diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipe.py b/pythonforandroid/recipe.py
index f07a412fbf..ecea95a55c 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipe.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipe.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import sh
 import shutil
 import fnmatch
+import urllib
 from urllib.request import urlretrieve
 from os import listdir, unlink, environ, mkdir, curdir, walk
 from sys import stdout
@@ -23,6 +24,12 @@
 from pythonforandroid.util import load_source as import_recipe
 
 
+# jqueryui.com returns a 403 w/ the default user agent
+url_opener = urllib.request.build_opener()
+url_opener.addheaders = [('User-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0')]
+urllib.request.install_opener(url_opener)
+
+
 class RecipeMeta(type):
     def __new__(cls, name, bases, dct):
         if name != 'Recipe':