diff --git a/VLCPlayer.js b/VLCPlayer.js
index f7cdca5..01d5ea5 100755
--- a/VLCPlayer.js
+++ b/VLCPlayer.js
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ export default class VLCPlayer extends Component {
     source.isNetwork = isNetwork;
     source.autoplay = this.props.autoplay;
     source.initOptions = source.initOptions || [];
+    source.cookies = source.cookies || [];
 
     if (this.props.repeat) { 
       const existingRepeat = source.initOptions.find(item => item.startsWith('--repeat') || item.startsWith('--input-repeat'));
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index d56aa86..e4a1708 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,27 @@ export interface VLCPlayerSource {
    * @default []
    */
   initOptions?: string[];
+  /**
+   * Cookie jar to fetch HTTP/HTTPS media with. Cookies for non-applicable
+   * hosts will be ignored. Not supported on MacOS.
+   * 
+   * From VLCKit's documentation:
+   * > Parse a value of an incoming Set-Cookie header (see RFC 6265) and
+   * > append the cookie to the stored cookies if appropriate. The "secure"
+   * > attribute can be added to cookie to limit the scope of the cookie to
+   * > secured channels (https).
+   * 
+   * @example ```js
+   * [{ value: "name=value; Path=/; Domain=example.com", host: "example.com", path: "/" }]
+   * ```
+   * 
+   * @default []
+   */
+  cookies?: {
+    value: string;
+    host: string;
+    path: string;
+  }[];
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/ios/RCTVLCPlayer/RCTVLCPlayer.m b/ios/RCTVLCPlayer/RCTVLCPlayer.m
index c346f4c..ede2699 100755
--- a/ios/RCTVLCPlayer/RCTVLCPlayer.m
+++ b/ios/RCTVLCPlayer/RCTVLCPlayer.m
@@ -120,7 +120,21 @@ - (void)setSource:(NSDictionary *)source
     // Create dialog provider with custom UI to handle dialogs programmatically
     self.dialogProvider = [[VLCDialogProvider alloc] initWithLibrary:library customUI:YES];
     self.dialogProvider.customRenderer = self;
-    _player.media = [VLCMedia mediaWithURL:uri];
+
+    VLCMedia* media = [VLCMedia mediaWithURL:uri];
+
+    NSArray* cookiesArray = [source objectForKey:@"cookies"];
+    for (id cookieDict in cookiesArray) {
+        NSString* value = [cookieDict objectForKey:@"value"];
+        NSString* host = [cookieDict objectForKey:@"host"];
+        NSString* path = [cookieDict objectForKey:@"path"];
+        int cookieStatus = [media storeCookie:value forHost:host path:path];
+        if (cookieStatus != 0) {
+            NSLog(@"Failed to store cookie: %@", cookieStatus);
+        }
+    }
+
+    _player.media = media;
 
     if (_autoplay)
         [_player play];