diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 9604e33..0cb42a8 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@
 	if (getenv("GIT_CURL_VERBOSE"))
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
 
+	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, GIT_USER_AGENT);
+
 	return result;
 }