diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/adapters/base.js b/ghost/admin/app/adapters/base.js
index c5d42c0ce9..7c8395eec7 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/adapters/base.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/adapters/base.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Ember from 'ember';
 import RESTAdapter from 'ember-data/adapters/rest';
 import ghostPaths from 'ghost/utils/ghost-paths';
 import DataAdapterMixin from 'ember-simple-auth/mixins/data-adapter-mixin';
+import config from 'ghost/config/environment';
 
 const {
     inject: {service}
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ export default RESTAdapter.extend(DataAdapterMixin, {
 
     session: service(),
 
+    headers: {
+        'X-Ghost-Version': config.APP.version
+    },
+
     shouldBackgroundReloadRecord() {
         return false;
     },
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/services/ajax.js b/ghost/admin/app/services/ajax.js
index c8558bf14f..9db200abe2 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/services/ajax.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/services/ajax.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 import AjaxService from 'ember-ajax/services/ajax';
 import {AjaxError} from 'ember-ajax/errors';
+import config from 'ghost/config/environment';
 
 const {inject, computed} = Ember;
 
@@ -24,18 +25,17 @@ export default AjaxService.extend({
 
     headers: computed('session.isAuthenticated', function () {
         let session = this.get('session');
+        let headers = {};
+
+        headers['X-Ghost-Version'] = config.APP.version;
 
         if (session.get('isAuthenticated')) {
-            let headers = {};
-
             session.authorize('authorizer:oauth2', (headerName, headerValue) => {
                 headers[headerName] = headerValue;
             });
-
-            return headers;
-        } else {
-            return [];
         }
+
+        return headers;
     }),
 
     handleResponse(status, headers, payload) {
diff --git a/ghost/admin/config/environment.js b/ghost/admin/config/environment.js
index 3889a71ff3..091cca129f 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/config/environment.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/config/environment.js
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ module.exports = function (environment) {
         },
 
         APP: {
-              // Here you can pass flags/options to your application instance
-              // when it is created
+            // Here you can pass flags/options to your application instance
+            // when it is created
+
+            // override the default version string which contains git info from
+            // https://github.com/cibernox/git-repo-version. Only include the
+            // `major.minor` version numbers
+            version: require('../package.json').version.replace(/\.\d+$/, '')
         },
 
         'ember-simple-auth': {
diff --git a/ghost/admin/package.json b/ghost/admin/package.json
index 68f78fdb58..0bdc04cc2b 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/package.json
+++ b/ghost/admin/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ghost",
-  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Small description for ghost goes here",
   "private": true,
   "directories": {
diff --git a/ghost/admin/tests/integration/services/ajax-test.js b/ghost/admin/tests/integration/services/ajax-test.js
index 23e45488df..7dc4480062 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/tests/integration/services/ajax-test.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/tests/integration/services/ajax-test.js
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import {
 import Pretender from 'pretender';
 import {AjaxError, UnauthorizedError} from 'ember-ajax/errors';
 import {RequestEntityTooLargeError, UnsupportedMediaTypeError} from 'ghost/services/ajax';
+import config from 'ghost/config/environment';
 
-function stubAjaxEndpoint(server, response = {}, code = 500) {
+function stubAjaxEndpoint(server, response = {}, code = 200) {
     server.get('/test/', function () {
         return [
             code,
@@ -34,9 +35,22 @@ describeModule(
             server.shutdown();
         });
 
+        it('adds Ghost version header to requests', function (done) {
+            let {version} = config.APP;
+            let ajax = this.subject();
+
+            stubAjaxEndpoint(server, {});
+
+            ajax.request('/test/').then(() => {
+                let [request] = server.handledRequests;
+                expect(request.requestHeaders['X-Ghost-Version']).to.equal(version);
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+
         it('correctly parses single message response text', function (done) {
             let error = {message: 'Test Error'};
-            stubAjaxEndpoint(server, error);
+            stubAjaxEndpoint(server, error, 500);
 
             let ajax = this.subject();
 
@@ -50,7 +64,7 @@ describeModule(
 
         it('correctly parses single error response text', function (done) {
             let error = {error: 'Test Error'};
-            stubAjaxEndpoint(server, error);
+            stubAjaxEndpoint(server, error, 500);
 
             let ajax = this.subject();
 
@@ -64,7 +78,7 @@ describeModule(
 
         it('correctly parses multiple error messages', function (done) {
             let error = {errors: ['First Error', 'Second Error']};
-            stubAjaxEndpoint(server, error);
+            stubAjaxEndpoint(server, error, 500);
 
             let ajax = this.subject();
 
@@ -77,7 +91,7 @@ describeModule(
         });
 
         it('returns default error object for non built-in error', function (done) {
-            stubAjaxEndpoint(server, {});
+            stubAjaxEndpoint(server, {}, 500);
 
             let ajax = this.subject();
 
diff --git a/ghost/admin/tests/integration/services/store-test.js b/ghost/admin/tests/integration/services/store-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4dcdc2b4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/admin/tests/integration/services/store-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import {
+    describeModule,
+    it
+} from 'ember-mocha';
+import Pretender from 'pretender';
+import config from 'ghost/config/environment';
+
+describeModule(
+    'service:store',
+    'Integration: Service: store',
+    {
+        integration: true
+    },
+    function () {
+        let server;
+
+        beforeEach(function () {
+            server = new Pretender();
+        });
+
+        afterEach(function () {
+            server.shutdown();
+        });
+
+        it('adds Ghost version header to requests', function (done) {
+            let {version} = config.APP;
+            let store = this.subject();
+
+            server.get('/ghost/api/v0.1/posts/1/', function () {
+                return [
+                    404,
+                    {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
+                    JSON.stringify({})
+                ];
+            });
+
+            store.find('post', 1).catch(() => {
+                let [request] = server.handledRequests;
+                console.log(request);
+                expect(request.requestHeaders['X-Ghost-Version']).to.equal(version);
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+    }
+);