diff --git a/.changeset/dull-bottles-learn.md b/.changeset/dull-bottles-learn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e279f9e0ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dull-bottles-learn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-gcp-projects': patch
+---
+
+Add a `x-google-api-client` header for calls towards Google Cloud Projects
diff --git a/plugins/gcp-projects/src/api/GcpClient.ts b/plugins/gcp-projects/src/api/GcpClient.ts
index 10dcb5a4c8..f9694f266e 100644
--- a/plugins/gcp-projects/src/api/GcpClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/gcp-projects/src/api/GcpClient.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import { GcpApi } from './GcpApi';
 import { Operation, Project } from './types';
 import { OAuthApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import packageinfo from '../../package.json';
 
 const BASE_URL =
   'https://content-cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v1/projects';
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export class GcpClient implements GcpApi {
       headers: {
         Accept: '*/*',
         Authorization: `Bearer ${await this.getToken()}`,
+        'X-Goog-Api-Client': `backstage/gcpprojects/${packageinfo.version}`,
       },
     });
 
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ export class GcpClient implements GcpApi {
     const response = await fetch(url, {
       headers: {
         Authorization: `Bearer ${await this.getToken()}`,
+        'X-Goog-Api-Client': `backstage/gcpprojects/${packageinfo.version}`,
       },
     });
 
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ export class GcpClient implements GcpApi {
       headers: {
         Accept: '*/*',
         Authorization: `Bearer ${await this.getToken()}`,
+        'X-Goog-Api-Client': `backstage/gcpprojects/${packageinfo.version}`,
       },
       body: JSON.stringify(newProject),
     });
diff --git a/plugins/gcp-projects/src/plugin.test.ts b/plugins/gcp-projects/src/plugin.test.ts
index 7b644d1400..da5f89cbb9 100644
--- a/plugins/gcp-projects/src/plugin.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/gcp-projects/src/plugin.test.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,37 @@
  */
 
 import { gcpProjectsPlugin } from './plugin';
+import { GcpClient } from './api';
+import { OAuthApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import packageinfo from '../package.json';
 
 describe('gcp-projects', () => {
+  let sut: GcpClient;
+  let googleAuthApi: OAuthApi;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    sut = new GcpClient(googleAuthApi);
+  });
+
   it('should export plugin', () => {
     expect(gcpProjectsPlugin).toBeDefined();
   });
+
+  it('spy headers with identifying metadata', async () => {
+    const response: any = {
+      headers: {
+        Accept: '*/*',
+        'X-Goog-Api-Client': `backstage/gcpprojects/${packageinfo.version}`,
+      },
+    };
+    jest.spyOn(sut, 'listProjects').mockImplementation((): any => {
+      return response;
+    });
+
+    expect(response).toStrictEqual({
+      headers: {
+        Accept: '*/*',
+        'X-Goog-Api-Client': `backstage/gcpprojects/${packageinfo.version}`,
+      },
+    });
+  });
 });