diff --git a/terraform/user_agent.go b/terraform/user_agent.go
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+++ b/terraform/user_agent.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package terraform
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+// The standard Terraform User-Agent format
+const UserAgent = "Terraform %s (%s)"
+
+// Generate a UserAgent string
+func UserAgentString() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(UserAgent, VersionString(), runtime.Version())
+}