diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ee626bc9..7a4593989 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
   [Eric Amorde](https://github.com/amorde)
   [CocoaPods/CocoaPods#8785](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/8785)
 
+* Pass a non-browser user agent for social media validation  
+  [Dov Frankel](https://github.com/abbeycode)
+  [#571](https://github.com/CocoaPods/Core/pull/571)
+  [CocoaPods#9053](https://github.com/CocoaPods/Cocoapods/pull/9053)
+  [CocoaPods#9049](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/9049)
 
 ## 1.7.5 (2019-07-19)
 
diff --git a/lib/cocoapods-core/http.rb b/lib/cocoapods-core/http.rb
index da5c2a8b4..bf5f0b98b 100644
--- a/lib/cocoapods-core/http.rb
+++ b/lib/cocoapods-core/http.rb
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ module HTTP
     #
     # @return [string]
     #
-    def self.get_actual_url(url)
+    def self.get_actual_url(url, user_agent = nil)
       redirects = 0
 
       loop do
-        response = perform_head_request(url)
+        response = perform_head_request(url, user_agent)
 
         if [301, 302, 303, 307, 308].include? response.status_code
           location = response.headers['location'].first
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ def self.get_actual_url(url)
     #
     # @return [REST::response]
     #
-    def self.validate_url(url)
+    def self.validate_url(url, user_agent = nil)
       return nil unless url =~ /^#{URI.regexp}$/
 
       begin
-        url = get_actual_url(url)
-        resp = perform_head_request(url)
+        url = get_actual_url(url, user_agent)
+        resp = perform_head_request(url, user_agent)
       rescue SocketError, URI::InvalidURIError, REST::Error, REST::Error::Connection
         resp = nil
       end
@@ -59,17 +59,19 @@ def self.validate_url(url)
     #
     # @return [REST::response]
     #
-    def self.perform_head_request(url)
+    def self.perform_head_request(url, user_agent)
       require 'rest'
 
-      resp = ::REST.head(url, 'User-Agent' => USER_AGENT)
+      user_agent ||= USER_AGENT
+
+      resp = ::REST.head(url, 'User-Agent' => user_agent)
 
       if resp.status_code >= 400
-        resp = ::REST.get(url, 'User-Agent' => USER_AGENT,
+        resp = ::REST.get(url, 'User-Agent' => user_agent,
                                'Range' => 'bytes=0-0')
 
         if resp.status_code >= 400
-          resp = ::REST.get(url, 'User-Agent' => USER_AGENT)
+          resp = ::REST.get(url, 'User-Agent' => user_agent)
         end
       end