diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
index 94eaffa47..eaea8844d 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
@@ -428,6 +428,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
/// The application user agent.
public string ApplicationUserAgent => Name.Replace(' ','-') + "/" + ApplicationVersion;
+ ///
+ /// Gets the email address for use within a comment section of a user agent field.
+ /// Presently used to provide contact information to MusicBrainz service.
+ ///
+ public string ApplicationUserAgentAddress { get; } = "team@jellyfin.org";
+
private string _productName;
///
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/IApplicationHost.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/IApplicationHost.cs
index 966448d63..2925a3efd 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/IApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/IApplicationHost.cs
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common
/// The application user agent.
string ApplicationUserAgent { get; }
+ ///
+ /// Gets the email address for use within a comment section of a user agent field.
+ /// Presently used to provide contact information to MusicBrainz service.
+ ///
+ string ApplicationUserAgentAddress { get; }
+
///
/// Gets the exports.
///
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Music/MusicBrainzAlbumProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Music/MusicBrainzAlbumProvider.cs
index a1366e0fd..b716f40f0 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Music/MusicBrainzAlbumProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Music/MusicBrainzAlbumProvider.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
@@ -735,7 +734,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Music
{
Url = MusicBrainzBaseUrl.TrimEnd('/') + url,
CancellationToken = cancellationToken,
- UserAgent = _appHost.ApplicationUserAgent,
+ // MusicBrainz request a contact email address is supplied, as comment, in user agent field:
+ // https://musicbrainz.org/doc/XML_Web_Service/Rate_Limiting#User-Agent
+ UserAgent = string.Format("{0} ( {1} )", _appHost.ApplicationUserAgent, _appHost.ApplicationUserAgentAddress),
BufferContent = false
};