diff --git a/BaseSpace.SDK.Tests/BaseSpace.SDK.Tests.csproj b/BaseSpace.SDK.Tests/BaseSpace.SDK.Tests.csproj
index 247d7d1..02b4b88 100644
--- a/BaseSpace.SDK.Tests/BaseSpace.SDK.Tests.csproj
+++ b/BaseSpace.SDK.Tests/BaseSpace.SDK.Tests.csproj
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="BaseSpaceClientSettingsTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\TestHelpers.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Integration\AccessTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Integration\ApiMetaTests.cs" />
diff --git a/BaseSpace.SDK.Tests/BaseSpaceClientSettingsTests.cs b/BaseSpace.SDK.Tests/BaseSpaceClientSettingsTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1fd45e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BaseSpace.SDK.Tests/BaseSpaceClientSettingsTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Illumina.BaseSpace.SDK.Tests
+{
+    public class BaseSpaceClientSettingsTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void CanGetDefaultUserAgent()
+        {
+            var settings = new BaseSpaceClientSettings();
+
+            Assert.True(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(settings.UserAgent));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/BaseSpace.SDK/Infrastructure/BaseSpaceClientSettings.cs b/BaseSpace.SDK/Infrastructure/BaseSpaceClientSettings.cs
index 9489b5e..48f6b69 100644
--- a/BaseSpace.SDK/Infrastructure/BaseSpaceClientSettings.cs
+++ b/BaseSpace.SDK/Infrastructure/BaseSpaceClientSettings.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-namespace Illumina.BaseSpace.SDK
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace Illumina.BaseSpace.SDK
 {
 	public class BaseSpaceClientSettings : IClientSettings
 	{
+	    private static readonly string SDK_VERSION;
+
 		public const uint DEFAULT_RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 6;
 
 		public const string DEFAULT_WEBSITE = "https://basespace.illumina.com";
@@ -17,6 +22,13 @@ public class BaseSpaceClientSettings : IClientSettings
 
 		public const uint DEFAULT_MULTIPART_SIZE_THRESHOLD = 25*1024*1024; //in bytes
 
+	    static BaseSpaceClientSettings()
+	    {
+	        var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
+	        var fileVersionInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(assembly.Location);
+	        SDK_VERSION = fileVersionInfo.ProductVersion;
+	    }
+
 		public BaseSpaceClientSettings()
 		{
 			RetryAttempts = DEFAULT_RETRY_ATTEMPTS;
@@ -26,8 +38,8 @@ public BaseSpaceClientSettings()
 			Version = DEFAULT_VERSION;
             FileUploadMultipartSizeThreshold = DEFAULT_MULTIPART_SIZE_THRESHOLD;
             FileUploadMultipartChunkSize = DEFAULT_UPLOAD_MULTIPART_SIZE;
-
             FileDownloadMultipartSizeThreshold = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_MULTIPART_SIZE;
+		    UserAgent = GetDefaultUserAgent();
 		}
 
 		public uint RetryAttempts { get; set; }
@@ -49,5 +61,12 @@ public BaseSpaceClientSettings()
         public IAuthentication Authentication { get; set; }
 
         public int TimeoutMin { get; set; }
+
+        public string UserAgent { get; set; }
+
+	    private static string GetDefaultUserAgent()
+	    {
+	        return string.Format("Illumina BaseSpace C# SDK {0}", SDK_VERSION);
+	    }
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BaseSpace.SDK/Infrastructure/JsonWebClient.cs b/BaseSpace.SDK/Infrastructure/JsonWebClient.cs
index 440c5f4..19c9176 100644
--- a/BaseSpace.SDK/Infrastructure/JsonWebClient.cs
+++ b/BaseSpace.SDK/Infrastructure/JsonWebClient.cs
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ private void WebRequestFilter(HttpWebRequest req)
             {
                 settings.Authentication.UpdateHttpHeader(req);
             }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(settings.UserAgent))
+            {
+                req.UserAgent = settings.UserAgent;
+            }
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/BaseSpace.SDK/Interfaces/IClientSettings.cs b/BaseSpace.SDK/Interfaces/IClientSettings.cs
index 734a168..444c732 100644
--- a/BaseSpace.SDK/Interfaces/IClientSettings.cs
+++ b/BaseSpace.SDK/Interfaces/IClientSettings.cs
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@ public interface IClientSettings
 		IAuthentication Authentication { get; }
 
         int TimeoutMin { get;  }
+
+        string UserAgent { get; set; }
 	}
 }