diff --git a/google-beta/config.go b/google-beta/config.go
index 0bae12b25e..d0de09213e 100644
--- a/google-beta/config.go
+++ b/google-beta/config.go
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	BatchingConfig      *batchingConfig
 	UserProjectOverride bool
 
-	client    *http.Client
-	userAgent string
+	client           *http.Client
+	terraformVersion string
+	userAgent        string
 
 	tokenSource oauth2.TokenSource
 
@@ -263,10 +264,9 @@ func (c *Config) LoadAndValidate() error {
 	// timeout for the maximum amount of time a logical request can take.
 	client.Timeout, _ = time.ParseDuration("30s")
 
-	terraformVersion := httpclient.UserAgentString()
+	tfUserAgent := httpclient.TerraformUserAgent(c.terraformVersion)
 	providerVersion := fmt.Sprintf("terraform-provider-google-beta/%s", version.ProviderVersion)
-	terraformWebsite := "(+https://www.terraform.io)"
-	userAgent := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", terraformVersion, terraformWebsite, providerVersion)
+	userAgent := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", tfUserAgent, providerVersion)
 
 	c.client = client
 	c.userAgent = userAgent
diff --git a/google-beta/provider.go b/google-beta/provider.go
index fa47ab2cd9..31ace38796 100644
--- a/google-beta/provider.go
+++ b/google-beta/provider.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var mutexKV = mutexkv.NewMutexKV()
 
 // Provider returns a terraform.ResourceProvider.
 func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
-	return &schema.Provider{
+	provider := &schema.Provider{
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"credentials": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
@@ -434,9 +434,19 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 		},
 
 		ResourcesMap: ResourceMap(),
+	}
 
-		ConfigureFunc: providerConfigure,
+	provider.ConfigureFunc = func(d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, error) {
+		terraformVersion := provider.TerraformVersion
+		if terraformVersion == "" {
+			// Terraform 0.12 introduced this field to the protocol
+			// We can therefore assume that if it's missing it's 0.10 or 0.11
+			terraformVersion = "0.11+compatible"
+		}
+		return providerConfigure(d, terraformVersion)
 	}
+
+	return provider
 }
 
 // Generated resources: 88
@@ -681,12 +691,13 @@ func ResourceMapWithErrors() (map[string]*schema.Resource, error) {
 	)
 }
 
-func providerConfigure(d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, error) {
+func providerConfigure(d *schema.ResourceData, terraformVersion string) (interface{}, error) {
 	config := Config{
 		Project:             d.Get("project").(string),
 		Region:              d.Get("region").(string),
 		Zone:                d.Get("zone").(string),
 		UserProjectOverride: d.Get("user_project_override").(bool),
+		terraformVersion:    terraformVersion,
 	}
 
 	// Add credential source