diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/base/base.mako b/rhodecode/templates/base/base.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/base/base.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/base/base.mako
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
     with a better solution at some point.
   </%doc>
 
-  <img class="${gravatar_class}" height="${size}" width="${size}" data-hovercard-url="${data_hovercard_url}" data-hovercard-alt="${data_hovercard_alt}" src="${h.gravatar_url(email, size * 2)}" />
+  <img class="${gravatar_class}" height="${size}" width="${size}" data-hovercard-url="${data_hovercard_url}" data-hovercard-alt="${data_hovercard_alt}" src="${h.gravatar_url(email, size * 2, request=request)}" />
 </%def>
 
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/changeset/changeset_file_comment.mako b/rhodecode/templates/changeset/changeset_file_comment.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/changeset/changeset_file_comment.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/changeset/changeset_file_comment.mako
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
                                 },
                                 comment_version: "${comment_history.version}",
                                 comment_author_username: "${comment_history.author.username}",
-                                comment_author_gravatar: "${h.gravatar_url(comment_history.author.email, 16)}",
+                                comment_author_gravatar: "${h.gravatar_url(comment_history.author.email, 16, request=request)}",
                                 comment_created_on: '${h.age_component(comment_history.created_on, time_is_local=True)}',
                             },
                        % endfor