diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/APIRequest.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/APIRequest.cs
index fcbd4d314a..0956c749a2 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/API/APIRequest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/APIRequest.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
     /// <typeparam name="T">Type of the response (used for deserialisation).</typeparam>
     public abstract class APIRequest<T> : APIRequest
     {
-        protected override WebRequest CreateWebRequest() => new JsonWebRequest<T>(Uri);
+        protected override WebRequest CreateWebRequest() => new OsuJsonWebRequest<T>(Uri);
 
         public T Result => ((JsonWebRequest<T>)WebRequest).ResponseObject;
 
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
         /// This will be scheduled to the API's internal scheduler (run on update thread automatically).
         /// </summary>
         public new event APISuccessHandler<T> Success;
+
+        private class OsuJsonWebRequest<U> : JsonWebRequest<U>
+        {
+            public OsuJsonWebRequest(string uri)
+                : base(uri)
+            {
+            }
+
+            protected override string UserAgent => "osu!";
+        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -39,7 +49,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
     {
         protected abstract string Target { get; }
 
-        protected virtual WebRequest CreateWebRequest() => new WebRequest(Uri);
+        protected virtual WebRequest CreateWebRequest() => new OsuWebRequest(Uri);
 
         protected virtual string Uri => $@"{API.Endpoint}/api/v2/{Target}";
 
@@ -152,6 +162,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API
             [JsonProperty("error")]
             public string ErrorMessage { get; set; }
         }
+
+        private class OsuWebRequest : WebRequest
+        {
+            public OsuWebRequest(string uri)
+                : base(uri)
+            {
+            }
+
+            protected override string UserAgent => "osu!";
+        }
     }
 
     public class APIException : InvalidOperationException