diff --git a/modules/extension/tile-client/src/main/java/org/geotools/tile/Tile.java b/modules/extension/tile-client/src/main/java/org/geotools/tile/Tile.java
index 4e8c67defc4..6818586a123 100644
--- a/modules/extension/tile-client/src/main/java/org/geotools/tile/Tile.java
+++ b/modules/extension/tile-client/src/main/java/org/geotools/tile/Tile.java
@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import org.geotools.data.ows.HTTPClient;
+import org.geotools.data.ows.SimpleHttpClient;
 import org.geotools.geometry.jts.ReferencedEnvelope;
 import org.geotools.image.io.ImageIOExt;
 import org.geotools.util.logging.Logging;
@@ -171,8 +176,19 @@ public BufferedImage getBufferedImage() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
     public BufferedImage loadImageTileImage(Tile tile) throws IOException {
-        return ImageIOExt.readBufferedImage(getUrl());
+
+        Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<>();
+        headers.put("User-Agent", "Geotools Http client");
+        try (InputStream is = setupInputStream(getUrl(), headers)) {
+            return ImageIOExt.readBufferedImage(is);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private InputStream setupInputStream(URL url, Map<String, String> headers) throws IOException {
+        HTTPClient client = new SimpleHttpClient();
+        return client.get(url, headers).getResponseStream();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -372,6 +388,7 @@ public boolean equals(Object other) {
         return getUrl().equals(((Tile) other).getUrl());
     }
 
+    @Override
     public String toString() {
         return this.getId(); // this.getUrl().toString();
     }
diff --git a/modules/extension/tile-client/src/test/java/org/geotools/tile/impl/osm/OSMTileTest.java b/modules/extension/tile-client/src/test/java/org/geotools/tile/impl/osm/OSMTileTest.java
index 10519d542d6..a7f8be4ab84 100644
--- a/modules/extension/tile-client/src/test/java/org/geotools/tile/impl/osm/OSMTileTest.java
+++ b/modules/extension/tile-client/src/test/java/org/geotools/tile/impl/osm/OSMTileTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
  */
 package org.geotools.tile.impl.osm;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import org.geotools.tile.Tile;
 import org.geotools.tile.TileService;
 import org.geotools.tile.impl.WebMercatorZoomLevel;
@@ -49,4 +54,17 @@ public void testGetURL() {
         Assert.assertEquals(
                 "http://tile.openstreetmap.org/5/10/12.png", this.tile.getUrl().toString());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Make sure we can actually fetch the image of the tile for display.
+     *
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testFetchTile() throws IOException {
+        BufferedImage img = tile.loadImageTileImage(tile);
+        assertNotNull(img);
+        assertEquals("wrong height", OSMTile.DEFAULT_TILE_SIZE, img.getHeight());
+        assertEquals("wrong width", OSMTile.DEFAULT_TILE_SIZE, img.getWidth());
+    }
 }