diff --git a/config/version.go b/config/version.go
index f60c0b2c..96d2f8e8 100644
--- a/config/version.go
+++ b/config/version.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfsapi"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -28,4 +30,5 @@ func init() {
 		gitCommit,
 	)
 
+	lfsapi.UserAgent = VersionDesc
 }
diff --git a/lfsapi/client.go b/lfsapi/client.go
index cec3566f..f62656e4 100644
--- a/lfsapi/client.go
+++ b/lfsapi/client.go
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rubyist/tracerx"
 )
 
+var UserAgent = "git-lfs"
+
 func (c *Client) Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", UserAgent)
+
 	res, err := c.doWithRedirects(c.httpClient(req.Host), req, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return res, err