diff --git a/mpvcore/options.c b/mpvcore/options.c
index a94b7628c9..df75a038ac 100644
--- a/mpvcore/options.c
+++ b/mpvcore/options.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "mpvcore/options.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "version.h"
 #include "mpvcore/m_config.h"
 #include "mpvcore/m_option.h"
 #include "stream/tv.h"
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
 
 int   network_bandwidth=0;
 int   network_cookies_enabled = 0;
-char *network_useragent="MPlayer 1.1-4.7";
+char *network_useragent="mpv " VERSION;
 char *network_referrer=NULL;
 char **network_http_header_fields=NULL;