diff --git a/include/wx/webview.h b/include/wx/webview.h
index c300f72195..43a3bf39c1 100644
--- a/include/wx/webview.h
+++ b/include/wx/webview.h
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ public:
     virtual void Print() = 0;
     virtual void RegisterHandler(wxSharedPtr<wxWebViewHandler> handler) = 0;
     virtual void Reload(wxWebViewReloadFlags flags = wxWEBVIEW_RELOAD_DEFAULT) = 0;
+    virtual bool SetUserAgent(const wxString& userAgent) { wxUnusedVar(userAgent); return false; }
+    virtual wxString GetUserAgent() const;
 
     // Script
     virtual bool RunScript(const wxString& javascript, wxString* output = NULL) const = 0;
diff --git a/interface/wx/webview.h b/interface/wx/webview.h
index d23493ae2d..1b59eb6e57 100644
--- a/interface/wx/webview.h
+++ b/interface/wx/webview.h
@@ -889,6 +889,28 @@ public:
     */
     virtual bool IsAccessToDevToolsEnabled() const;
 
+    /**
+        Specify a custom user agent string for the web view.
+        Returns @true the user agent could be set.
+
+        If your first request should already use the custom user agent
+        please use two step creation and call SetUserAgent() before Create().
+
+        @note This is not implemented for IE. For Edge SetUserAgent()
+            MUST be called before Create().
+
+        @since 3.1.5
+    */
+    virtual bool SetUserAgent(const wxString& userAgent);
+
+    /**
+        Returns the current user agent string for the web view.
+
+        @since 3.1.5
+    */
+    virtual wxString GetUserAgent() const;
+
+
     /**
         @name History
     */
diff --git a/samples/webview/webview.cpp b/samples/webview/webview.cpp
index 3bd20ac462..c8d585a2de 100644
--- a/samples/webview/webview.cpp
+++ b/samples/webview/webview.cpp
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ public:
     void OnRunScriptMessage(wxCommandEvent& evt);
     void OnRunScriptCustom(wxCommandEvent& evt);
     void OnAddUserScript(wxCommandEvent& evt);
+    void OnSetCustomUserAgent(wxCommandEvent& evt);
     void OnClearSelection(wxCommandEvent& evt);
     void OnDeleteSelection(wxCommandEvent& evt);
     void OnSelectAll(wxCommandEvent& evt);
@@ -393,9 +394,6 @@ WebFrame::WebFrame(const wxString& url) :
 #endif
     // Create the webview
     m_browser = wxWebView::New();
-    // Log backend information
-    wxLogMessage("Backend: %s Version: %s", m_browser->GetClassInfo()->GetClassName(),
-        wxWebView::GetBackendVersionInfo().ToString());
 #ifdef __WXMAC__
     // With WKWebView handlers need to be registered before creation
     m_browser->RegisterHandler(wxSharedPtr<wxWebViewHandler>(new wxWebViewArchiveHandler("wxfs")));
@@ -404,6 +402,11 @@ WebFrame::WebFrame(const wxString& url) :
     m_browser->Create(this, wxID_ANY, url, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize);
     topsizer->Add(m_browser, wxSizerFlags().Expand().Proportion(1));
 
+    // Log backend information
+    wxLogMessage("Backend: %s Version: %s", m_browser->GetClassInfo()->GetClassName(),
+        wxWebView::GetBackendVersionInfo().ToString());
+    wxLogMessage("User Agent: %s", m_browser->GetUserAgent());
+
 #ifndef __WXMAC__
     //We register the wxfs:// protocol for testing purposes
     m_browser->RegisterHandler(wxSharedPtr<wxWebViewHandler>(new wxWebViewArchiveHandler("wxfs")));
@@ -493,6 +496,7 @@ WebFrame::WebFrame(const wxString& url) :
     m_script_custom = script_menu->Append(wxID_ANY, "Custom script");
     m_tools_menu->AppendSubMenu(script_menu, _("Run Script"));
     wxMenuItem* addUserScript = m_tools_menu->Append(wxID_ANY, _("Add user script"));
+    wxMenuItem* setCustomUserAgent = m_tools_menu->Append(wxID_ANY, _("Set custom user agent"));
 
     //Selection menu
     wxMenu* selection = new wxMenu();
@@ -593,6 +597,7 @@ WebFrame::WebFrame(const wxString& url) :
     Bind(wxEVT_MENU, &WebFrame::OnRunScriptMessage, this, m_script_message->GetId());
     Bind(wxEVT_MENU, &WebFrame::OnRunScriptCustom, this, m_script_custom->GetId());
     Bind(wxEVT_MENU, &WebFrame::OnAddUserScript, this, addUserScript->GetId());
+    Bind(wxEVT_MENU, &WebFrame::OnSetCustomUserAgent, this, setCustomUserAgent->GetId());
     Bind(wxEVT_MENU, &WebFrame::OnClearSelection, this, m_selection_clear->GetId());
     Bind(wxEVT_MENU, &WebFrame::OnDeleteSelection, this, m_selection_delete->GetId());
     Bind(wxEVT_MENU, &WebFrame::OnSelectAll, this, selectall->GetId());
@@ -1230,6 +1235,24 @@ void WebFrame::OnAddUserScript(wxCommandEvent & WXUNUSED(evt))
         wxLogError("Could not add user script");
 }
 
+void WebFrame::OnSetCustomUserAgent(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(evt))
+{
+    wxString customUserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_1_3 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.0.1 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1";
+    wxTextEntryDialog dialog
+    (
+        this,
+        "Enter the custom user agent string you would like to use.",
+        wxGetTextFromUserPromptStr,
+        customUserAgent,
+        wxOK | wxCANCEL | wxCENTRE
+    );
+    if (dialog.ShowModal() != wxID_OK)
+        return;
+
+    if (!m_browser->SetUserAgent(customUserAgent))
+        wxLogError("Could not set custom user agent");
+}
+
 void WebFrame::OnClearSelection(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(evt))
 {
     m_browser->ClearSelection();
diff --git a/src/common/webview.cpp b/src/common/webview.cpp
index cc845a2b5e..dacd00653a 100644
--- a/src/common/webview.cpp
+++ b/src/common/webview.cpp
@@ -217,6 +217,13 @@ long wxWebView::Find(const wxString& text, int flags)
         return 1;
 }
 
+wxString wxWebView::GetUserAgent() const
+{
+    wxString userAgent;
+    RunScript("navigator.userAgent", &userAgent);
+    return userAgent;
+}
+
 // static
 wxWebView* wxWebView::New(const wxString& backend)
 {