diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/admin.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/admin.go
index 25685a3a..1126b9bf 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/admin.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/admin.go
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ type adminUpstreams struct{}
 
 // upstreamResults holds the status of a particular upstream
 type upstreamStatus struct {
-	Address     string `json:"address"`
+	ID          string `json:"id"`
+	Address     string `json:"address"` // Address is deprecated, should be removed in a future release.
 	Healthy     bool   `json:"healthy"`
 	NumRequests int    `json:"num_requests"`
 	Fails       int    `json:"fails"`
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ func (adminUpstreams) handleUpstreams(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) er
 	// Iterate over the upstream pool (needs to be fast)
 	var rangeErr error
 	hosts.Range(func(key, val interface{}) bool {
-		address, ok := key.(string)
+		id, ok := key.(string)
 		if !ok {
 			rangeErr = caddy.APIError{
 				HTTPStatus: http.StatusInternalServerError,
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ func (adminUpstreams) handleUpstreams(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) er
 		}
 
 		results = append(results, upstreamStatus{
-			Address:     address,
+			ID:          id,
+			Address:     id,
 			Healthy:     !upstream.Unhealthy(),
 			NumRequests: upstream.NumRequests(),
 			Fails:       upstream.Fails(),
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/hosts.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/hosts.go
index b9817d23..147d9a7b 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/hosts.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/hosts.go
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ type UpstreamPool []*Upstream
 type Upstream struct {
 	Host `json:"-"`
 
+	// The unique ID for this upstream, to disambiguate multiple
+	// upstreams with the same Dial address. This is optional,
+	// and only necessary if the upstream states need to be
+	// separate, such as having different health checking policies.
+	ID string `json:"id,omitempty"`
+
 	// The [network address](/docs/conventions#network-addresses)
 	// to dial to connect to the upstream. Must represent precisely
 	// one socket (i.e. no port ranges). A valid network address
@@ -98,6 +104,9 @@ type Upstream struct {
 }
 
 func (u Upstream) String() string {
+	if u.ID != "" {
+		return u.ID
+	}
 	if u.LookupSRV != "" {
 		return u.LookupSRV
 	}