diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 612d8fd..2d55625 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __pycache__/
 # C extensions
 *.so
 .idea/
+.vscode/
 
 # Distribution / packaging
 .Python
diff --git a/packet/baseapi.py b/packet/baseapi.py
index 505312a..5a2809d 100644
--- a/packet/baseapi.py
+++ b/packet/baseapi.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import logging
 import requests
 
+from packet import __version__
+
 
 class Error(Exception):  # pragma: no cover
     """Base exception class for this module"""
@@ -47,12 +49,19 @@ class BaseAPI(object):
         Basic api class for
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, auth_token, consumer_token):
+    def __init__(self, auth_token, consumer_token, user_agent=""):
         self.auth_token = auth_token
         self.consumer_token = consumer_token
         self.end_point = "api.packet.net"
+        self._user_agent_prefix = user_agent
         self._log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+    @property
+    def user_agent(self):
+        return "{}packet-python/{} {}".format(
+            self._user_agent_prefix, __version__, requests.utils.default_user_agent()
+        ).strip()
+
     def call_api(self, method, type="GET", params=None):  # noqa
         if params is None:
             params = {}
@@ -63,6 +72,7 @@ def call_api(self, method, type="GET", params=None):  # noqa
             "X-Auth-Token": self.auth_token,
             "X-Consumer-Token": self.consumer_token,
             "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            "User-Agent": self.user_agent,
         }
 
         # remove token from log
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8d0d788..563b6c9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ def get_version(rel_path):
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url="https://github.com/packethost/packet-python",
-    author="Packet Developers",
+    author="Equinix Metal Developers",
+    author_email="support@equinixmetal.com",
     license="LGPL v3",
     keywords="packet api client",
     packages=["packet"],