diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/5927-set-user-agent-dnsimple.yml b/changelogs/fragments/5927-set-user-agent-dnsimple.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1082b414818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5927-set-user-agent-dnsimple.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "dnsimple - set custom User-Agent for API requests to DNSimple (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5927)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/dnsimple.py b/plugins/modules/dnsimple.py
index e96c22613f2..ddd3ba0babf 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/dnsimple.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/dnsimple.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def __init__(self, account_email, account_api_token, sandbox, module):
     def dnsimple_client(self):
         """creates a dnsimple client object"""
         if self.account_email and self.account_api_token:
-            client = Client(sandbox=self.sandbox, email=self.account_email, access_token=self.account_api_token)
+            client = Client(sandbox=self.sandbox, email=self.account_email, access_token=self.account_api_token, user_agent="ansible/community.general")
         else:
             msg = "Option account_email or account_api_token not provided. " \
                   "Dnsimple authentiction with a .dnsimple config file is not " \