diff --git a/cura/BackendPlugin.py b/cura/BackendPlugin.py
index a92e4fe405..b4a6ad8835 100644
--- a/cura/BackendPlugin.py
+++ b/cura/BackendPlugin.py
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ from typing import Optional, List
 from UM.Logger import Logger
 from UM.Message import Message
 from UM.Settings.AdditionalSettingDefinitionAppender import AdditionalSettingDefinitionsAppender
+from UM.PluginObject import PluginObject
 
 
-class BackendPlugin(AdditionalSettingDefinitionsAppender):
+class BackendPlugin(AdditionalSettingDefinitionsAppender, PluginObject):
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         self.__port: int = 0
diff --git a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/Cura.proto b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/Cura.proto
index d5d7c92d0b..f60a7f96d8 100644
--- a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/Cura.proto
+++ b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/Cura.proto
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ enum SlotID {
 message EnginePlugin
 {
     SlotID id = 1;
-    optional string address = 2;
-    optional uint32 port = 3;
+    string address = 2;
+    uint32 port = 3;
+    string plugin_name = 4;
+    string plugin_version = 5;
 }
 
 message Slice
diff --git a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/StartSliceJob.py b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/StartSliceJob.py
index b1f92b3b25..892e4dfca6 100644
--- a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/StartSliceJob.py
+++ b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/StartSliceJob.py
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ class StartSliceJob(Job):
                 plugin_message.id = slot
                 plugin_message.address = plugin.getAddress()
                 plugin_message.port = plugin.getPort()
+                plugin_message.plugin_name = plugin.getPluginId()
+                plugin_message.plugin_version = plugin.getVersion()
 
         for group in filtered_object_groups:
             group_message = self._slice_message.addRepeatedMessage("object_lists")