diff --git a/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-proto/src/platform/node/OTLPLogExporter.ts b/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-proto/src/platform/node/OTLPLogExporter.ts
index a8cdfc4c969..caec7352fff 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-proto/src/platform/node/OTLPLogExporter.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-proto/src/platform/node/OTLPLogExporter.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ import {
 } from '@opentelemetry/otlp-transformer';
 
 import { ReadableLogRecord, LogRecordExporter } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-logs';
+import { VERSION } from '../../version';
+
+const USER_AGENT = {
+  'User-Agent': `OTel-OTLP-Exporter-JavaScript/${VERSION}`,
+};
 
 const DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_RESOURCE_PATH = 'v1/logs';
 const DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL = `http://localhost:4318/${DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_RESOURCE_PATH}`;
@@ -46,13 +51,14 @@ export class OTLPLogExporter
 {
   constructor(config: OTLPExporterConfigBase = {}) {
     super(config);
-    this.headers = Object.assign(
-      this.headers,
-      baggageUtils.parseKeyPairsIntoRecord(
+    this.headers = {
+      ...this.headers,
+      ...USER_AGENT,
+      ...baggageUtils.parseKeyPairsIntoRecord(
         getEnv().OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_HEADERS
       ),
-      config.headers
-    );
+      ...config.headers,
+    };
   }
   convert(logs: ReadableLogRecord[]): IExportLogsServiceRequest {
     return createExportLogsServiceRequest(logs);
diff --git a/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-proto/test/node/OTLPLogExporter.test.ts b/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-proto/test/node/OTLPLogExporter.test.ts
index ab918c992b6..9778c950464 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-proto/test/node/OTLPLogExporter.test.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/exporter-logs-otlp-proto/test/node/OTLPLogExporter.test.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
 } from '@opentelemetry/otlp-proto-exporter-base';
 import { IExportLogsServiceRequest } from '@opentelemetry/otlp-transformer';
 import { ReadableLogRecord } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-logs';
+import { VERSION } from '../../src/version';
 
 let fakeRequest: PassThrough;
 
@@ -137,6 +138,13 @@ describe('OTLPLogExporter - node with proto over http', () => {
       );
       envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT = '';
     });
+    it('should include user-agent header by default', () => {
+      const exporter = new OTLPLogExporter();
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        exporter.headers['User-Agent'],
+        `OTel-OTLP-Exporter-JavaScript/${VERSION}`
+      );
+    });
     it('should use headers defined via env', () => {
       envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_HEADERS = 'foo=bar';
       const collectorExporter = new OTLPLogExporter();