata, util._monotonic_time())
diff --git a/pyghmi/util/webclient.py b/pyghmi/util/webclient.py
index 3bd7057d..4a5bb009 100644
--- a/pyghmi/util/webclient.py
+++ b/pyghmi/util/webclient.py
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ class SecureHTTPConnection(httplib.HTTPConnection, object):
                     self.cookies[k] = c[k].value
         return rsp
 
-    def grab_json_response(self, url, data=None):
+    def grab_json_response(self, url, data=None, referer=None):
         if data:
-            self.request('POST', url, data)
+            self.request('POST', url, data, referer=referer)
         else:
-            self.request('GET', url)
+            self.request('GET', url, referer=referer)
         rsp = self.getresponse()
         if rsp.status == 200:
             return json.loads(rsp.read())
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class SecureHTTPConnection(httplib.HTTPConnection, object):
                             rsp.read())
         return rsp.read()
 
-    def request(self, method, url, body=None, headers=None):
+    def request(self, method, url, body=None, headers=None, referer=None):
         if headers is None:
             headers = self.stdheaders.copy()
         if method == 'GET' and 'Content-Type' in headers:
@@ -162,5 +162,7 @@ class SecureHTTPConnection(httplib.HTTPConnection, object):
             for ckey in self.cookies:
                 cookies.append('{0}={1}'.format(ckey, self.cookies[ckey]))
             headers['Cookie'] = '; '.join(cookies)
+        if referer:
+            headers['Referer'] = referer
         return super(SecureHTTPConnection, self).request(method, url, body,
                                                          headers)