diff --git a/servers/lloadd/backend.c b/servers/lloadd/backend.c
index f9fed313a5..d180d246b9 100644
--- a/servers/lloadd/backend.c
+++ b/servers/lloadd/backend.c
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ lload_backend_destroy( LloadBackend *b )
 
     ch_free( b->b_host );
     ch_free( b->b_uri.bv_val );
+    ch_free( b->b_name.bv_val );
     ch_free( b );
 }
 
diff --git a/servers/lloadd/config.c b/servers/lloadd/config.c
index 238f95aff3..25a3ef12f0 100644
--- a/servers/lloadd/config.c
+++ b/servers/lloadd/config.c
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ config_bindconf( ConfigArgs *c )
 
         lload_bindconf_unparse( &bindconf, &bv );
 
-        for ( i = 0; isspace((unsigned char)bv.bv_val[i]); i++ )
+        for ( i = 0; isspace( (unsigned char)bv.bv_val[i] ); i++ )
             /* count spaces */;
 
         if ( i ) {
@@ -3563,6 +3563,11 @@ static int
 lload_backend_ldadd( CfEntryInfo *p, Entry *e, ConfigArgs *ca )
 {
     LloadBackend *b;
+    Attribute *a;
+    AttributeDescription *ad = NULL;
+    struct berval bv, type, rdn;
+    const char *text;
+    char *name;
 
     Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE, "lload_backend_ldadd: "
             "a new backend-server is being added\n" );
@@ -3571,7 +3576,26 @@ lload_backend_ldadd( CfEntryInfo *p, Entry *e, ConfigArgs *ca )
             p->ce_bi->bi_cf_ocs != lloadocs )
         return LDAP_CONSTRAINT_VIOLATION;
 
+    dnRdn( &e->e_name, &rdn );
+    type.bv_len = strchr( rdn.bv_val, '=' ) - rdn.bv_val;
+    type.bv_val = rdn.bv_val;
+
+    /* Find attr */
+    slap_bv2ad( &type, &ad, &text );
+    if ( ad != slap_schema.si_ad_cn ) return LDAP_NAMING_VIOLATION;
+
+    a = attr_find( e->e_attrs, ad );
+    if ( !a || a->a_numvals != 1 ) return LDAP_NAMING_VIOLATION;
+    bv = a->a_vals[0];
+
+    if ( bv.bv_val[0] == '{' && ( name = strchr( bv.bv_val, '}' ) ) ) {
+        name++;
+        bv.bv_len -= name - bv.bv_val;
+        bv.bv_val = name;
+    }
+
     b = backend_alloc();
+    ber_dupbv( &b->b_name, &bv );
 
     ca->bi = p->ce_bi;
     ca->ca_private = b;
@@ -3611,9 +3635,14 @@ lload_cfadd( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs, Entry *p, ConfigArgs *c )
 
     bv.bv_val = c->cr_msg;
     LDAP_CIRCLEQ_FOREACH ( b, &backend, b_next ) {
+        char buf[STRLENOF( "server 4294967295" ) + 1] = { 0 };
+
         bv.bv_len = snprintf( c->cr_msg, sizeof(c->cr_msg),
                 "cn=" SLAP_X_ORDERED_FMT "server %d", i, i + 1 );
 
+        snprintf( buf, sizeof(buf), "server %d", i + 1 );
+        ber_str2bv( buf, 0, 1, &b->b_name );
+
         c->ca_private = b;
         c->valx = i;
 
diff --git a/servers/lloadd/lload.h b/servers/lloadd/lload.h
index 85f2acbc9d..80156ccef4 100644
--- a/servers/lloadd/lload.h
+++ b/servers/lloadd/lload.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ typedef struct lload_global_stats_t {
 struct LloadBackend {
     ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_t b_mutex;
 
-    struct berval b_uri;
+    struct berval b_name, b_uri;
     int b_proto, b_port;
     enum lload_tls_type b_tls;
     char *b_host;
diff --git a/servers/lloadd/monitor.c b/servers/lloadd/monitor.c
index 55bc207915..8efe3d7b48 100644
--- a/servers/lloadd/monitor.c
+++ b/servers/lloadd/monitor.c
@@ -687,9 +687,6 @@ done:
     return rc;
 }
 
-static struct monitor_subsys_t *servers_subsys;
-/* Not sure if this has to be a subsystem at all, perhaps just entries? */
-
 static int
 lload_monitor_server_update(
         Operation *op,
@@ -816,7 +813,6 @@ lload_monitor_backends_init( BackendDB *be, monitor_subsys_t *ms )
 {
     monitor_extra_t *mbe;
     Entry *e;
-    unsigned int i = 1, j = 0;
     int rc;
     LloadBackend *b;
 
@@ -847,22 +843,15 @@ lload_monitor_backends_init( BackendDB *be, monitor_subsys_t *ms )
     }
 
     LDAP_CIRCLEQ_FOREACH ( b, &backend, b_next ) {
-        j++;
-    }
+        monitor_subsys_t *bk_mss = ch_calloc( 1, sizeof(monitor_subsys_t) );
 
-    servers_subsys = ch_calloc( j, sizeof(monitor_subsys_t) );
-    LDAP_CIRCLEQ_FOREACH ( b, &backend, b_next ) {
-        monitor_subsys_t *bk_mss;
-        struct berval bv;
+        bk_mss->mss_rdn.bv_len = sizeof("cn=") + b->b_name.bv_len;
+        bk_mss->mss_rdn.bv_val = ch_malloc( bk_mss->mss_rdn.bv_len );
+        bk_mss->mss_rdn.bv_len = snprintf( bk_mss->mss_rdn.bv_val,
+                bk_mss->mss_rdn.bv_len, "cn=%s", b->b_name.bv_val );
 
-        bv.bv_len = sizeof( "cn=Server 4294967295" );
-        bv.bv_val = ch_malloc( bv.bv_len );
-        bv.bv_len = snprintf( bv.bv_val, bv.bv_len, "cn=Server %u", i );
-
-        bk_mss = &servers_subsys[i - 1];
-        bk_mss->mss_name = bv.bv_val;
         ber_str2bv( LLOAD_MONITOR_BACKENDS_DN, 0, 0, &bk_mss->mss_dn );
-        ber_dupbv( &bk_mss->mss_rdn, &bv );
+        bk_mss->mss_name = b->b_name.bv_val;
         bk_mss->mss_flags = MONITOR_F_VOLATILE_CH;
         bk_mss->mss_open = lload_monitor_backend_open;
         bk_mss->mss_create = lload_monitor_up_conn_create;
@@ -876,7 +865,6 @@ lload_monitor_backends_init( BackendDB *be, monitor_subsys_t *ms )
                     bk_mss->mss_name );
             return -1;
         }
-        i++;
     }
 done:
     entry_free( e );