diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a1ad2ab5ba7..a18c48d5d9d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3147,6 +3147,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "libp2p-identity",
+ "lighthouse_version",
  "mediatype",
  "multiaddr",
  "pretty_reqwest_error",
diff --git a/common/eth2/Cargo.toml b/common/eth2/Cargo.toml
index 7a75bdc80a1..2cd62db0508 100644
--- a/common/eth2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/eth2/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ ethereum_ssz_derive = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 futures-util = "0.3.8"
 libp2p-identity = { version = "0.2", features = ["peerid"] }
+lighthouse_version = { workspace = true }
 mediatype = "0.19.13"
 multiaddr = "0.18.2"
 pretty_reqwest_error = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/eth2/src/lib.rs b/common/eth2/src/lib.rs
index bcd979daca6..e7ab818d9ac 100644
--- a/common/eth2/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/eth2/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use educe::Educe;
 use futures::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use libp2p_identity::PeerId;
+use lighthouse_version::VERSION;
 pub use reqwest;
 use reqwest::{
     Body, IntoUrl, RequestBuilder, Response,
@@ -154,8 +155,20 @@ impl fmt::Display for BeaconNodeHttpClient {
 
 impl BeaconNodeHttpClient {
     pub fn new(server: SensitiveUrl, timeouts: Timeouts) -> Self {
+        let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
+
+        // Add User-Agent header to identify the client
+        if let Ok(user_agent) = HeaderValue::from_str(VERSION) {
+            headers.insert(reqwest::header::USER_AGENT, user_agent);
+        }
+
+        let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
+            .default_headers(headers)
+            .build()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| reqwest::Client::new());
+
         Self {
-            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
+            client,
             server,
             timeouts,
         }