diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/HttpProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/HttpProvider.cs
index 3f6025565..4c0ffdc52 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/HttpProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/HttpProvider.cs
@@ -5,13 +5,25 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Text;
 using NLog;
+using Ninject;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Common
 {
     public class HttpProvider
     {
+        private readonly EnvironmentProvider _environmentProvider;
         private static readonly Logger logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
 
+        [Inject]
+        public HttpProvider(EnvironmentProvider environmentProvider)
+        {
+            _environmentProvider = environmentProvider;
+        }
+
+        public HttpProvider()
+        {
+        }
+
         public virtual string DownloadString(string address)
         {
             return DownloadString(address, null);
@@ -38,7 +50,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
 
         public virtual Stream DownloadStream(string url, NetworkCredential credential)
         {
-            var request = WebRequest.Create(url);
+            var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
+            request.UserAgent = String.Format("NzbDrone {0}", _environmentProvider.Version);
 
             request.Credentials = credential;
             var response = request.GetResponse();