diff --git a/beetsplug/missing.py b/beetsplug/missing.py
index cbdda4599..2f883ee27 100644
--- a/beetsplug/missing.py
+++ b/beetsplug/missing.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from collections.abc import Iterator
 import musicbrainzngs
 from musicbrainzngs.musicbrainz import MusicBrainzError
 
-from beets import config, metadata_plugins
+from beets import __version__, config, metadata_plugins
 from beets.dbcore import types
 from beets.library import Album, Item, Library
 from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ from beets.ui import Subcommand, print_
 
 MB_ARTIST_QUERY = r"mb_albumartistid::^\w{8}-\w{4}-\w{4}-\w{4}-\w{12}$"
 
+musicbrainzngs.set_useragent("beets", __version__, "https://beets.io/")
+
 
 def _missing_count(album):
     """Return number of missing items in `album`."""
diff --git a/test/plugins/test_missing.py b/test/plugins/test_missing.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..841d5c358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/plugins/test_missing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import uuid
+
+import pytest
+
+from beets.library import Album
+from beets.test.helper import PluginMixin, TestHelper
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def helper():
+    helper = TestHelper()
+    helper.setup_beets()
+
+    yield helper
+
+    helper.teardown_beets()
+
+
+class TestMissingAlbums(PluginMixin):
+    plugin = "missing"
+    album_in_lib = Album(
+        album="Album",
+        albumartist="Artist",
+        mb_albumartistid=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+        mb_albumid="album",
+    )
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "release_from_mb,expected_output",
+        [
+            pytest.param(
+                {"id": "other", "title": "Other Album"},
+                "Artist - Other Album\n",
+                id="missing",
+            ),
+            pytest.param(
+                {"id": album_in_lib.mb_albumid, "title": album_in_lib.album},
+                "",
+                marks=pytest.mark.xfail(
+                    reason="album in lib should not be reported as missing. Needs fixing."
+                ),
+                id="not missing",
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_missing_artist_albums(
+        self, monkeypatch, helper, release_from_mb, expected_output
+    ):
+        helper.lib.add(self.album_in_lib)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "musicbrainzngs.browse_release_groups",
+            lambda **__: {"release-group-list": [release_from_mb]},
+        )
+
+        with self.configure_plugin({}):
+            assert (
+                helper.run_with_output("missing", "--album") == expected_output
+            )