diff --git a/src/goose.rs b/src/goose.rs
index 638288fd..90c117e1 100644
--- a/src/goose.rs
+++ b/src/goose.rs
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@
 
 use downcast_rs::{impl_downcast, Downcast};
 use http::method::Method;
-use reqwest::{header, Client, ClientBuilder, RequestBuilder, Response};
+use reqwest::cookie::{CookieStore, Jar};
+use reqwest::{cookie, header, Client, ClientBuilder, RequestBuilder, Response};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -850,6 +851,8 @@ pub struct GooseUser {
     pub(crate) task_name: Option<String>,
 
     session_data: Option<Box<dyn GooseUserData>>,
+
+    cookie_store: Jar,
 }
 impl GooseUser {
     /// Create a new user state.
@@ -879,6 +882,7 @@ impl GooseUser {
             slept: 0,
             task_name: None,
             session_data: None,
+            cookie_store: cookie::Jar::default(),
         })
     }
 
@@ -1533,8 +1537,7 @@ impl GooseUser {
         };
 
         let started = Instant::now();
-        let request = request_builder.build()?;
-
+        let mut request = request_builder.build()?;
         // String version of request path.
         let path = match Url::parse(&request.url().to_string()) {
             Ok(u) => u.path().to_string(),
@@ -1578,6 +1581,8 @@ impl GooseUser {
             self.weighted_users_index,
         );
 
+        self.add_cookie_header(&mut request);
+
         // Make the actual request.
         let response = self.client.execute(request).await;
         request_metric.set_response_time(started.elapsed().as_millis());
@@ -1638,6 +1643,14 @@ impl GooseUser {
         Ok(GooseResponse::new(request_metric, response))
     }
 
+    fn add_cookie_header(&self, request: &mut reqwest::Request) {
+        if request.headers().get(header::COOKIE).is_none() {
+            if let Some(header) = self.cookie_store.cookies(request.url()) {
+                request.headers_mut().insert(header::COOKIE, header);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Tracks the time it takes for the current GooseUser to loop through all GooseTasks
     /// if Coordinated Omission Mitigation is enabled.
     pub(crate) async fn update_request_cadence(&mut self, thread_number: usize) {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 98ba0c25..07e8ca01 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use nng::Socket;
 use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
 use rand::thread_rng;
-use reqwest::Client;
+use reqwest::{Client, ClientBuilder};
 use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ impl GooseAttack {
     ) -> Result<GooseAttack, GooseError> {
         let client = Client::builder()
             .user_agent(APP_USER_AGENT)
-            .cookie_store(true)
+            .cookie_store(false)
             // Enable gzip unless `--no-gzip` flag is enabled.
             .gzip(!configuration.no_gzip)
             .build()?;
@@ -855,19 +855,18 @@ impl GooseAttack {
     ///
     /// #[tokio::main]
     /// async fn main() -> Result<(), GooseError> {
-    ///     let client = Client::builder()
-    ///         .build()?;
+    ///     let client_builder = Client::builder();
     ///
     ///     GooseAttack::initialize()?
     ///         .set_scheduler(GooseScheduler::Random)
-    ///         .set_client(client);
+    ///         .set_client(client_builder)?;
     ///
     ///     Ok(())
     /// }
     /// ```
-    pub fn set_client(mut self, client: Client) -> Self {
-        self.client = client;
-        self
+    pub fn set_client(mut self, client_builder: ClientBuilder) -> Result<Self, GooseError> {
+        self.client = client_builder.cookie_store(false).build()?;
+        Ok(self)
     }
 
     /// Define the order [`GooseTaskSet`](./goose/struct.GooseTaskSet.html)s are