diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c
index ad182d1f69f9f1bc59404c77d2884db77ada52d3..224dd39d9b5d22b1e2c8f06fcddfe577f544207b 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ void grpc_channel_stack_init(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, int initial_refs,
                              const grpc_channel_filter **filters,
                              size_t filter_count,
                              const grpc_channel_args *channel_args,
+                             grpc_transport *optional_transport,
                              const char *name, grpc_channel_stack *stack) {
   size_t call_size =
       ROUND_UP_TO_ALIGNMENT_SIZE(sizeof(grpc_call_stack)) +
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ void grpc_channel_stack_init(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, int initial_refs,
   for (i = 0; i < filter_count; i++) {
     args.channel_stack = stack;
     args.channel_args = channel_args;
+    args.optional_transport = optional_transport;
     args.is_first = i == 0;
     args.is_last = i == (filter_count - 1);
     elems[i].filter = filters[i];
diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h
index 36c17cb467fcdf0a1aae09791494c66c5bb2c556..88fbe7a968d4cb512c22d073069fe1a5bcd0b08c 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ typedef struct grpc_call_stack grpc_call_stack;
 typedef struct {
   grpc_channel_stack *channel_stack;
   const grpc_channel_args *channel_args;
+  /** Transport, iff it is known */
+  grpc_transport *optional_transport;
   int is_first;
   int is_last;
 } grpc_channel_element_args;
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ void grpc_channel_stack_init(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, int initial_refs,
                              grpc_iomgr_cb_func destroy, void *destroy_arg,
                              const grpc_channel_filter **filters,
                              size_t filter_count, const grpc_channel_args *args,
+                             grpc_transport *optional_transport,
                              const char *name, grpc_channel_stack *stack);
 /* Destroy a channel stack */
 void grpc_channel_stack_destroy(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c
index a8646c956577347772f0871ddc1841824fa57391..eda4968f486cc6a7682daf1d2eaacb928f8bdd6f 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.c
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ void *grpc_channel_stack_builder_finish(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
   // and initialize it
   grpc_channel_stack_init(exec_ctx, initial_refs, destroy,
                           destroy_arg == NULL ? result : destroy_arg, filters,
-                          num_filters, builder->args, builder->name,
-                          channel_stack);
+                          num_filters, builder->args, builder->transport,
+                          builder->name, channel_stack);
 
   // run post-initialization functions
   i = 0;
diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/http_client_filter.c b/src/core/lib/channel/http_client_filter.c
index 516e708d1f039509ffe5d26acbbb9c154c7e61d4..55e87cd67c7b8e9509a6849e86953693d4920755 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/http_client_filter.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/http_client_filter.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "src/core/lib/profiling/timers.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/support/string.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/transport/static_metadata.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/transport/transport_impl.h"
 
 typedef struct call_data {
   grpc_linked_mdelem method;
@@ -179,7 +180,8 @@ static grpc_mdelem *scheme_from_args(const grpc_channel_args *args) {
   return GRPC_MDELEM_SCHEME_HTTP;
 }
 
-static grpc_mdstr *user_agent_from_args(const grpc_channel_args *args) {
+static grpc_mdstr *user_agent_from_args(const grpc_channel_args *args,
+                                        const char *transport_name) {
   gpr_strvec v;
   size_t i;
   int is_first = 1;
@@ -201,8 +203,8 @@ static grpc_mdstr *user_agent_from_args(const grpc_channel_args *args) {
     }
   }
 
-  gpr_asprintf(&tmp, "%sgrpc-c/%s (%s)", is_first ? "" : " ",
-               grpc_version_string(), GPR_PLATFORM_STRING);
+  gpr_asprintf(&tmp, "%sgrpc-c/%s (%s; %s)", is_first ? "" : " ",
+               grpc_version_string(), GPR_PLATFORM_STRING, transport_name);
   is_first = 0;
   gpr_strvec_add(&v, tmp);
 
@@ -233,9 +235,12 @@ static void init_channel_elem(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                               grpc_channel_element_args *args) {
   channel_data *chand = elem->channel_data;
   GPR_ASSERT(!args->is_last);
+  GPR_ASSERT(args->optional_transport != NULL);
   chand->static_scheme = scheme_from_args(args->channel_args);
   chand->user_agent = grpc_mdelem_from_metadata_strings(
-      GRPC_MDSTR_USER_AGENT, user_agent_from_args(args->channel_args));
+      GRPC_MDSTR_USER_AGENT,
+      user_agent_from_args(args->channel_args,
+                           args->optional_transport->vtable->name));
 }
 
 /* Destructor for channel data */
diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/http_client_filter.h b/src/core/lib/channel/http_client_filter.h
index a884b36318a8feda91ae7b7b20df1760a5eb1d5c..47081175ea9c10c48873b0772d634266782f3f57 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/http_client_filter.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/http_client_filter.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /*
- *
  * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@
 /* Processes metadata on the client side for HTTP2 transports */
 extern const grpc_channel_filter grpc_http_client_filter;
 
+/* Channel arg to override the http2 :scheme header */
 #define GRPC_ARG_HTTP2_SCHEME "grpc.http2_scheme"
 
 #endif /* GRPC_CORE_LIB_CHANNEL_HTTP_CLIENT_FILTER_H */
diff --git a/test/core/channel/channel_stack_test.c b/test/core/channel/channel_stack_test.c
index 1a5594bde86a87934f6295a0f6f14b3b32267ad4..2d7737a3b049129fb37a7c272583554f3891b62b 100644
--- a/test/core/channel/channel_stack_test.c
+++ b/test/core/channel/channel_stack_test.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static void test_create_channel_stack(void) {
 
   channel_stack = gpr_malloc(grpc_channel_stack_size(&filters, 1));
   grpc_channel_stack_init(&exec_ctx, 1, free_channel, channel_stack, &filters,
-                          1, &chan_args, "test", channel_stack);
+                          1, &chan_args, NULL, "test", channel_stack);
   GPR_ASSERT(channel_stack->count == 1);
   channel_elem = grpc_channel_stack_element(channel_stack, 0);
   channel_data = (int *)channel_elem->channel_data;