diff --git a/Net/src/HTTPStreamFactory.cpp b/Net/src/HTTPStreamFactory.cpp
index c00c4d2ed..c2044e8d3 100644
--- a/Net/src/HTTPStreamFactory.cpp
+++ b/Net/src/HTTPStreamFactory.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "Poco/UnbufferedStreamBuf.h"
 #include "Poco/NullStream.h"
 #include "Poco/StreamCopier.h"
+#include "Poco/Format.h"
+#include "Poco/Version.h"
 
 
 using Poco::URIStreamFactory;
@@ -115,6 +117,12 @@ std::istream* HTTPStreamFactory::open(const URI& uri)
 				cred.authenticate(req, res);
 			}
 			
+			req.set("User-Agent", Poco::format("poco/%d.%d.%d", 
+				(POCO_VERSION >> 24) & 0xFF,
+				(POCO_VERSION >> 16) & 0xFF,
+				(POCO_VERSION >> 8) & 0xFF));
+			req.set("Accept", "*/*");
+			
 			pSession->sendRequest(req);
 			std::istream& rs = pSession->receiveResponse(res);
 			bool moved = (res.getStatus() == HTTPResponse::HTTP_MOVED_PERMANENTLY || 
diff --git a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/HTTPSStreamFactory.cpp b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/HTTPSStreamFactory.cpp
index 67296cd6d..d0438486d 100644
--- a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/HTTPSStreamFactory.cpp
+++ b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/HTTPSStreamFactory.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "Poco/UnbufferedStreamBuf.h"
 #include "Poco/NullStream.h"
 #include "Poco/StreamCopier.h"
+#include "Poco/Format.h"
+#include "Poco/Version.h"
 
 
 using Poco::URIStreamFactory;
@@ -118,6 +120,12 @@ std::istream* HTTPSStreamFactory::open(const URI& uri)
 				cred.authenticate(req, res);
 			}
 
+			req.set("User-Agent", Poco::format("poco/%d.%d.%d", 
+				(POCO_VERSION >> 24) & 0xFF,
+				(POCO_VERSION >> 16) & 0xFF,
+				(POCO_VERSION >> 8) & 0xFF));
+			req.set("Accept", "*/*");
+
 			pSession->sendRequest(req);
 			std::istream& rs = pSession->receiveResponse(res);
 			bool moved = (res.getStatus() == HTTPResponse::HTTP_MOVED_PERMANENTLY ||