diff --git a/python/feedparser.py b/python/feedparser.py
index 80d37a07db5aba04cfc522394e04f1019b226c45..cd3cb54c9c2812aab205235f24951979a85a2f49 100644
--- a/python/feedparser.py
+++ b/python/feedparser.py
@@ -3829,6 +3829,10 @@ def parse(url_file_stream_or_string, etag=None, modified=None, agent=None, refer
     :return: A :class:`FeedParserDict`.
     '''
 
+    # circumvent GDPR redirect on Tumblr feeds by faking a different user agent
+    if 'tumblr.com' in url_file_stream_or_string:
+        agent = "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
+
     if handlers is None:
         handlers = []
     if request_headers is None: