diff --git a/glustercli/cmd/common.go b/glustercli/cmd/common.go
index bc6471ab3..cc51f8c8d 100644
--- a/glustercli/cmd/common.go
+++ b/glustercli/cmd/common.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gluster/glusterd2/pkg/restclient"
+	"github.com/gluster/glusterd2/version"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ var (
 
 func initRESTClient(hostname, user, secret, cacert string, insecure bool) {
 	client = restclient.New(hostname, user, secret, cacert, insecure)
+	client.ExtendAgent(
+		fmt.Sprintf("glustercli/%v", version.GlusterdVersion))
 }
 
 func isConnectionRefusedErr(err error) bool {
diff --git a/glustercli/cmd/root.go b/glustercli/cmd/root.go
index a6fef09aa..6ac4f6634 100644
--- a/glustercli/cmd/root.go
+++ b/glustercli/cmd/root.go
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		}
 
 		initRESTClient(flagEndpoints[0], flagUser, secret, flagCacert, flagInsecure)
+		if len(os.Args) > 1 {
+			args := []string{"glustercli"}
+			client.SetOriginArgs(append(args, os.Args[1:]...))
+		}
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/glusterd2/middleware/request_logging.go b/glusterd2/middleware/request_logging.go
index cc314d2d7..9890e10bc 100644
--- a/glusterd2/middleware/request_logging.go
+++ b/glusterd2/middleware/request_logging.go
@@ -14,8 +14,20 @@ import (
 // Apache Common Log Format (CLF)
 func LogRequest(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		entry := log.WithField("reqid", gdctx.GetReqID(r.Context()).String())
+		f := log.Fields{
+			"subsys": "rest",
+			"reqid":  gdctx.GetReqID(r.Context()).String(),
+		}
+		if origin := r.Header.Get("X-Gluster-Origin-Args"); origin != "" {
+			f["origin"] = origin
+		}
+		entry := log.WithFields(f)
+		entry.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"method": r.Method,
+			"url":    r.URL,
+			"client": r.UserAgent(),
+		}).Info("HTTP Request")
 		delete(entry.Data, logging.SourceField)
-		handlers.LoggingHandler(entry.Writer(), next).ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		handlers.CombinedLoggingHandler(entry.Writer(), next).ServeHTTP(w, r)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/restclient/common.go b/pkg/restclient/common.go
index 02a421c9e..eeaac77b6 100644
--- a/pkg/restclient/common.go
+++ b/pkg/restclient/common.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gluster/glusterd2/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/gluster/glusterd2/version"
 
 	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
 )
@@ -29,11 +30,18 @@ type Client struct {
 	password string
 	cacert   string
 	insecure bool
+
+	// Add to the identifier to further specify the client
+	// using the api.
+	agent      string
+	originArgs []string
 }
 
 // New creates new instance of Glusterd REST Client
 func New(baseURL string, username string, password string, cacert string, insecure bool) *Client {
-	return &Client{baseURL, username, password, cacert, insecure}
+	return &Client{baseURL, username, password, cacert, insecure,
+		fmt.Sprintf("GlusterD2-rest-client/%v", version.GlusterdVersion),
+		[]string{}}
 }
 
 func parseHTTPError(jsonData []byte) string {
@@ -105,6 +113,7 @@ func (c *Client) do(method string, url string, data interface{}, expectStatusCod
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	c.setAgent(req)
 	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	req.Close = true
@@ -114,6 +123,8 @@ func (c *Client) do(method string, url string, data interface{}, expectStatusCod
 		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "bearer "+getAuthToken(c.username, c.password))
 	}
 
+	c.sendOriginArgs(req)
+
 	tr := &http.Transport{
 		DisableCompression: true,
 		DisableKeepAlives:  true,
@@ -163,3 +174,34 @@ func (c *Client) do(method string, url string, data interface{}, expectStatusCod
 func (c *Client) Ping() error {
 	return c.get("/ping", nil, http.StatusOK, nil)
 }
+
+func (c *Client) setAgent(req *http.Request) {
+	req.Header.Set("User-Agent",
+		fmt.Sprintf("%v (Go-http-client/1.1)", c.agent))
+}
+
+// ExtendAgent adds the given string to the client's user agent
+// by prefixing it to the existing agent information.
+// This allows client programs to identify themselves more than
+// just something using the rest client api.
+func (c *Client) ExtendAgent(a string) {
+	// new additions to the agent identifier go to the
+	// beginning of the string. It is meant to read like:
+	// foo (based on) bar (based on) baz, etc...
+	c.agent = fmt.Sprintf("%v %v", a, c.agent)
+}
+
+func (c *Client) sendOriginArgs(req *http.Request) {
+	if len(c.originArgs) != 0 {
+		req.Header.Set("X-Gluster-Origin-Args",
+			fmt.Sprintf("1:%#v", strings.Join(c.originArgs, " ")))
+	}
+}
+
+// SetOriginArgs provides a way for tools using this library to
+// inform the server what arguments were provided to generate
+// the api call(s). The contents of the array are meant only for
+// human interpretation but will generally be command line args.
+func (c *Client) SetOriginArgs(a []string) {
+	c.originArgs = a
+}