diff --git a/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h b/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h
index 671c8ba4d60332cef309189b526e87a5e12c9703..e0ce31f9aa8b3529c792b69345568290881a935b 100644
--- a/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h
+++ b/include/transport/networkpluginserver.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class NetworkPluginServer {
 			bool acceptUsers;
 			bool longRun;
 			bool willDie;
+			std::string id;
 		};
 
 		NetworkPluginServer(Component *component, Config *config, UserManager *userManager, FileTransferManager *ftManager);
diff --git a/include/transport/protocol.proto b/include/transport/protocol.proto
index 9a296392cb37f84a6c726e56ee8d3fa378534564..8f3ac42c98a3909e6c95ba234aa22a68835e6ef5 100644
--- a/include/transport/protocol.proto
+++ b/include/transport/protocol.proto
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ message Stats {
 	required int32 res = 1;
 	required int32 init_res = 2;
 	required int32 shared = 3;
+	required string id = 4;
 }
 
 message File {
diff --git a/plugin/cpp/networkplugin.cpp b/plugin/cpp/networkplugin.cpp
index c17adb7fb3d2983afe01b952ac81a46b9b4f3aeb..4c26515af81b5c16d8a68470e6d877ce603a1620 100644
--- a/plugin/cpp/networkplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugin/cpp/networkplugin.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ namespace Transport {
 	wrap.set_payload(MESSAGE); \
 	wrap.SerializeToString(&MESSAGE);
 
+template <class T> std::string stringOf(T object) {
+	std::ostringstream os;
+	os << object;
+	return (os.str());
+}
+
 NetworkPlugin::NetworkPlugin() {
 	m_pingReceived = false;
 
@@ -603,6 +609,8 @@ void NetworkPlugin::sendMemoryUsage() {
 	std::string message;
 	stats.SerializeToString(&message);
 
+	stats.set_id(stringOf(getpid()));
+
 	WRAP(message, pbnetwork::WrapperMessage_Type_TYPE_STATS);
 
 	send(message);
diff --git a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
index 5beba0027532518518ecf69828eb3aeb20e2a81f..f3f891f07f8b6e5b18ddbcbc8c63d07322b19bcc 100644
--- a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
+++ b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::handleStatsPayload(Backend *c, const std::string &data
 	c->res = payload.res();
 	c->init_res = payload.init_res();
 	c->shared = payload.shared();
+	c->id = payload.id();
 }
 
 void NetworkPluginServer::handleFTStartPayload(const std::string &data) {