diff --git a/src/content-steering-controller.js b/src/content-steering-controller.js
index afffc98f5..fab61160b 100644
--- a/src/content-steering-controller.js
+++ b/src/content-steering-controller.js
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ export default class ContentSteeringController extends videojs.EventTarget {
     }
 
     this.request_ = this.xhr_({
-      uri
+      uri,
+      requestType: 'content-steering-manifest'
     }, (error, errorInfo) => {
       if (error) {
         // If the client receives HTTP 410 Gone in response to a manifest request,
diff --git a/src/dash-playlist-loader.js b/src/dash-playlist-loader.js
index 907a518e3..53f71d4c2 100644
--- a/src/dash-playlist-loader.js
+++ b/src/dash-playlist-loader.js
@@ -636,7 +636,8 @@ export default class DashPlaylistLoader extends EventTarget {
   requestMain_(cb) {
     this.request = this.vhs_.xhr({
       uri: this.mainPlaylistLoader_.srcUrl,
-      withCredentials: this.withCredentials
+      withCredentials: this.withCredentials,
+      requestType: 'dash-manifest'
     }, (error, req) => {
       if (this.requestErrored_(error, req)) {
         if (this.state === 'HAVE_NOTHING') {
@@ -695,7 +696,8 @@ export default class DashPlaylistLoader extends EventTarget {
     this.request = this.vhs_.xhr({
       uri: resolveUrl(this.mainPlaylistLoader_.srcUrl, utcTiming.value),
       method: utcTiming.method,
-      withCredentials: this.withCredentials
+      withCredentials: this.withCredentials,
+      requestType: 'dash-clock-sync'
     }, (error, req) => {
       // disposed
       if (!this.request) {
diff --git a/src/media-segment-request.js b/src/media-segment-request.js
index fabced1cb..2c422b535 100644
--- a/src/media-segment-request.js
+++ b/src/media-segment-request.js
@@ -988,7 +988,8 @@ export const mediaSegmentRequest = ({
     }
     const keyRequestOptions = merge(xhrOptions, {
       uri: segment.key.resolvedUri,
-      responseType: 'arraybuffer'
+      responseType: 'arraybuffer',
+      requestType: 'segment-key'
     });
     const keyRequestCallback = handleKeyResponse(segment, objects, finishProcessingFn);
     const keyXhr = xhr(keyRequestOptions, keyRequestCallback);
@@ -1003,7 +1004,8 @@ export const mediaSegmentRequest = ({
     if (differentMapKey) {
       const mapKeyRequestOptions = merge(xhrOptions, {
         uri: segment.map.key.resolvedUri,
-        responseType: 'arraybuffer'
+        responseType: 'arraybuffer',
+        requestType: 'segment-key'
       });
       const mapKeyRequestCallback = handleKeyResponse(segment, [segment.map.key], finishProcessingFn);
       const mapKeyXhr = xhr(mapKeyRequestOptions, mapKeyRequestCallback);
@@ -1013,7 +1015,8 @@ export const mediaSegmentRequest = ({
     const initSegmentOptions = merge(xhrOptions, {
       uri: segment.map.resolvedUri,
       responseType: 'arraybuffer',
-      headers: segmentXhrHeaders(segment.map)
+      headers: segmentXhrHeaders(segment.map),
+      requestType: 'segment-media-initialization'
     });
     const initSegmentRequestCallback = handleInitSegmentResponse({segment, finishProcessingFn});
     const initSegmentXhr = xhr(initSegmentOptions, initSegmentRequestCallback);
@@ -1024,7 +1027,8 @@ export const mediaSegmentRequest = ({
   const segmentRequestOptions = merge(xhrOptions, {
     uri: segment.part && segment.part.resolvedUri || segment.resolvedUri,
     responseType: 'arraybuffer',
-    headers: segmentXhrHeaders(segment)
+    headers: segmentXhrHeaders(segment),
+    requestType: 'segment'
   });
 
   const segmentRequestCallback = handleSegmentResponse({
diff --git a/src/playlist-loader.js b/src/playlist-loader.js
index 92f5b4e86..ed6da6891 100644
--- a/src/playlist-loader.js
+++ b/src/playlist-loader.js
@@ -446,7 +446,8 @@ export default class PlaylistLoader extends EventTarget {
 
     this.request = this.vhs_.xhr({
       uri,
-      withCredentials: this.withCredentials
+      withCredentials: this.withCredentials,
+      requestType: 'hls-playlist'
     }, (error, req) => {
       // disposed
       if (!this.request) {
@@ -689,7 +690,8 @@ export default class PlaylistLoader extends EventTarget {
 
     this.request = this.vhs_.xhr({
       uri: playlist.resolvedUri,
-      withCredentials: this.withCredentials
+      withCredentials: this.withCredentials,
+      requestType: 'hls-playlist'
     }, (error, req) => {
       // disposed
       if (!this.request) {
@@ -835,7 +837,8 @@ export default class PlaylistLoader extends EventTarget {
     // request the specified URL
     this.request = this.vhs_.xhr({
       uri: this.src,
-      withCredentials: this.withCredentials
+      withCredentials: this.withCredentials,
+      requestType: 'hls-playlist'
     }, (error, req) => {
       // disposed
       if (!this.request) {
diff --git a/src/xhr.js b/src/xhr.js
index 7d3c213d8..aebe6fdad 100644
--- a/src/xhr.js
+++ b/src/xhr.js
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ import videojs from 'video.js';
 import window from 'global/window';
 import {merge} from './util/vjs-compat';
 
-const {
-  xhr: videojsXHR
-} = videojs;
-
 const callbackWrapper = function(request, error, response, callback) {
   const reqResponse = request.responseType === 'arraybuffer' ? request.response : request.responseText;
 
@@ -115,7 +111,7 @@ const xhrFactory = function() {
 
     // Use the standard videojs.xhr() method unless `videojs.Vhs.xhr` has been overriden
     // TODO: switch back to videojs.Vhs.xhr.name === 'XhrFunction' when we drop IE11
-    const xhrMethod = videojs.Vhs.xhr.original === true ? videojsXHR : videojs.Vhs.xhr;
+    const xhrMethod = videojs.Vhs.xhr.original === true ? videojs.xhr : videojs.Vhs.xhr;
 
     // call all registered onRequest hooks, assign new options.
     const beforeRequestOptions = callAllRequestHooks(_requestCallbackSet, options);