diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/BUILD b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/BUILD
index dddd496c59d..934054d1ec0 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/BUILD
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ go_library(
     ],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib",
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/version:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/vmware/govmomi/find:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go
index 379b68df088..be4c5e3f538 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vclib/connection.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/pem"
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	neturl "net/url"
 	"sync"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/sts"
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25"
 	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/soap"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version"
 )
 
 // VSphereConnection contains information for connecting to vCenter
@@ -179,6 +181,9 @@ func (connection *VSphereConnection) NewClient(ctx context.Context) (*vim25.Clie
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	k8sVersion := version.Get().GitVersion
+	client.UserAgent = fmt.Sprintf("kubernetes-cloudprovider/%s", k8sVersion)
+
 	err = connection.login(ctx, client)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err