diff --git a/autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec b/autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec
index 1a07534f..f7e5c34a 100644
--- a/autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec
+++ b/autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
         watch_dir =
         ##### Set the recursive directory permissions to the following (0 to disable)
         chmodDirectory = 0
+        # api key for www.omdbapi.com (used as alternative to imdb)
+        omdbapikey = 
 
 [SickBeard]
     #### autoProcessing for TV Series
diff --git a/core/autoProcess/autoProcessMovie.py b/core/autoProcess/autoProcessMovie.py
index e97e9fd6..c9075f3f 100644
--- a/core/autoProcess/autoProcessMovie.py
+++ b/core/autoProcess/autoProcessMovie.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ class autoProcessMovie(object):
         web_root = cfg.get("web_root", "")
         remote_path = int(cfg.get("remote_path", 0))
         protocol = "https://" if ssl else "http://"
+        omdbapikey = cfg.get("omdbapikey", "")
         status = int(status)
         if status > 0 and core.NOEXTRACTFAILED:
             extract = 0
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ class autoProcessMovie(object):
             logger.error("Server did not respond. Exiting", section)
             return [1, "{0}: Failed to post-process - {1} did not respond.".format(section, section)]
 
-        imdbid = find_imdbid(dirName, inputName)
+        imdbid = find_imdbid(dirName, inputName, omdbapikey)
         release = self.get_release(baseURL, imdbid, download_id)
 
         # pull info from release found if available
diff --git a/core/nzbToMediaUtil.py b/core/nzbToMediaUtil.py
index 7edc3701..62730370 100644
--- a/core/nzbToMediaUtil.py
+++ b/core/nzbToMediaUtil.py
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ def listMediaFiles(path, minSize=0, delete_ignored=0, media=True, audio=True, me
     return sorted(files, key=len)
 
 
-def find_imdbid(dirName, inputName):
+def find_imdbid(dirName, inputName, omdbApiKey):
     imdbid = None
 
     logger.info('Attemping imdbID lookup for {0}'.format(inputName))
@@ -1064,7 +1064,8 @@ def find_imdbid(dirName, inputName):
         logger.debug("Opening URL: {0}".format(url))
 
         try:
-            r = requests.get(url, params={'y': year, 't': title}, verify=False, timeout=(60, 300))
+            r = requests.get(url, params={'apikey': omdbApiKey, 'y': year, 't': title},
+            verify=False, timeout=(60, 300))
         except requests.ConnectionError:
             logger.error("Unable to open URL {0}".format(url))
             return