diff --git a/src/img2pdf.py b/src/img2pdf.py
index b909840..bf2ce48 100755
--- a/src/img2pdf.py
+++ b/src/img2pdf.py
@@ -1396,8 +1396,8 @@ values set via the --border option.
         '--creator', metavar='creator', type=str,
         help='Sets the creator metadata value')
     metaargs.add_argument(
-        '--producer', metavar='producer', type=str,
-        help='Sets the producer metadata value')
+        '--producer', metavar='producer', type=str, default="img2pdf"
+        help='Sets the producer metadata value (default is: img2pdf)')
     metaargs.add_argument(
         '--creationdate', metavar='creationdate', type=valid_date,
         help='Sets the UTC creation date metadata value in YYYY-MM-DD or '