diff --git a/fanficfare/cli.py b/fanficfare/cli.py
index 18c9da73..d4cc7415 100644
--- a/fanficfare/cli.py
+++ b/fanficfare/cli.py
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ def mkParser(calibre, parser=None):
     parser.add_option('--color',
                       action='store_true', dest='color',
                       help='Display a errors and warnings in a contrasting color.  Requires package colorama on Windows.', )
+    parser.add_option('--mozilla-cookies',
+                      dest='mozillacookies',
+                      help='Read and use cookies from COOKIEFILE in Mozilla/Netscape cookies.txt format.',
+                      metavar='COOKIEFILE')
+
 
     def printVersion(*args):
         print("Version: %s" % version)
@@ -175,6 +180,8 @@ def mkParser(calibre, parser=None):
     ## undocumented feature for development use.  Save page cache and
     ## cookies between runs.  Saves in PWD as files global_cache and
     ## global_cookies
+    ## *does* honor --mozilla-cookies setting and writes cookies to
+    ## *set file instead of global_cookies.
     parser.add_option('--save-cache', '--save_cache',
                       action='store_true', dest='save_cache',
                       help=SUPPRESS_HELP, )
@@ -655,13 +662,23 @@ def get_configuration(url,
     ## All CLI downloads are sequential and share one cookiejar,
     ## loaded the first time through here.
     if not hasattr(options,'cookiejar'):
-        options.cookiejar = configuration.get_cookiejar()
+        cookiefile = None
+        if options.mozillacookies:
+            cookiefile = options.mozillacookies
+            options.cookiejar = configuration.get_cookiejar(filename=cookiefile,
+                                                            mozilla=True)
+        else:
+            options.cookiejar = configuration.get_cookiejar()
         if options.save_cache:
+            if not cookiefile:
+                cookiefile = global_cookies
+            options.cookiejar.set_autosave(True,filename=cookiefile)
+
+        if cookiefile:
             try:
-                options.cookiejar.load_cookiejar(global_cookies)
+                options.cookiejar.load_cookiejar(cookiefile)
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.warning("Didn't load --save-cache %s\nContinue without loading cookies"%e)
-            options.cookiejar.set_autosave(True,filename=global_cookies)
+                logger.warning("Didn't load cookie file %s\nContinue without loading cookies"%e)
     else:
         configuration.set_cookiejar(options.cookiejar)
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/configurable.py b/fanficfare/configurable.py
index 652c4efe..70bbf878 100644
--- a/fanficfare/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficfare/configurable.py
@@ -1060,8 +1060,8 @@ class Configuration(ConfigParser):
     def set_sleep_override(self,val):
         return self.sleeper.set_sleep_override(val)
 
-    def get_cookiejar(self,filename=None):
-        return self.get_fetcher().get_cookiejar(filename)
+    def get_cookiejar(self,filename=None,mozilla=False):
+        return self.get_fetcher().get_cookiejar(filename,mozilla)
 
     def set_cookiejar(self,cookiejar):
         self.get_fetcher().set_cookiejar(cookiejar)
diff --git a/fanficfare/fetcher.py b/fanficfare/fetcher.py
index 6abd03f1..e8a0db7c 100644
--- a/fanficfare/fetcher.py
+++ b/fanficfare/fetcher.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # py2 vs py3 transition
 from .six.moves.urllib.parse import quote_plus
-from .six.moves.http_cookiejar import LWPCookieJar
+from .six.moves.http_cookiejar import LWPCookieJar, MozillaCookieJar
 from .six import text_type as unicode
 from .six import ensure_binary, ensure_text
 
@@ -297,28 +297,6 @@ class FetcherResponse(object):
         self.fromcache = fromcache
         self.json = json
 
-class BasicCookieJar(LWPCookieJar,object):
-    def __init__(self,*args,**kargs):
-        super(BasicCookieJar,self).__init__(*args,**kargs)
-        self.autosave = False
-        # self.filename from parent(s)
-
-    ## used by CLI --save-cache dev debugging feature
-    def set_autosave(self,autosave=False,filename=None):
-        self.autosave = autosave
-        self.filename = filename
-
-    def load_cookiejar(self,filename=None):
-        self.load(self.filename or filename,
-                  ignore_discard=True,
-                  ignore_expires=True)
-
-    def save_cookiejar(self,filename=None):
-        self.save(filename or self.filename,
-                  ignore_discard=True,
-                  ignore_expires=True)
-
-
 class Fetcher(object):
     def __init__(self,getConfig_fn,getConfigList_fn):
         self.getConfig = getConfig_fn
@@ -326,8 +304,36 @@ class Fetcher(object):
 
         self.cookiejar = None
 
-    def get_cookiejar(self,filename=None):
+    def get_cookiejar(self,filename=None,mozilla=False):
+
         if self.cookiejar is None:
+            if mozilla:
+                ParentCookieJar = MozillaCookieJar
+            else:
+                ParentCookieJar = LWPCookieJar
+
+            class BasicCookieJar(ParentCookieJar,object):
+                def __init__(self,*args,**kargs):
+                    super(BasicCookieJar,self).__init__(*args,**kargs)
+                    self.autosave = False
+                    # self.filename from parent(s)
+
+                ## used by CLI --save-cache dev debugging feature
+                def set_autosave(self,autosave=False,filename=None):
+                    self.autosave = autosave
+                    self.filename = filename
+
+                def load_cookiejar(self,filename=None):
+                    self.load(self.filename or filename,
+                              ignore_discard=True,
+                              ignore_expires=True)
+
+                def save_cookiejar(self,filename=None):
+                    self.save(filename or self.filename,
+                              ignore_discard=True,
+                              ignore_expires=True)
+
+
             self.cookiejar = BasicCookieJar(filename=filename)
             if filename:
                 try:
@@ -360,6 +366,7 @@ class Fetcher(object):
                     referer=None,
                     usecache=True):
         # logger.debug("fetcher do_request")
+        # logger.debug(self.get_cookiejar())
         headers = self.make_headers(url,referer=referer)
         fetchresp = self.request(method,url,
                                  headers=headers,