diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-translate/google/cloud/translate/__init__.py b/packages/google-cloud-translate/google/cloud/translate/__init__.py
index efcb64eff8fe..c1cd5dd440f4 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-translate/google/cloud/translate/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-translate/google/cloud/translate/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 
 """Google Cloud Translation API wrapper."""
 
+
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+__version__ = get_distribution('google-cloud-translate').version
+
 from google.cloud.translate.client import BASE
 from google.cloud.translate.client import Client
 from google.cloud.translate.client import NMT
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-translate/google/cloud/translate/_http.py b/packages/google-cloud-translate/google/cloud/translate/_http.py
index 25be55217e32..0c404f2a4a3b 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-translate/google/cloud/translate/_http.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-translate/google/cloud/translate/_http.py
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 from google.cloud import _http
 
+from google.cloud.translate import __version__
+
+
+_CLIENT_INFO = _http.CLIENT_INFO_TEMPLATE.format(__version__)
+
 
 class Connection(_http.JSONConnection):
     """A connection to Google Cloud Translation API via the JSON REST API.
@@ -32,3 +37,7 @@ class Connection(_http.JSONConnection):
 
     API_URL_TEMPLATE = '{api_base_url}/language/translate/{api_version}{path}'
     """A template for the URL of a particular API call."""
+
+    _EXTRA_HEADERS = {
+        _http.CLIENT_INFO_HEADER: _CLIENT_INFO,
+    }
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-translate/unit_tests/test__http.py b/packages/google-cloud-translate/unit_tests/test__http.py
index 031fc2f0a3bb..1d7f7b4c6c18 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-translate/unit_tests/test__http.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-translate/unit_tests/test__http.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 import unittest
 
+import mock
+
 
 class TestConnection(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -52,3 +54,33 @@ def test_build_api_url_w_extra_query_params(self):
         self.assertEqual(path, expected_path)
         params = parse_qsl(qs)
         self.assertEqual(params, query_params)
+
+    def test_extra_headers(self):
+        from google.cloud import _http as base_http
+        from google.cloud.translate import _http as MUT
+
+        http = mock.Mock(spec=['request'])
+        response = mock.Mock(status=200, spec=['status'])
+        data = b'brent-spiner'
+        http.request.return_value = response, data
+        client = mock.Mock(_http=http, spec=['_http'])
+
+        conn = self._make_one(client)
+        req_data = 'req-data-boring'
+        result = conn.api_request(
+            'GET', '/rainbow', data=req_data, expect_json=False)
+        self.assertEqual(result, data)
+
+        expected_headers = {
+            'Content-Length': str(len(req_data)),
+            'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip',
+            base_http.CLIENT_INFO_HEADER: MUT._CLIENT_INFO,
+            'User-Agent': conn.USER_AGENT,
+        }
+        expected_uri = conn.build_api_url('/rainbow')
+        http.request.assert_called_once_with(
+            body=req_data,
+            headers=expected_headers,
+            method='GET',
+            uri=expected_uri,
+        )