diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70a14131..003dc8b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [8.1.0](https://github.com/npm/registry-fetch/compare/v8.0.3...v8.1.0) (2020-05-20)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add npm-command HTTP header ([1bb4eb2](https://github.com/npm/registry-fetch/commit/1bb4eb2c66ee8a0dc62558bdcff1b548e2bb9820))
+
 ### [8.0.3](https://github.com/npm/registry-fetch/compare/v8.0.2...v8.0.3) (2020-05-13)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 499d4f98..e660940e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -398,6 +398,15 @@ If provided, will be sent in the `npm-session` header. This header is used by
 the npm registry to identify individual user sessions (usually individual
 invocations of the CLI).
 
+##### <a name="opts-npmCommand"></a> `opts.npmCommand`
+
+* Type: String
+* Default: null
+
+If provided, it will be sent in the `npm-command` header.  This yeader is
+used by the npm registry to identify the npm command that caused this
+request to be made.
+
 ##### <a name="opts-offline"></a> `opts.offline`
 
 * Type: Boolean
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 8e05f418..eb48ba6c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ function getHeaders (registry, uri, opts) {
     headers['npm-session'] = opts.npmSession
   }
 
+  if (opts.npmCommand) {
+    headers['npm-command'] = opts.npmCommand
+  }
+
   const auth = getAuth(registry, opts)
   // If a tarball is hosted on a different place than the manifest, only send
   // credentials on `alwaysAuth`
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bb9603ab..3f630b51 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "npm-registry-fetch",
-  "version": "8.0.3",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 14379de6..42170071 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "npm-registry-fetch",
-  "version": "8.0.3",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "description": "Fetch-based http client for use with npm registry APIs",
   "main": "index.js",
   "files": [
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 5ad69170..339efa19 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -494,10 +494,6 @@ test('npm-in-ci header with forced CI=false', t => {
     })
 })
 
-// TODO
-// * npm-session
-// * npm-scope
-// * user-agent
 test('miscellaneous headers', t => {
   tnock(t, OPTS.registry)
     .matchHeader('npm-session', session =>
@@ -508,6 +504,8 @@ test('miscellaneous headers', t => {
       t.strictSame(ua, ['agent of use'], 'UA set from options'))
     .matchHeader('npm-in-ci', ci =>
       t.strictSame(ci, ['false'], 'CI set from options'))
+    .matchHeader('npm-command', cmd =>
+      t.strictSame(cmd, ['hello-world'], 'command set from options'))
     .get('/hello')
     .reply(200, { hello: 'world' })
 
@@ -515,7 +513,8 @@ test('miscellaneous headers', t => {
     ...OPTS,
     npmSession: 'foobarbaz',
     projectScope: '@foo',
-    userAgent: 'agent of use'
+    userAgent: 'agent of use',
+    npmCommand: 'hello-world'
   }).then(res => {
     t.equal(res.status, 200, 'got successful response')
   })