diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a26150e727..73ad1d56b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 - **git:** Use Invoke-Git() with direct path to git.exe to prevent spawning shim subprocesses ([#5122](/~https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5122), [#5375](/~https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5375))
 - **scoop-download:** Output more detailed manifest information ([#5277](/~https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5277))
 
+### Builds
+
+- **checkver:** Read the private_host config variable ([#5381](/~https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5381))
+
 ### Continuous Integration
 
 - **dependabot:** Add dependabot.yml for GitHub Actions ([#5377](/~https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/pull/5377))
diff --git a/bin/checkver.ps1 b/bin/checkver.ps1
index 56b8c8c987..e740208d99 100644
--- a/bin/checkver.ps1
+++ b/bin/checkver.ps1
@@ -226,15 +226,21 @@ $Queue | ForEach-Object {
     $url = substitute $url $substitutions
 
     $state = New-Object psobject @{
-        app      = $name;
-        file     = $file;
-        url      = $url;
-        regex    = $regex;
-        json     = $json;
-        jsonpath = $jsonpath;
-        xpath    = $xpath;
-        reverse  = $reverse;
-        replace  = $replace;
+        app      = $name
+        file     = $file
+        url      = $url
+        regex    = $regex
+        json     = $json
+        jsonpath = $jsonpath
+        xpath    = $xpath
+        reverse  = $reverse
+        replace  = $replace
+    }
+
+    get_config PRIVATE_HOSTS | Where-Object { $_ -ne $null -and $url -match $_.match } | ForEach-Object {
+        (ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData $_.Headers).GetEnumerator() | ForEach-Object {
+            $wc.Headers[$_.Key] = $_.Value
+        }
     }
 
     $wc.Headers.Add('Referer', (strip_filename $url))