diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index dd5b2e90c1..1262058c17 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -23893,3 +23893,11 @@ Rom    3 Feb 2005
 
     client/win/
         win_idle_tracker.cpp
+
+Bruce  3 Feb 2005
+    - core client: add platform name and client version to HTTP request headers
+      when going via a proxy server.  See David's change just above from 2 Feb.
+                                                                                                                      
+    client/
+        http.C
+
diff --git a/client/http.C b/client/http.C
index 5dd2980202..db09a800f7 100644
--- a/client/http.C
+++ b/client/http.C
@@ -113,14 +113,16 @@ static void http_get_request_header_proxy(
     if (offset) sprintf( offset_info, "Range: bytes=%.0f-\015\012", offset );
     sprintf(buf,
         "GET %s HTTP/1.0\015\012"
-        "User-Agent: BOINC client\015\012"
+        "User-Agent: BOINC client (%s %d.%02d)\015\012"
         "Host: %s:%d\015\012"
         "%s"
         "Connection: close\015\012"
         "Accept: */*\015\012"
         "Proxy-Authorization: Basic %s\015\012"
         "\015\012",
-        file, host, port, offset?offset_info:"", encstr
+        file,
+        HOSTTYPE, BOINC_MAJOR_VERSION, BOINC_MINOR_VERSION,
+        host, port, offset?offset_info:"", encstr
     );
 }