diff --git a/core/routing.c b/core/routing.c
index 4e8168a7..e3c7e8ac 100644
--- a/core/routing.c
+++ b/core/routing.c
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ void uwsgi_opt_add_route(char *opt, char *value, void *foobar) {
 		ur->subject = offsetof(struct wsgi_request, user_agent);
 		ur->subject_len = offsetof(struct wsgi_request, user_agent_len);
 	}
+	else if (!strcmp(foobar, "referer")) {
+		ur->subject = offsetof(struct wsgi_request, referer);
+		ur->subject_len = offsetof(struct wsgi_request, referer_len);
+	}
 	else if (!strcmp(foobar, "remote_user")) {
 		ur->subject = offsetof(struct wsgi_request, remote_user);
 		ur->subject_len = offsetof(struct wsgi_request, remote_user_len);
diff --git a/core/uwsgi.c b/core/uwsgi.c
index b66f0bdf..c0ed647c 100644
--- a/core/uwsgi.c
+++ b/core/uwsgi.c
@@ -480,8 +480,9 @@ static struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_base_options[] = {
 	{"route-uri", required_argument, 0, "add a route based on REQUEST_URI", uwsgi_opt_add_route, "request_uri", 0},
 	{"route-qs", required_argument, 0, "add a route based on QUERY_STRING", uwsgi_opt_add_route, "query_string", 0},
 	{"route-remote-addr", required_argument, 0, "add a route based on REMOTE_ADDR", uwsgi_opt_add_route, "remote_addr", 0},
-	{"route-user-agent", required_argument, 0, "add a route based on USER_AGENT", uwsgi_opt_add_route, "user_agent", 0},
+	{"route-user-agent", required_argument, 0, "add a route based on HTTP_USER_AGENT", uwsgi_opt_add_route, "user_agent", 0},
 	{"route-remote-user", required_argument, 0, "add a route based on REMOTE_USER", uwsgi_opt_add_route, "remote_user", 0},
+	{"route-referer", required_argument, 0, "add a route based on HTTP_REFERER", uwsgi_opt_add_route, "referer", 0},
 	{"router-list", no_argument, 0, "list enabled routers", uwsgi_opt_true, &uwsgi.router_list, 0},
 	{"routers-list", no_argument, 0, "list enabled routers", uwsgi_opt_true, &uwsgi.router_list, 0},
 #endif