diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 29a09cb8264..c598b90a511 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -1318,6 +1318,7 @@ Navigate to the next page in history.
     - `domcontentloaded` - consider navigation to be finished when the `DOMContentLoaded` event is fired.
     - `networkidle0` - consider navigation to be finished when there are no more than 0 network connections for at least `500` ms.
     - `networkidle2` - consider navigation to be finished when there are no more than 2 network connections for at least `500` ms.
+  - `referer` <[string]> Referer header value. If provided it will take prefrence over the referer header value set by [page.setExtraHTTPHeaders()](#pagesetextrahttpheadersheaders).
 - returns: <[Promise]<?[Response]>> Promise which resolves to the main resource response. In case of multiple redirects, the navigation will resolve with the response of the last redirect.
 
 The `page.goto` will throw an error if:
diff --git a/lib/Page.js b/lib/Page.js
index 4ba3ef840d0..e53cb672eb7 100644
--- a/lib/Page.js
+++ b/lib/Page.js
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ class Page extends EventEmitter {
    * @return {!Promise<?Puppeteer.Response>}
    */
   async goto(url, options = {}) {
-    const referrer = this._networkManager.extraHTTPHeaders()['referer'];
+    const referrer = typeof options.referer === 'string' ? options.referer : this._networkManager.extraHTTPHeaders()['referer'];
 
     /** @type {Map<string, !Puppeteer.Request>} */
     const requests = new Map();
diff --git a/test/page.spec.js b/test/page.spec.js
index 0a4abf792a0..66189b10999 100644
--- a/test/page.spec.js
+++ b/test/page.spec.js
@@ -754,6 +754,17 @@ module.exports.addTests = function({testRunner, expect, headless}) {
       }
       expect(error.message).toContain(url);
     });
+    it('should send referer', async({page, server}) => {
+      await page.setRequestInterception(true);
+      page.on('request', request => request.continue());
+      const [request] = await Promise.all([
+        server.waitForRequest('/grid.html'),
+        page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/grid.html', {
+          referer: 'http://google.com/',
+        }),
+      ]);
+      expect(request.headers['referer']).toBe('http://google.com/');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('Page.waitForNavigation', function() {