diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/tv5mondeplus.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/tv5mondeplus.py
index 52ff230f2..15e9975c6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/tv5mondeplus.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/tv5mondeplus.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def _extract_subtitles(data_captions):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         display_id = self._match_id(url)
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id, impersonate=True)
 
         if ">Ce programme n'est malheureusement pas disponible pour votre zone géographique.<" in webpage:
             self.raise_geo_restricted(countries=['FR'])