diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index e228a064f413..8814057b9b99 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -418,6 +418,10 @@ void WebContents::LoadURL(const GURL& url, const mate::Dictionary& options) {
     params.referrer = content::Referrer(http_referrer.GetAsReferrer(),
                                         blink::WebReferrerPolicyDefault);
 
+  std::string user_agent;
+  if (options.Get("useragent", &user_agent))
+    this->SetUserAgent(user_agent);
+
   params.transition_type = ui::PAGE_TRANSITION_TYPED;
   params.should_clear_history_list = true;
   params.override_user_agent = content::NavigationController::UA_OVERRIDE_TRUE;
diff --git a/atom/browser/lib/guest-view-manager.coffee b/atom/browser/lib/guest-view-manager.coffee
index 43f4d7c98c5f..a8c930278db6 100644
--- a/atom/browser/lib/guest-view-manager.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/lib/guest-view-manager.coffee
@@ -58,8 +58,11 @@ createGuest = (embedder, params) ->
     max = width: params.maxwidth, height: params.maxheight
     @setAutoSize params.autosize, min, max
     if params.src
-      if params.httpreferrer
-        @loadUrl params.src, {httpreferrer: params.httpreferrer}
+      opts = {}
+      opts.httpreferrer = params.httpreferrer if params.httpreferrer
+      opts.useragent = params.useragent if params.useragent
+      if params.httpreferrer or params.useragent
+        @loadUrl params.src, opts
       else
         @loadUrl params.src
     if params.allowtransparency?
diff --git a/atom/renderer/lib/web-view/web-view-attributes.coffee b/atom/renderer/lib/web-view/web-view-attributes.coffee
index 080300d02bf8..bd00dc5322e9 100644
--- a/atom/renderer/lib/web-view/web-view-attributes.coffee
+++ b/atom/renderer/lib/web-view/web-view-attributes.coffee
@@ -158,13 +158,14 @@ class SrcAttribute extends WebViewAttribute
       return
 
     # Navigate to |this.src|.
+    opts = {}
     httpreferrer = @webViewImpl.attributes[webViewConstants.ATTRIBUTE_HTTPREFERRER].getValue()
-    urlOptions = if httpreferrer then {httpreferrer} else {}
+    if httpreferrer then opts.httpreferrer = httpreferrer
 
-    useragent = @webViewImpl.attributes[webViewConstants.ATTRIBUTE_HTTPREFERRER].getValue()
+    useragent = @webViewImpl.attributes[webViewConstants.ATTRIBUTE_USERAGENT].getValue()
+    if useragent then opts.useragent = useragent
 
     guestContents = remote.getGuestWebContents(@webViewImpl.guestInstanceId)
-    guestContents.setUserAgent(guestContents) if guestContents
     guestContents.loadUrl @getValue(), urlOptions
 
 # Attribute specifies HTTP referrer.
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ class HttpReferrerAttribute extends WebViewAttribute
 # Attribute specifies HTTP referrer.
 class UserAgentAttribute extends WebViewAttribute
   constructor: (webViewImpl) ->
-    super webViewConstants.ATTRIBUTE_HTTPREFERRER, webViewImpl
+    super webViewConstants.ATTRIBUTE_USERAGENT, webViewImpl
 
 # Attribute that set preload script.
 class PreloadAttribute extends WebViewAttribute