diff --git a/http/client.go b/http/client.go
index b8541a2c8fc719f9bb03d34f2a7412511c1cee11..09da43b4c355731b9a7ec9b58bda7472993234c3 100644
--- a/http/client.go
+++ b/http/client.go
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/miniflux/miniflux/logger"
 	"github.com/miniflux/miniflux/timer"
+	"github.com/miniflux/miniflux/version"
 )
 
-// Note: Some websites have a user agent filter.
-const userAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (like Gecko, like Safari, like Chrome) - Miniflux <https://miniflux.net/>"
 const requestTimeout = 300
 const maxBodySize = 1024 * 1024 * 15
 
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ func (c *Client) buildClient() http.Client {
 
 func (c *Client) buildHeaders() http.Header {
 	headers := make(http.Header)
-	headers.Add("User-Agent", userAgent)
+	headers.Add("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Miniflux/"+version.Version+"; +https://miniflux.net)")
 	headers.Add("Accept", "*/*")
 
 	if c.etagHeader != "" {
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 4f76433a8c33a8f78c66a47246badfecc042f73c..2b9c050d73d52c32d672afe9e2a11ad08400bf75 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 package version
 
 // Version of the application (generated with "make build")
-var Version = "undefined"
+var Version = "2.0.x-dev"
 
 // BuildDate is generated with "make build"
 var BuildDate = "undefined"