diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a44551147..193dffeeb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ VERSION_MINOR ?= 1
 VERSION_BUILD ?= 0
 
 VERSION ?= v$(VERSION_MAJOR).$(VERSION_MINOR).$(VERSION_BUILD)
+VERSION_PACKAGE = $(REPOPATH/pkg/version)
 
 GOOS ?= $(shell go env GOOS)
 GOARCH = amd64
@@ -28,7 +29,10 @@ REGISTRY?=gcr.io/kaniko-project
 REPOPATH ?= $(ORG)/$(PROJECT)
 
 GO_FILES := $(shell find . -type f -name '*.go' -not -path "./vendor/*")
-GO_LDFLAGS := '-extldflags "-static"'
+GO_LDFLAGS := '-extldflags "-static"
+GO_LDFLAGS += -X $(VERSION_PACKAGE).version=$(VERSION)
+GO_LDFLAGS += '
+
 GO_BUILD_TAGS := "containers_image_ostree_stub containers_image_openpgp exclude_graphdriver_devicemapper exclude_graphdriver_btrfs exclude_graphdriver_overlay"
 
 EXECUTOR_PACKAGE = $(REPOPATH)/executor
diff --git a/pkg/commands/expose.go b/pkg/commands/expose.go
index 1778e6cc8..2caecb44c 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/expose.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/expose.go
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ package commands
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kaniko/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/containers/image/manifest"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/dockerfile/instructions"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 type ExposeCommand struct {
diff --git a/pkg/image/image.go b/pkg/image/image.go
index 672cc802c..68b81c878 100644
--- a/pkg/image/image.go
+++ b/pkg/image/image.go
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 package image
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kaniko/pkg/version"
+	"github.com/containers/image/types"
+
 	img "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/container-diff/pkg/image"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kaniko/pkg/constants"
 	"github.com/containers/image/copy"
@@ -24,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/image/signature"
 	"github.com/containers/image/transports/alltransports"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"os"
 )
 
 // sourceImage is the image that will be modified by the executor
@@ -57,7 +62,13 @@ func PushImage(ms *img.MutableSource, destImg string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	logrus.Infof("Pushing image to %s", destImg)
-	return copy.Image(policyContext, destRef, srcRef, nil)
+
+	opts := &copy.Options{
+		DestinationCtx: &types.SystemContext{
+			DockerRegistryUserAgent: fmt.Sprintf("kaniko/executor-%s", version.Version()),
+		},
+	}
+	return copy.Image(policyContext, destRef, srcRef, opts)
 }
 
 // SetEnvVariables sets environment variables as specified in the image
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d388d5b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package version
+
+// Set with LDFLAGS
+var version = "unset"
+
+func Version() string {
+	return version
+}