diff --git a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/external_document.py b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/external_document.py
index 1be2ca3f24..998afd36f6 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/external_document.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/external_document.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from urllib.parse import quote
 
 from langchain_core.document_loaders import BaseLoader
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
+from open_webui.utils.headers import include_user_info_headers
 from open_webui.env import SRC_LOG_LEVELS
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ class ExternalDocumentLoader(BaseLoader):
         url: str,
         api_key: str,
         mime_type=None,
+        user=None,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
         self.url = url
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ class ExternalDocumentLoader(BaseLoader):
         self.file_path = file_path
         self.mime_type = mime_type
 
+        self.user = user
+
     def load(self) -> List[Document]:
         with open(self.file_path, "rb") as f:
             data = f.read()
@@ -42,6 +46,9 @@ class ExternalDocumentLoader(BaseLoader):
         except:
             pass
 
+        if self.user is not None:
+            headers = include_user_info_headers(headers, self.user)
+
         url = self.url
         if url.endswith("/"):
             url = url[:-1]
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/main.py b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/main.py
index f016efa540..bbc3da9bc9 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/main.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/main.py
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ class DoclingLoader:
 class Loader:
     def __init__(self, engine: str = "", **kwargs):
         self.engine = engine
+        self.user = kwargs.get("user", None)
         self.kwargs = kwargs
 
     def load(
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ class Loader:
                 url=self.kwargs.get("EXTERNAL_DOCUMENT_LOADER_URL"),
                 api_key=self.kwargs.get("EXTERNAL_DOCUMENT_LOADER_API_KEY"),
                 mime_type=file_content_type,
+                user=self.user,
             )
         elif self.engine == "tika" and self.kwargs.get("TIKA_SERVER_URL"):
             if self._is_text_file(file_ext, file_content_type):
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
index abe996ca06..f8147372fd 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
@@ -1574,6 +1574,7 @@ def process_file(
                     file_path = Storage.get_file(file_path)
                     loader = Loader(
                         engine=request.app.state.config.CONTENT_EXTRACTION_ENGINE,
+                        user=user,
                         DATALAB_MARKER_API_KEY=request.app.state.config.DATALAB_MARKER_API_KEY,
                         DATALAB_MARKER_API_BASE_URL=request.app.state.config.DATALAB_MARKER_API_BASE_URL,
                         DATALAB_MARKER_ADDITIONAL_CONFIG=request.app.state.config.DATALAB_MARKER_ADDITIONAL_CONFIG,