diff --git a/certbot/cli.py b/certbot/cli.py
index eaafce762..7135f7600 100644
--- a/certbot/cli.py
+++ b/certbot/cli.py
@@ -1145,6 +1145,11 @@ def _create_subparsers(helpful):
              '(default: {0}). The flags encoded in the user agent are: '
              '--duplicate, --force-renew, --allow-subset-of-names, -n, and '
              'whether any hooks are set.'.format(sample_user_agent()))
+    helpful.add(
+        None, "--user-agent-comment", default=None, type=_user_agent_comment_type,
+        help="Add a comment to the default user agent string. May be used when repackaging Certbot "
+             "or calling it from another tool to allow additional statistical data to be collected."
+             " Ignored if --user-agent is set. (Example: Foo-Wrapper/1.0)")
     helpful.add("certonly",
                 "--csr", type=read_file,
                 help="Path to a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) in DER or PEM format."
@@ -1360,6 +1365,10 @@ def parse_preferred_challenges(pref_challs):
             "Unrecognized challenges: {0}".format(unrecognized))
     return challs
 
+def _user_agent_comment_type(value):
+    if "(" in value or ")" in value:
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("may not contain parentheses")
+    return value
 
 class _DeployHookAction(argparse.Action):
     """Action class for parsing deploy hooks."""
diff --git a/certbot/client.py b/certbot/client.py
index 6010dd0a0..ed70fda71 100644
--- a/certbot/client.py
+++ b/certbot/client.py
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ def determine_user_agent(config):
     # policy, talk to a core Certbot team member before making any
     # changes here.
     if config.user_agent is None:
-        ua = ("CertbotACMEClient/{0} ({1}; {2}) Authenticator/{3} Installer/{4} "
+        ua = ("CertbotACMEClient/{0} ({1}; {2}{8}) Authenticator/{3} Installer/{4} "
               "({5}; flags: {6}) Py/{7}")
         ua = ua.format(certbot.__version__, cli.cli_command, util.get_os_info_ua(),
                        config.authenticator, config.installer, config.verb,
-                       ua_flags(config), platform.python_version())
+                       ua_flags(config), platform.python_version(),
+                       "; " + config.user_agent_comment if config.user_agent_comment else "")
     else:
         ua = config.user_agent
     return ua