diff --git a/gitlab4j-api/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/GitLabApiClient.java b/gitlab4j-api/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/GitLabApiClient.java
index 55fbbf31c..d956eea31 100755
--- a/gitlab4j-api/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/GitLabApiClient.java
+++ b/gitlab4j-api/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/GitLabApiClient.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public class GitLabApiClient implements AutoCloseable {
     private Long sudoAsId;
     private Integer connectTimeout;
     private Integer readTimeout;
+    private String userAgentHeader;
 
     /**
      * Construct an instance to communicate with a GitLab API server using the specified GitLab API version,
@@ -871,6 +872,9 @@ protected Invocation.Builder invocation(URL url, MultivaluedMap<String, String>
         } else {
             builder = builder.header(authHeader, authValue).accept(accept);
         }
+        if (userAgentHeader != null) {
+            builder.header("User-Agent", userAgentHeader);
+        }
 
         // If sudo as ID is set add the Sudo header
         if (sudoAsId != null && sudoAsId.intValue() > 0) builder = builder.header(SUDO_HEADER, sudoAsId);
@@ -955,6 +959,24 @@ public void setIgnoreCertificateErrors(boolean ignoreCertificateErrors) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the configured custom 'User-Agent' header value
+     *
+     * @return User-Agent header value
+     */
+    public String getUserAgentHeader() {
+        return userAgentHeader;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Configures a custom value for the 'User-Agent' header
+     *
+     * @param userAgentHeader User-Agent header value
+     */
+    public void setUserAgentHeader(String userAgentHeader) {
+        this.userAgentHeader = userAgentHeader;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets up Jersey client to ignore certificate errors.
      *