diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index fa4c0175a..9ef45cd3f 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, SELF_USER_AGENT);
 
 			if ($post_query) {
 				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);