diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/miomio.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/miomio.py
index a784fc5fb..3f812e005 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/miomio.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/miomio.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import random
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..compat import compat_urllib_request
 from ..utils import (
     xpath_text,
     int_or_none,
@@ -60,10 +61,12 @@ class MioMioIE(InfoExtractor):
             'http://www.miomio.tv/mioplayer/mioplayerconfigfiles/xml.php?id=%s&r=%s' % (id, random.randint(100, 999)),
             video_id)
 
-        # the following xml contains the actual configuration information on the video file(s)
-        vid_config = self._download_xml(
+        vid_config_request = compat_urllib_request.Request(
             'http://www.miomio.tv/mioplayer/mioplayerconfigfiles/sina.php?{0}'.format(xml_config),
-            video_id)
+            headers={'Referer': 'http://www.miomio.tv/mioplayer/mioplayer-v3.0.swf'})
+
+        # the following xml contains the actual configuration information on the video file(s)
+        vid_config = self._download_xml(vid_config_request, video_id)
 
         http_headers = {
             'Referer': 'http://www.miomio.tv%s' % mioplayer_path,