diff --git a/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.Core/HttpPlugin.cs b/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.Core/HttpPlugin.cs
index 5bd6ce3c21d8..ed3d9635f8a1 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.Core/HttpPlugin.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.Core/HttpPlugin.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -36,6 +38,15 @@ public HttpPlugin() : this(null)
     public HttpPlugin(HttpClient? client = null) =>
         this._client = client ?? HttpClientProvider.GetHttpClient();
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// List of allowed domains to download from.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IEnumerable<string>? AllowedDomains
+    {
+        get => this._allowedDomains;
+        set => this._allowedDomains = value is null ? null : new HashSet<string>(value, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Sends an HTTP GET request to the specified URI and returns the response body as a string.
     /// </summary>
@@ -88,17 +99,38 @@ public Task<string> DeleteAsync(
         CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) =>
         this.SendRequestAsync(uri, HttpMethod.Delete, requestContent: null, cancellationToken);
 
+    #region private
+    private HashSet<string>? _allowedDomains;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// If a list of allowed domains has been provided, the host of the provided uri is checked
+    /// to verify it is in the allowed domain list.
+    /// </summary>
+    private bool IsUriAllowed(Uri uri)
+    {
+        Verify.NotNull(uri);
+
+        return this._allowedDomains is null || this._allowedDomains.Contains(uri.Host);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Sends an HTTP request and returns the response content as a string.</summary>
-    /// <param name="uri">The URI of the request.</param>
+    /// <param name="uriStr">The URI of the request.</param>
     /// <param name="method">The HTTP method for the request.</param>
     /// <param name="requestContent">Optional request content.</param>
     /// <param name="cancellationToken">The token to use to request cancellation.</param>
-    private async Task<string> SendRequestAsync(string uri, HttpMethod method, HttpContent? requestContent, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    private async Task<string> SendRequestAsync(string uriStr, HttpMethod method, HttpContent? requestContent, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
+        var uri = new Uri(uriStr);
+        if (!this.IsUriAllowed(uri))
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Sending requests to the provided location is not allowed.");
+        }
+
         using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(method, uri) { Content = requestContent };
         request.Headers.Add("User-Agent", HttpHeaderConstant.Values.UserAgent);
         request.Headers.Add(HttpHeaderConstant.Names.SemanticKernelVersion, HttpHeaderConstant.Values.GetAssemblyVersion(typeof(HttpPlugin)));
         using var response = await this._client.SendWithSuccessCheckAsync(request, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         return await response.Content.ReadAsStringWithExceptionMappingAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
+    #endregion
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.UnitTests/Core/HttpPluginTests.cs b/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.UnitTests/Core/HttpPluginTests.cs
index 02e776761b43..b64d87671bb0 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.UnitTests/Core/HttpPluginTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Plugins/Plugins.UnitTests/Core/HttpPluginTests.cs
@@ -102,6 +102,25 @@ public async Task ItCanDeleteAsync()
         this.VerifyMock(mockHandler, HttpMethod.Delete);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ItThrowsInvalidOperationExceptionForInvalidDomainAsync()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var mockHandler = this.CreateMock();
+        using var client = new HttpClient(mockHandler.Object);
+        var plugin = new HttpPlugin(client)
+        {
+            AllowedDomains = ["www.example.com"]
+        };
+        var invalidUri = "http://www.notexample.com";
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () => await plugin.GetAsync(invalidUri));
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () => await plugin.PostAsync(invalidUri, this._content));
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () => await plugin.PutAsync(invalidUri, this._content));
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () => await plugin.DeleteAsync(invalidUri));
+    }
+
     private Mock<HttpMessageHandler> CreateMock()
     {
         var mockHandler = new Mock<HttpMessageHandler>();