diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/openrec.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/openrec.py
index 86dc9bb898c..82a81c6c261 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/openrec.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/openrec.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 
 class OpenRecBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _M3U8_HEADERS = {'Referer': 'https://www.openrec.tv/'}
+
     def _extract_pagestore(self, webpage, video_id):
         return self._parse_json(
             self._search_regex(r'(?m)window\.pageStore\s*=\s*(\{.+?\});$', webpage, 'window.pageStore'), video_id)
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ def _expand_media(self, video_id, media):
             if not m3u8_url:
                 continue
             yield from self._extract_m3u8_formats(
-                m3u8_url, video_id, ext='mp4', m3u8_id=name)
+                m3u8_url, video_id, ext='mp4', m3u8_id=name, headers=self._M3U8_HEADERS)
 
     def _extract_movie(self, webpage, video_id, name, is_live):
         window_stores = self._extract_pagestore(webpage, video_id)
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ def _extract_movie(self, webpage, video_id, name, is_live):
             'uploader_id': get_first(movie_stores, ('channel', 'user', 'id')),
             'timestamp': int_or_none(get_first(movie_stores, ['publishedAt', 'time']), scale=1000) or unified_timestamp(get_first(movie_stores, 'publishedAt')),
             'is_live': is_live,
+            'http_headers': self._M3U8_HEADERS,
         }
 
 
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             raise ExtractorError('Cannot extract title')
 
         formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(
-            capture_data.get('source'), video_id, ext='mp4')
+            capture_data.get('source'), video_id, ext='mp4', headers=self._M3U8_HEADERS)
 
         return {
             'id': video_id,
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             'uploader': traverse_obj(movie_store, ('channel', 'name'), expected_type=compat_str),
             'uploader_id': traverse_obj(movie_store, ('channel', 'id'), expected_type=compat_str),
             'upload_date': unified_strdate(capture_data.get('createdAt')),
+            'http_headers': self._M3U8_HEADERS,
         }