diff --git a/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py b/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
index fddd32d..d0d3815 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class HttpDownloader(DownloaderBase):
 
         self.adjust_extension = self.config("adjust-extensions", True)
         self.chunk_size = self.config("chunk-size", 32768)
-        self.metadata = extractor.config("http-metadata")
+        self.metadata = extractor.config2("metadata-http", "http-metadata")
         self.progress = self.config("progress", 3.0)
         self.validate = self.config("validate", True)
         self.validate_html = self.config("validate-html", True)
diff --git a/test/test_downloader.py b/test/test_downloader.py
index b2e6e21..7201996 100644
--- a/test/test_downloader.py
+++ b/test/test_downloader.py
@@ -166,6 +166,16 @@ class TestDownloaderConfig(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(dl.rate(), 42)
         self.assertEqual(dl.part, False)
 
+    def test_config_http_metadata(self):
+        for key in ("metadata-http", "http-metadata"):
+            config.clear()
+            config.set((), key, "gdl_http")
+
+            job = FakeJob()
+            dl = downloader.find("http")(job)
+
+            self.assertEqual(dl.metadata, "gdl_http", key)
+
 
 class TestDownloaderBase(unittest.TestCase):