1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py b/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
index 8f4db59c75..fc371155ac 100644
--- a/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
+++ b/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from twisted.web.client import readBody, _AgentBase, _URI
 from twisted.web.http_headers import Headers
 from twisted.web._newclient import ResponseDone
 
+from synapse.http.agent_name import AGENT_NAME
 from synapse.http.endpoint import matrix_federation_endpoint
 from synapse.util.async import sleep
 from synapse.util.logcontext import PreserveLoggingContext
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient(object):
             requests.
     """
 
+
     def __init__(self, hs):
         self.hs = hs
         self.signing_key = hs.config.signing_key[0]
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient(object):
                         query_bytes=b"", retry_on_dns_fail=True):
         """ Creates and sends a request to the given url
         """
-        headers_dict[b"User-Agent"] = [b"Synapse"]
+        headers_dict[b"User-Agent"] = [AGENT_NAME]
         headers_dict[b"Host"] = [destination]
 
         url_bytes = urlparse.urlunparse(