diff --git a/build.cmd b/build.cmd
index 9785743..499652b 100644
--- a/build.cmd
+++ b/build.cmd
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 @echo off
 if "%DC%"=="" set DC=dmd
 
+echo Generating version file...
+set GITVER=unknown
+for /f %%i in ('git describe') do set GITVER=%%i
+echo enum dubVersion = "%GITVER%"; > source\dub\version_.d
+
 echo Executing %DC%...
 %DC% -ofbin\dub.exe -g -debug -w -property -Isource curl.lib %* @build-files.txt
 if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 80a6d90..3d8e65c 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 # adjust linker flags for dmd command line
 LIBS=`echo "$LIBS" | sed 's/^-L/-L-L/; s/ -L/ -L-L/g; s/^-l/-L-l/; s/ -l/ -L-l/g'`
 
+echo Generating version file...
+GITVER=$(git describe) || GITVER=unknown
+echo enum dubVersion = "$GITVER"; > source/dub/version_.d
+
+
 echo Running $DC...
 $DC -ofbin/dub -g -debug -w -property -Isource $* $LIBS @build-files.txt
 echo DUB has been built as bin/dub.
diff --git a/source/app.d b/source/app.d
index da23361..c53ef59 100644
--- a/source/app.d
+++ b/source/app.d
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import dub.package_;
 import dub.project;
 import dub.registry;
+import dub.version_;
 
 import std.algorithm;
 import std.array;
@@ -362,4 +363,5 @@
         --local          Install as in a sub folder of the current directory
 
 `);
+	logInfo("DUB version %s", dubVersion);
 }
diff --git a/source/dub/utils.d b/source/dub/utils.d
index 8df68f8..f3d2487 100644
--- a/source/dub/utils.d
+++ b/source/dub/utils.d
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.log;
 import dub.internal.vibecompat.data.json;
 import dub.internal.vibecompat.inet.url;
+import dub.version_;
 
 // todo: cleanup imports.
 import std.algorithm;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@
 	auto conn = HTTP();
 	static if( is(typeof(&conn.verifyPeer)) )
 		conn.verifyPeer = false;
-	conn.addRequestHeader("User-Agent", "dub/0.7.13 (std.net.curl; +https://github.com/rejectedsoftware/dub)");
+	conn.addRequestHeader("User-Agent", "dub/"~dubVersion~" (std.net.curl; +https://github.com/rejectedsoftware/dub)");
 	std.net.curl.download(url, filename, conn);
 }