Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/wmsplugin/src/wmsplugin/WMSGrabber.java
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--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/wmsplugin/src/wmsplugin/WMSGrabber.java	(revision 20890)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/wmsplugin/src/wmsplugin/WMSGrabber.java	(revision 20891)
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.coor.LatLon;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.projection.Mercator;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.Version;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.MapView;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.io.CacheFiles;
@@ -186,4 +187,5 @@
         if(layer.cookies != null && !layer.cookies.equals(""))
             conn.setRequestProperty("Cookie", layer.cookies);
+        conn.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", Main.pref.get("wmsplugin.user_agent", Version.getInstance().getAgentString()));
         conn.setConnectTimeout(Main.pref.getInteger("wmsplugin.timeout.connect", 30) * 1000);
         conn.setReadTimeout(Main.pref.getInteger("wmsplugin.timeout.read", 30) * 1000);