diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/web_control.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/web_control.py
index f31b750e52..3b6337f597 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/web_control.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/web_control.py
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ __license__ = 'GPL 3'
 __copyright__ = '2011, John Schember <john@nachtimwald.com>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
-from PyQt4.Qt import QWebView, QWebPage, QNetworkCookieJar, QNetworkRequest
+from cookielib import Cookie, CookieJar
+
+from PyQt4.Qt import QWebView, QWebPage, QNetworkCookieJar, QNetworkRequest, QString
 
 class NPWebView(QWebView):
     
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ class NPWebView(QWebView):
             return
         
         url = unicode(request.url().toString())
-        self.gui.download_from_store(url)
+        self.gui.download_from_store(url, self.get_cookies())
 
     def ignore_ssl_errors(self, reply, errors):
         reply.ignoreSslErrors(errors)
@@ -45,6 +47,53 @@ class NPWebView(QWebView):
             print 'error'
             print reply.error()
             #print reply.attribute(QNetworkRequest.HttpStatusCodeAttribute).toInt()
+            
+    def get_cookies(self):
+        cj = CookieJar()
+        
+        for c in self.page().networkAccessManager().cookieJar().allCookies():
+            version = 0
+            name = unicode(QString(c.name()))
+            value = unicode(QString(c.value()))
+            port = None
+            port_specified = False
+            domain = unicode(c.domain())
+            if domain:
+                domain_specified = True
+                if domain.startswith('.'):
+                    domain_initial_dot = True
+                else:
+                    domain_initial_dot = False
+            else:
+                domain = None
+                domain_specified = False
+            path = unicode(c.path())
+            if path:
+                path_specified = True
+            else:
+                path = None
+                path_specified = False
+            secure = c.isSecure()
+            expires = c.expirationDate().toMSecsSinceEpoch() / 1000
+            discard = c.isSessionCookie()
+            comment = None
+            comment_url = None
+            rest = None
+            
+            cookie = Cookie(version, name, value,
+                 port, port_specified,
+                 domain, domain_specified, domain_initial_dot,
+                 path, path_specified,
+                 secure,
+                 expires,
+                 discard,
+                 comment,
+                 comment_url,
+                 rest) 
+            
+            cj.set_cookie(cookie)
+            
+        return cj
 
 
 class NPWebPage(QWebPage):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store_download.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store_download.py
index fe99ae6f14..71378c173f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store_download.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store_download.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import cStringIO
 import os
 import shutil
 import time
+from cookielib import CookieJar
 from contextlib import closing
 from threading import Thread
 from Queue import Queue
@@ -20,11 +21,12 @@ from calibre.utils.ipc.job import BaseJob
 
 class StoreDownloadJob(BaseJob):
 
-    def __init__(self, callback, description, job_manager, db, url='', save_as_loc='', add_to_lib=True):
+    def __init__(self, callback, description, job_manager, db, cookie_jar, url='', save_as_loc='', add_to_lib=True):
         BaseJob.__init__(self, description)
         self.exception = None
         self.job_manager = job_manager
         self.db = db
+        self.cookie_jar = cookie_jar
         self.args = (url, save_as_loc, add_to_lib)
         self.tmp_file_name = ''
         self.callback = callback
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ class StoreDownloader(Thread):
             return
 
         br = browser()
+        br.set_cookiejar(job.cookie_jar)
         
         basename = br.open(url).geturl().split('/')[-1]
         ext = os.path.splitext(basename)[1][1:].lower()
@@ -155,9 +158,9 @@ class StoreDownloader(Thread):
         
         shutil.copy(job.tmp_fie_name, save_loc)
         
-    def download_from_store(self, callback, db, url='', save_as_loc='', add_to_lib=True):
+    def download_from_store(self, callback, db, cookie_jar, url='', save_as_loc='', add_to_lib=True):
         description = _('Downloading %s') % url
-        job = StoreDownloadJob(callback, description, self.job_manager, db, url, save_as_loc, add_to_lib)
+        job = StoreDownloadJob(callback, description, self.job_manager, db, cookie_jar, url, save_as_loc, add_to_lib)
         self.job_manager.add_job(job)
         self.jobs.put(job)        
 
@@ -167,10 +170,10 @@ class StoreDownloadMixin(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self.store_downloader = StoreDownloader(self.job_manager)
     
-    def download_from_store(self, url='', save_as_loc='', add_to_lib=True):
+    def download_from_store(self, url='', cookie_jar=CookieJar(), save_as_loc='', add_to_lib=True):
         if not self.store_downloader.is_alive():
             self.store_downloader.start()
-        self.store_downloader.download_from_store(Dispatcher(self.downloaded_from_store), self.library_view.model().db, url, save_as_loc, add_to_lib)
+        self.store_downloader.download_from_store(Dispatcher(self.downloaded_from_store), self.library_view.model().db, cookie_jar, url, save_as_loc, add_to_lib)
         self.status_bar.show_message(_('Downloading') + ' ' + url, 3000)
     
     def downloaded_from_store(self, job):