diff --git a/src/mirall/owncloudinfo.cpp b/src/mirall/owncloudinfo.cpp
index 820a71947e..b691152cc5 100644
--- a/src/mirall/owncloudinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/mirall/owncloudinfo.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 #include "mirall/owncloudinfo.h"
 #include "mirall/mirallconfigfile.h"
-#include "mirall/version.h"
 #include "mirall/theme.h"
 #include "mirall/utility.h"
 
@@ -167,9 +166,7 @@ QNetworkReply* ownCloudInfo::mkdirRequest( const QString& dir )
     //connect(qhttp, SIGNAL(authenticationRequired(QString,quint16,QAuthenticator*)), this, SLOT(qhttpAuthenticationRequired(QString,quint16,QAuthenticator*)));
     QHttpRequestHeader header("MKCOL", QString(url.encodedPath()), 1,1);   /* header */
     header.setValue("Host", QString(url.encodedHost()));
-    header.setValue("User-Agent", QString::fromLatin1("Mozilla/5.0 (%1) mirall/%2")
-                    .arg(Utility::platform())
-                    .arg(QLatin1String(MIRALL_STRINGIFY(MIRALL_VERSION))).toAscii());
+    header.setValue("User-Agent", Utility::userAgentString());
     header.setValue("Accept-Charset", "ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7");
     header.setValue("Accept-Language", "it,de-de;q=0.8,it-it;q=0.6,en-us;q=0.4,en;q=0.2");
     header.setValue("Connection", "keep-alive");
@@ -513,9 +510,7 @@ void ownCloudInfo::setupHeaders( QNetworkRequest & req, quint64 size )
     QUrl url( cfgFile.ownCloudUrl( QString::null, false ) );
     qDebug() << "Setting up host header: " << url.host();
     req.setRawHeader( QByteArray("Host"), url.host().toUtf8() );
-    req.setRawHeader( QByteArray("User-Agent"), QString::fromLatin1("Mozilla/5.0 (%1) mirall/%2")
-                      .arg(Utility::platform())
-                      .arg(QLatin1String(MIRALL_STRINGIFY(MIRALL_VERSION))).toAscii());
+    req.setRawHeader( QByteArray("User-Agent"), Utility::userAgentString());
 
     QString con = _configHandle;
     if( con.isEmpty() ) con = DEFAULT_CONNECTION;
diff --git a/src/mirall/updatedetector.cpp b/src/mirall/updatedetector.cpp
index 1baaadb4c8..6a36d6c254 100644
--- a/src/mirall/updatedetector.cpp
+++ b/src/mirall/updatedetector.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "mirall/version.h"
 #include "mirall/mirallconfigfile.h"
 #include "mirall/occinfo.h"
+#include "mirall/utility.h"
 
 #include <QtCore>
 #include <QtNetwork>
@@ -56,9 +57,13 @@ void UpdateDetector::versionCheck( Theme *theme )
     }
     url.addQueryItem( QLatin1String("version"), ver );
     url.addQueryItem( QLatin1String("platform"), platform );
-    url.addQueryItem( QLatin1String("oem"),  theme->appName());
+    url.addQueryItem( QLatin1String("oem"), theme->appName() );
 
-    _accessManager->get( QNetworkRequest( url ));
+    QNetworkRequest req( url );
+    req.setRawHeader( QByteArray("Host"), url.host().toUtf8() );
+    req.setRawHeader( QByteArray("User-Agent"), Utility::userAgentString() );
+
+    _accessManager->get( req );
 }
 
 void UpdateDetector::slotOpenUpdateUrl()
diff --git a/src/mirall/utility.cpp b/src/mirall/utility.cpp
index db8a3cea8f..8ed6b27f19 100644
--- a/src/mirall/utility.cpp
+++ b/src/mirall/utility.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 #include "utility.h"
 
+#include "mirall/version.h"
+
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
@@ -115,4 +117,12 @@ QString Utility::platform()
 #endif
 }
 
+QByteArray Utility::userAgentString()
+{
+    return QString::fromLatin1("Mozilla/5.0 (%1) mirall/%2")
+            .arg(Utility::platform())
+            .arg(QLatin1String(MIRALL_STRINGIFY(MIRALL_VERSION)))
+            .toLatin1();
 }
+
+} // namespace Mirall
diff --git a/src/mirall/utility.h b/src/mirall/utility.h
index d450511540..f9d990bbff 100644
--- a/src/mirall/utility.h
+++ b/src/mirall/utility.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public:
     static QString formatFingerprint( const QByteArray& );
     static void setupFavLink( const QString &folder );
     static QString platform();
+    static QByteArray userAgentString();
 };
 
 }