diff --git a/recording/src/nextcloud/talk/recording/BackendNotifier.py b/recording/src/nextcloud/talk/recording/BackendNotifier.py
index 48d347cb95c..02d67021d8f 100644
--- a/recording/src/nextcloud/talk/recording/BackendNotifier.py
+++ b/recording/src/nextcloud/talk/recording/BackendNotifier.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import ssl
+from nextcloud.talk import recording
 from secrets import token_urlsafe
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 from urllib3 import encode_multipart_formdata
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ def backendRequest(backend, data):
         'OCS-ApiRequest': 'true',
         'Talk-Recording-Random': random,
         'Talk-Recording-Checksum': checksum,
+        'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Recording) Nextcloud-Talk v' + recording.__version__,
     }
 
     backendRequest = Request(url, data, headers)