diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj
index e9bdd86f0..c5ebd8d90 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/NzbDrone.Common.csproj
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
       <HintPath>..\packages\SharpZipLib.0.86.0\lib\20\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="RestSharp, Version=104.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\RestSharp.104.4.0\lib\net4\RestSharp.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration.Install" />
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/packages.config b/src/NzbDrone.Common/packages.config
index 4e193d0ba..67af54535 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/packages.config
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/packages.config
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
   <package id="loggly-csharp" version="2.3" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="5.0.8" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="NLog" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="RestSharp" version="104.4.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="SharpZipLib" version="0.86.0" targetFramework="net40" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DataAugmentation/Xem/XemProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DataAugmentation/Xem/XemProxy.cs
index f371d20b9..009fc8146 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DataAugmentation/Xem/XemProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DataAugmentation/Xem/XemProxy.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.DataAugmentation.Xem
         {
             _logger.Debug("Fetching Series IDs from");
 
-            var restClient = new RestClient(XEM_BASE_URL);
+            var restClient = RestClientFactory.BuildClient(XEM_BASE_URL);
 
             var request = BuildRequest("havemap");
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.DataAugmentation.Xem
         {
             _logger.Debug("Fetching Mappings for: {0}", id);
 
-            var restClient = new RestClient(XEM_BASE_URL);
+            var restClient = RestClientFactory.BuildClient(XEM_BASE_URL);
 
             var request = BuildRequest("all");
             request.AddParameter("id", id);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.DataAugmentation.Xem
         public List<SceneMapping> GetSceneTvdbNames()
         {
             _logger.Debug("Fetching alternate names");
-            var restClient = new RestClient(XEM_BASE_URL);
+            var restClient = RestClientFactory.BuildClient(XEM_BASE_URL);
 
             var request = BuildRequest("allNames");
             request.AddParameter("origin", "tvdb");
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Nzbget/NzbgetProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Nzbget/NzbgetProxy.cs
index 66c400192..343250598 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Nzbget/NzbgetProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Nzbget/NzbgetProxy.cs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Nzbget
 
             _logger.Debug("Url: " + url);
 
-            var client = new RestClient(url);
+            var client = RestClientFactory.BuildClient(url);
             client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator(settings.Username, settings.Password);
 
             return client;
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdProxy.cs
index 8f7a40e5d..fb54f969c 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdProxy.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Common;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Serializer;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Rest;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd.Responses;
 using RestSharp;
 
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
 
             _logger.Debug("Url: " + url);
 
-            return new RestClient(url);
+            return RestClientFactory.BuildClient(url);
         }
 
         private void CheckForError(IRestResponse response)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/TraktProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/TraktProxy.cs
index be5b694fa..aafd62b85 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/TraktProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/TraktProxy.cs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MetadataSource
 
         private static IRestClient BuildClient(string resource, string method)
         {
-            return new RestClient(string.Format("http://api.trakt.tv/{0}/{1}.json/bc3c2c460f22cbb01c264022b540e191", resource, method));
+            return RestClientFactory.BuildClient(string.Format("http://api.trakt.tv/{0}/{1}.json/bc3c2c460f22cbb01c264022b540e191", resource, method));
         }
 
         private static Series MapSeries(Show show)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/Tvdb/TvdbProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/Tvdb/TvdbProxy.cs
index 6be24fc18..88af8bad4 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/Tvdb/TvdbProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/Tvdb/TvdbProxy.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Rest;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Indexers;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Tv;
 using RestSharp;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MetadataSource.Tvdb
 
         private static IRestClient BuildClient(string resource)
         {
-            return new RestClient(String.Format("http://thetvdb.com/data/{0}", resource));
+            return RestClientFactory.BuildClient(String.Format("http://thetvdb.com/data/{0}", resource));
         }
 
         private static Series MapSeries(XElement item)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/NotifyMyAndroid/NotifyMyAndroidProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/NotifyMyAndroid/NotifyMyAndroidProxy.cs
index f51c03062..3aca9b420 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/NotifyMyAndroid/NotifyMyAndroidProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/NotifyMyAndroid/NotifyMyAndroidProxy.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Notifications.NotifyMyAndroid
 
         public void SendNotification(string title, string message, string apiKey, NotifyMyAndroidPriority priority)
         {
-            var client = new RestClient(URL);
+            var client = RestClientFactory.BuildClient(URL);
             var request = new RestRequest("notify", Method.POST);
             request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Xml;
             request.AddParameter("apikey", apiKey);
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Notifications.NotifyMyAndroid
 
         private void Verify(string apiKey)
         {
-            var client = new RestClient(URL);
+            var client = RestClientFactory.BuildClient(URL);
             var request = new RestRequest("verify", Method.GET);
             request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Xml;
             request.AddParameter("apikey", apiKey, ParameterType.GetOrPost);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/Plex/PlexServerProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/Plex/PlexServerProxy.cs
index d0355835f..9ed970171 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/Plex/PlexServerProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/Plex/PlexServerProxy.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Common;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Cache;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Serializer;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Rest;
 using RestSharp;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Notifications.Plex
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Notifications.Plex
 
         private RestClient GetMyPlexClient(string username, string password)
         {
-            var client = new RestClient("https://my.plexapp.com");
+            var client = RestClientFactory.BuildClient("https://my.plexapp.com");
             client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator(username, password);
 
             return client;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Notifications.Plex
 
         private RestClient GetPlexServerClient(PlexServerSettings settings)
         {
-            return new RestClient(String.Format("http://{0}:{1}", settings.Host, settings.Port));
+            return RestClientFactory.BuildClient(String.Format("http://{0}:{1}", settings.Host, settings.Port));
         }
 
         private RestRequest GetPlexServerRequest(string resource, Method method, PlexServerSettings settings)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/PushBullet/PushBulletProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/PushBullet/PushBulletProxy.cs
index 5f4ddf5ab..6071177fd 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/PushBullet/PushBulletProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/PushBullet/PushBulletProxy.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Notifications.PushBullet
 
         public void SendNotification(string title, string message, string apiKey, string deviceId)
         {
-            var client = new RestClient(URL);
+            var client = RestClientFactory.BuildClient(URL);
             var request = BuildRequest(deviceId); 
             
             request.AddParameter("type", "note");
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/Pushover/PushoverService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/Pushover/PushoverService.cs
index 484fb1146..97739702b 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/Pushover/PushoverService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Notifications/Pushover/PushoverService.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Notifications.Pushover
 
         public void SendNotification(string title, string message, string apiKey, string userKey, PushoverPriority priority, string sound)
         {
-            var client = new RestClient(URL);
+            var client = RestClientFactory.BuildClient(URL);
             var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
             request.AddParameter("token", apiKey);
             request.AddParameter("user", userKey);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
index ab803b702..7e12f2d21 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Qualities\QualityModelComparer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Qualities\QualityProfileItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Rest\JsonNetSerializer.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Rest\RestClientFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="RootFolders\RootFolderRepository.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ThingiProvider\ConfigContractNotFoundException.cs" />
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Rest/RestClientFactory.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Rest/RestClientFactory.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..042bfb5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Rest/RestClientFactory.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using RestSharp;
+using NzbDrone.Common.EnvironmentInfo;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Rest
+{
+    public static class RestClientFactory
+    {
+        public static RestClient BuildClient(String baseUrl)
+        {
+            var restClient = new RestClient(baseUrl);
+
+            restClient.UserAgent = String.Format("NzbDrone/{0} (RestSharp/{1}; {2}/{3})",
+                BuildInfo.Version,
+                restClient.GetType().Assembly.GetName().Version,
+                OsInfo.Os, OsInfo.Version.ToString(2));
+
+            return restClient;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackageProvider.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackageProvider.cs
index 0b436adfb..5096a9788 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackageProvider.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdatePackageProvider.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Update
     {
         public UpdatePackage GetLatestUpdate(string branch, Version currentVersion)
         {
-            var restClient = new RestClient(Services.RootUrl);
+            var restClient = RestClientFactory.BuildClient(Services.RootUrl);
 
             var request = new RestRequest("/v1/update/{branch}");
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Update
 
         public List<UpdatePackage> GetRecentUpdates(string branch)
         {
-            var restClient = new RestClient(Services.RootUrl);
+            var restClient = RestClientFactory.BuildClient(Services.RootUrl);
 
             var request = new RestRequest("/v1/update/{branch}/changes");