diff --git a/src/Options.php b/src/Options.php
index 478503f3a..69c43bd9d 100644
--- a/src/Options.php
+++ b/src/Options.php
@@ -298,6 +298,18 @@ public function __construct(array $attributes = null)
         $this->setFontDir($rootDir . "/lib/fonts");
         $this->setFontCache($this->getFontDir());
 
+        $ver = "";
+        $versionFile = realpath(__DIR__ . "/../VERSION");
+        if (file_exists($versionFile) && ($version = trim(file_get_contents($versionFile))) !== false && $version !== '$Format:<%h>$') {
+            $ver = "/$version";
+        }
+        $this->setHttpContext([
+            "http" => [
+                "follow_location" => false,
+                "user_agent" => "Dompdf$ver https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf"
+            ]
+        ]);
+
         if (null !== $attributes) {
             $this->set($attributes);
         }
diff --git a/tests/DompdfTest.php b/tests/DompdfTest.php
index b53da9664..dcd763e9c 100644
--- a/tests/DompdfTest.php
+++ b/tests/DompdfTest.php
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ public function testConstructor()
         $this->assertIsArray($dompdf->getCallbacks());
         $this->assertInstanceOf(Stylesheet::class, $dompdf->getCss());
         $this->assertNull($dompdf->getDom());
-        $this->assertNull($dompdf->getHttpContext());
         $this->assertInstanceOf(Options::class, $dompdf->getOptions());
         $this->assertFalse($dompdf->getQuirksmode());
         $this->assertNull($dompdf->getTree());