diff --git a/src/XrdHttp/XrdHttpProtocol.cc b/src/XrdHttp/XrdHttpProtocol.cc
index 17891c0222e..c0b3569f6c6 100644
--- a/src/XrdHttp/XrdHttpProtocol.cc
+++ b/src/XrdHttp/XrdHttpProtocol.cc
@@ -1521,6 +1521,8 @@ int XrdHttpProtocol::StartSimpleResp(int code, const char *desc, const char *hea
   else
     ss << "Connection: Close" << crlf;
 
+  ss << "Server: XrootD/" << XrdVSTRING << crlf;
+  
   if ((bodylen >= 0) && (code != 100))
     ss << "Content-Length: " << bodylen << crlf;