diff --git a/lib/common/browser.rb b/lib/common/browser.rb
index 5e7ac8c5..763bb02f 100644
--- a/lib/common/browser.rb
+++ b/lib/common/browser.rb
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ class Browser
     :proxy,
     :proxy_auth,
     :request_timeout,
-    :connect_timeout
+    :connect_timeout,
+    :cookie
   ]
 
   @@instance = nil
 
   attr_reader :hydra, :cache_dir
 
-  attr_accessor :referer
+  attr_accessor :referer, :cookie
 
   # @param [ Hash ] options
   #
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ class Browser
 
     params.merge!(cookiejar: @cache_dir + '/cookie-jar')
     params.merge!(cookiefile: @cache_dir + '/cookie-jar')
+    params.merge!(cookie: @cookie) if @cookie
 
     params
   end
diff --git a/lib/wpscan/wpscan_helper.rb b/lib/wpscan/wpscan_helper.rb
index 4103152d..f0e591d0 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/wpscan_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/wpscan_helper.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def help
   puts '                                    You do not need to provide the regexp delimiters, but you must write the quotes (simple or double).'
   puts '--config-file  | -c <config file>   Use the specified config file, see the example.conf.json.'
   puts '--user-agent   | -a <User-Agent>    Use the specified User-Agent.'
+  puts '--cookie <String>                   String to read cookies from.'
   puts '--random-agent | -r                 Use a random User-Agent.'
   puts '--follow-redirection                If the target url has a redirection, it will be followed without asking if you wanted to do so or not'
   puts '--batch                             Never ask for user input, use the default behaviour.'
diff --git a/lib/wpscan/wpscan_options.rb b/lib/wpscan/wpscan_options.rb
index 1ed0e686..0d211c3f 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/wpscan_options.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/wpscan_options.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class WpscanOptions
     :wp_plugins_dir,
     :help,
     :config_file,
+    :cookie,
     :exclude_content_based,
     :basic_auth,
     :debug_output,
@@ -259,7 +260,8 @@ class WpscanOptions
       ['--connect-timeout', GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT],
       ['--max-threads', GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT],
       ['--batch', GetoptLong::NO_ARGUMENT],
-      ['--no-color', GetoptLong::NO_ARGUMENT]
+      ['--no-color', GetoptLong::NO_ARGUMENT],
+      ['--cookie', GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT]
     )
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/common/browser_spec.rb b/spec/lib/common/browser_spec.rb
index 0e5711aa..438383bf 100644
--- a/spec/lib/common/browser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/common/browser_spec.rb
@@ -190,6 +190,15 @@ describe Browser do
         @expected = default_expectation.merge(params)
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when @cookie' do
+      let(:cookie) { 'foor=bar;bar=foo' }
+      before       { browser.cookie = cookie }
+
+      it 'sets the cookie' do
+        @expected = default_expectation.merge(cookie: cookie)
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#forge_request' do