1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/net/http.rb b/lib/net/http.rb
index 29377fc473..19f0983a39 100644
--- a/lib/net/http.rb
+++ b/lib/net/http.rb
@@ -1533,6 +1533,7 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
       @path = path
       initialize_http_header initheader
       self['Accept'] ||= '*/*'
+      self['User-Agent'] ||= 'Ruby'
       @body = nil
       @body_stream = nil
     end