diff --git a/watcher/decision_engine/model/collector/nova.py b/watcher/decision_engine/model/collector/nova.py
index 27b090697..750fb4266 100644
--- a/watcher/decision_engine/model/collector/nova.py
+++ b/watcher/decision_engine/model/collector/nova.py
@@ -344,7 +344,10 @@ class ModelBuilder(object):
         flavor = instance.flavor
         instance_attributes = {
             "uuid": instance.id,
+            # TODO(chenker) human_id is deprecated for removal. For the reason,
+            # please reference bug 1833665.
             "human_id": instance.human_id,
+            "name": instance.name,
             "memory": flavor["ram"],
             "disk": flavor["disk"],
             "disk_capacity": flavor["disk"],
diff --git a/watcher/decision_engine/model/notification/nova.py b/watcher/decision_engine/model/notification/nova.py
index bcd0a3522..dbf1ecce4 100644
--- a/watcher/decision_engine/model/notification/nova.py
+++ b/watcher/decision_engine/model/notification/nova.py
@@ -74,7 +74,12 @@ class NovaNotification(base.NotificationEndpoint):
         instance.update({
             'state': instance_data['state'],
             'hostname': instance_data['host_name'],
+            # TODO(chenker) human_id is deprecated for removal. For the reason,
+            # please reference bug 1833665.
             'human_id': instance_data['display_name'],
+            # this is the user-provided display name of the server which is not
+            # guaranteed to be unique nor is it immutable.
+            'name': instance_data['display_name'],
             'memory': memory_mb,
             'vcpus': num_cores,
             'disk': disk_gb,
diff --git a/watcher/tests/decision_engine/model/test_element.py b/watcher/tests/decision_engine/model/test_element.py
index 6f28ce861..7da704fdd 100644
--- a/watcher/tests/decision_engine/model/test_element.py
+++ b/watcher/tests/decision_engine/model/test_element.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class TestElement(base.TestCase):
                 'state': 'state',
                 'hostname': 'hostname',
                 'human_id': 'human_id',
+                'name': 'name',
                 'memory': 111,
                 'vcpus': 222,
                 'disk': 333,