diff --git a/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/geckoview/WebRequest.java b/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/geckoview/WebRequest.java
index 30ee5451aa2eb50b53e16ae9230b79094ecf0547..dd226ce112ec6a23aa0d16fc82e02bdda1d864f5 100644
--- a/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/geckoview/WebRequest.java
+++ b/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/geckoview/WebRequest.java
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ public class WebRequest extends WebMessage {
   /** The value of the Referer header for this request. */
   public final @Nullable String referrer;
 
+  /**
+   * The value of the origin of this request.
+   */
+  public final @Nullable String origin;
+
   @Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
   @IntDef({
     CACHE_MODE_DEFAULT,
@@ -110,6 +115,7 @@ public class WebRequest extends WebMessage {
     cacheMode = builder.mCacheMode;
     referrer = builder.mReferrer;
     beConservative = builder.mBeConservative;
+    origin = builder.mOrigin;
 
     if (builder.mBody != null) {
       body = builder.mBody.asReadOnlyBuffer();
@@ -125,6 +131,7 @@ public class WebRequest extends WebMessage {
     /* package */ int mCacheMode = CACHE_MODE_DEFAULT;
     /* package */ String mReferrer;
     /* package */ boolean mBeConservative;
+    /* package */ String mOrigin;
 
     /**
      * Construct a Builder instance with the specified URI.
@@ -235,6 +242,17 @@ public class WebRequest extends WebMessage {
       return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the origin URI.
+     *
+     * @param origin A URI String
+     * @return This Builder instance.
+     */
+     public @NonNull Builder origin(final @Nullable String origin) {
+       mOrigin = origin;
+       return this;
+     }
+
     /**
      * @return A {@link WebRequest} constructed with the values from this Builder instance.
      */
diff --git a/widget/android/WebExecutorSupport.cpp b/widget/android/WebExecutorSupport.cpp
index eca9790aad1fe5fcc815efd5f2a208093329795b..22d94198d4dc49d06584572bce6e758c4f26a68b 100644
--- a/widget/android/WebExecutorSupport.cpp
+++ b/widget/android/WebExecutorSupport.cpp
@@ -402,6 +402,14 @@ nsresult WebExecutorSupport::CreateStreamLoader(
   MOZ_ASSERT(cookieJarSettings);
 
   nsCOMPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = channel->LoadInfo();
+  if (const auto origin = req->Origin(); origin) {
+    RefPtr<nsIURI> originUri;
+    rv = NS_NewURI(getter_AddRefs(originUri), origin->ToString());
+    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, NS_ERROR_MALFORMED_URI);
+    OriginAttributes attrs = loadInfo->GetOriginAttributes();
+    attrs.SetFirstPartyDomain(true, originUri);
+    loadInfo->SetOriginAttributes(attrs);
+  }
   loadInfo->SetCookieJarSettings(cookieJarSettings);
 
   // setup http/https specific things