diff --git a/cads_adaptors/tools/url_tools.py b/cads_adaptors/tools/url_tools.py
index 77e4a25e..8b034d7c 100644
--- a/cads_adaptors/tools/url_tools.py
+++ b/cads_adaptors/tools/url_tools.py
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ def requests_to_urls(
                     yield {"url": url, "req": req}
 
 
-def try_download(urls: List[str], context: Context, **kwargs) -> List[str]:
+def try_download(
+    urls: List[str], context: Context, server_suggested_filename=False, **kwargs
+) -> List[str]:
     # Ensure that URLs are unique to prevent downloading the same file multiple times
     urls = sorted(set(urls))
 
@@ -48,6 +50,9 @@ def try_download(urls: List[str], context: Context, **kwargs) -> List[str]:
     kwargs = {"timeout": 3, "maximum_retries": 1, "retry_after": 1, **kwargs}
     for url in urls:
         path = urllib.parse.urlparse(url).path.lstrip("/")
+        if server_suggested_filename:
+            path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(path), multiurl.Downloader(url).title())
+
         dir = os.path.dirname(path)
         if dir:
             os.makedirs(dir, exist_ok=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_20_url_tools.py b/tests/test_20_url_tools.py
index 4753b396..74beeba2 100644
--- a/tests/test_20_url_tools.py
+++ b/tests/test_20_url_tools.py
@@ -38,6 +38,27 @@ def test_downloaders(tmp_path, monkeypatch, urls, expected_nfiles):
     assert len(paths) == expected_nfiles
 
 
+def test_download_with_server_suggested_filename(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)  # try_download generates files in the working dir
+    urls = ["https://gerb.oma.be/c3s/data/ceres-ebaf/tcdr/v4.2/toa_lw_all_mon/2000/07"]
+    paths_false = url_tools.try_download(
+        urls, context=url_tools.Context(), server_suggested_filename=False
+    )
+    assert len(paths_false) == 1
+    assert os.path.basename(paths_false[0]) == "07"
+
+    paths_true = url_tools.try_download(
+        urls, context=url_tools.Context(), server_suggested_filename=True
+    )
+    assert len(paths_true) == 1
+    assert (
+        os.path.basename(paths_true[0])
+        == "data_312a_Lot1_ceres-ebaf_tcdr_v4.2_toa_lw_all_mon_2000_07.nc"
+    )
+
+    assert os.path.dirname(paths_false[0]) == os.path.dirname(paths_true[0])
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "anon",
     (