diff --git a/include/haproxy/activity-t.h b/include/haproxy/activity-t.h
index 0f5210f69..24e9f79ac 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/activity-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/activity-t.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ struct memprof_stats {
 	unsigned long long free_calls;
 	unsigned long long alloc_tot;
 	unsigned long long free_tot;
+	void *info; // for pools, ptr to the pool
+	void *pad;  // pad to 64
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/activity.c b/src/activity.c
index ee5577102..41beb4d81 100644
--- a/src/activity.c
+++ b/src/activity.c
@@ -726,6 +726,12 @@ static int cli_io_handler_show_profiling(struct appctx *appctx)
 			chunk_appendf(&trash," [delta=%lld]", (long long)(entry->alloc_tot - entry->free_tot));
 		}
 
+		if (entry->info) {
+			/* that's a pool name */
+			const struct pool_head *pool = entry->info;
+			chunk_appendf(&trash," [pool=%s]", pool->name);
+		}
+
 		chunk_appendf(&trash, "\n");
 
 		if (applet_putchk(appctx, &trash) == -1)
diff --git a/src/pool.c b/src/pool.c
index 6f3e41971..57dc079aa 100644
--- a/src/pool.c
+++ b/src/pool.c
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ void *__pool_alloc(struct pool_head *pool, unsigned int flags)
 			bin = memprof_get_bin(__builtin_return_address(0), MEMPROF_METH_P_ALLOC);
 			_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&bin->alloc_calls, 1);
 			_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&bin->alloc_tot, pool->size);
+			_HA_ATOMIC_STORE(&bin->info, pool);
 		}
 #endif
 		if (unlikely(flags & POOL_F_MUST_ZERO))
@@ -763,6 +764,7 @@ void __pool_free(struct pool_head *pool, void *ptr)
 		bin = memprof_get_bin(__builtin_return_address(0), MEMPROF_METH_P_FREE);
 		_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&bin->free_calls, 1);
 		_HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&bin->free_tot, pool->size);
+		_HA_ATOMIC_STORE(&bin->info, pool);
 	}
 #endif