diff --git a/ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.c b/ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.c
index 0a3b4c1e73..58210e4c50 100644
--- a/ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.c
+++ b/ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.c
@@ -103,11 +103,13 @@ enum
   PROP_PROXY_ID,
   PROP_PROXY_PW,
   PROP_COOKIES,
+  PROP_IRADIO_MODE,
   PROP_TIMEOUT,
   PROP_EXTRA_HEADERS
 };
 
 #define DEFAULT_USER_AGENT           "GStreamer souphttpsrc "
+#define DEFAULT_IRADIO_MODE          TRUE
 
 static void gst_soup_http_src_uri_handler_init (gpointer g_iface,
     gpointer iface_data);
@@ -234,6 +236,11 @@ gst_soup_http_src_class_init (GstSoupHTTPSrcClass * klass)
       g_param_spec_boxed ("extra-headers", "Extra Headers",
           "Extra headers to append to the HTTP request",
           GST_TYPE_STRUCTURE, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
+  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_IRADIO_MODE,
+      g_param_spec_boolean ("iradio-mode", "iradio-mode",
+          "Enable internet radio mode (ask server to send shoutcast/icecast "
+          "metadata interleaved with the actual stream data)",
+          DEFAULT_IRADIO_MODE, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&srctemplate));
@@ -293,6 +300,7 @@ gst_soup_http_src_init (GstSoupHTTPSrc * src)
   src->proxy_id = NULL;
   src->proxy_pw = NULL;
   src->cookies = NULL;
+  src->iradio_mode = DEFAULT_IRADIO_MODE;
   src->loop = NULL;
   src->context = NULL;
   src->session = NULL;
@@ -356,6 +364,9 @@ gst_soup_http_src_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
         g_free (src->user_agent);
       src->user_agent = g_value_dup_string (value);
       break;
+    case PROP_IRADIO_MODE:
+      src->iradio_mode = g_value_get_boolean (value);
+      break;
     case PROP_AUTOMATIC_REDIRECT:
       src->automatic_redirect = g_value_get_boolean (value);
       break;
@@ -454,6 +465,9 @@ gst_soup_http_src_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
     case PROP_IS_LIVE:
       g_value_set_boolean (value, gst_base_src_is_live (GST_BASE_SRC (src)));
       break;
+    case PROP_IRADIO_MODE:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value, src->iradio_mode);
+      break;
     case PROP_USER_ID:
       g_value_set_string (value, src->user_id);
       break;
@@ -1079,8 +1093,10 @@ gst_soup_http_src_build_message (GstSoupHTTPSrc * src)
   src->session_io_status = GST_SOUP_HTTP_SRC_SESSION_IO_STATUS_IDLE;
   soup_message_headers_append (src->msg->request_headers, "Connection",
       "close");
-  soup_message_headers_append (src->msg->request_headers, "icy-metadata", "1");
-
+  if (src->iradio_mode) {
+    soup_message_headers_append (src->msg->request_headers, "icy-metadata",
+        "1");
+  }
   if (src->cookies) {
     gchar **cookie;
 
diff --git a/ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.h b/ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.h
index 186c6d0679..491b69d471 100644
--- a/ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.h
+++ b/ext/soup/gstsouphttpsrc.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct _GstSoupHTTPSrc {
   guint64 request_position;    /* Seek to this position. */
 
   /* Shoutcast/icecast metadata extraction handling. */
+  gboolean iradio_mode;
   GstCaps *src_caps;
   gchar *iradio_name;
   gchar *iradio_genre;