diff --git a/pymongo_vectorsearch_utils/__init__.py b/pymongo_vectorsearch_utils/__init__.py
index 3027f7c..4c0c219 100644
--- a/pymongo_vectorsearch_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/pymongo_vectorsearch_utils/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     text_search_stage,
     vector_search_stage,
 )
+from .util import append_client_metadata
 
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",
@@ -26,4 +27,5 @@
     "reciprocal_rank_stage",
     "final_hybrid_stage",
     "bulk_embed_and_insert_texts",
+    "append_client_metadata",
 ]
diff --git a/pymongo_vectorsearch_utils/util.py b/pymongo_vectorsearch_utils/util.py
index e1c32a4..4865873 100644
--- a/pymongo_vectorsearch_utils/util.py
+++ b/pymongo_vectorsearch_utils/util.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import logging
 from typing import Any
 
+from pymongo import AsyncMongoClient, MongoClient
+from pymongo.driver_info import DriverInfo
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
 
 
@@ -42,3 +45,9 @@ def oid_to_str(oid: Any) -> str:
         24 character hex string.
     """
     return str(oid)
+
+
+def append_client_metadata(client: MongoClient | AsyncMongoClient, driver_info: DriverInfo) -> None:
+    # append_metadata was added in PyMongo 4.14.0, but is a valid database name on earlier versions
+    if callable(client.append_metadata):
+        client.append_metadata(driver_info)