diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index af536fe6c533884b61362cb93de937ffe2afb249..34eb1ab677a066d3d60ead67d57cf6819669e993 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ export class GitError {
 
 export interface IGitOptions {
 	gitPath: string;
+	userAgent: string;
 	version: string;
 	env?: any;
 }
@@ -362,6 +363,8 @@ export interface ICloneOptions {
 export class Git {
 
 	readonly path: string;
+	readonly userAgent: string;
+	readonly version: string;
 	private env: any;
 
 	private _onOutput = new EventEmitter();
@@ -369,6 +372,8 @@ export class Git {
 
 	constructor(options: IGitOptions) {
 		this.path = options.gitPath;
+		this.version = options.version;
+		this.userAgent = options.userAgent;
 		this.env = options.env || {};
 	}
 
@@ -1689,6 +1694,8 @@ export class Repository {
 			args.push(name);
 		}
 
+		args.splice(0, 0, '-c', `http.userAgent="${this.git.userAgent}"`);
+
 		try {
 			await this.run(args);
 		} catch (err) {
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/main.ts b/extensions/git/src/main.ts
index b9b525203dbb014a4e5daef76710e9a6eff24abb..d5c81c8891f48cae91322917f92679769388e7c5 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/main.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/main.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import * as nls from 'vscode-nls';
 const localize = nls.loadMessageBundle();
 
-import { ExtensionContext, workspace, window, Disposable, commands, Uri, OutputChannel, WorkspaceFolder } from 'vscode';
+import { env, ExtensionContext, workspace, window, Disposable, commands, Uri, OutputChannel, version as vscodeVersion, WorkspaceFolder } from 'vscode';
 import { findGit, Git, IGit } from './git';
 import { Model } from './model';
 import { CommandCenter } from './commands';
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { GitProtocolHandler } from './protocolHandler';
 import { GitExtensionImpl } from './api/extension';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
 import { GitTimelineProvider } from './timelineProvider';
 import { registerAPICommands } from './api/api1';
 import { TerminalEnvironmentManager } from './terminal';
@@ -39,11 +40,17 @@ async function createModel(context: ExtensionContext, outputChannel: OutputChann
 	const askpass = await Askpass.create(outputChannel, context.storagePath);
 	disposables.push(askpass);
 
-	const env = askpass.getEnv();
-	const terminalEnvironmentManager = new TerminalEnvironmentManager(context, env);
+	const environment = askpass.getEnv();
+	const terminalEnvironmentManager = new TerminalEnvironmentManager(context, environment);
 	disposables.push(terminalEnvironmentManager);
 
-	const git = new Git({ gitPath: info.path, version: info.version, env });
+
+	const git = new Git({
+		gitPath: info.path,
+		userAgent: `git/${info.version} (${(os as any).version?.() ?? os.type()} ${os.release()}; ${os.platform()} ${os.arch()}) vscode/${vscodeVersion} (${env.appName})`,
+		version: info.version,
+		env: environment,
+	});
 	const model = new Model(git, askpass, context.globalState, outputChannel);
 	disposables.push(model);