diff --git a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/StartSliceJob.py b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/StartSliceJob.py
index dfe478cb2b..9e53ce8b3a 100644
--- a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/StartSliceJob.py
+++ b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/StartSliceJob.py
@@ -353,10 +353,19 @@ class StartSliceJob(Job):
             result[key] = stack.getProperty(key, "value")
             Job.yieldThread()
 
-        result["print_bed_temperature"] = result["material_bed_temperature"] # Renamed settings.
+        # Material identification in addition to non-human-readable GUID
+        result["material_id"] = stack.material.getMetaDataEntry("base_file", "")
+        result["material_type"] = stack.material.getMetaDataEntry("material", "")
+        result["material_name"] = stack.material.getMetaDataEntry("name", "")
+        result["material_brand"] = stack.material.getMetaDataEntry("brand", "")
+
+        # Renamed settings.
+        result["print_bed_temperature"] = result["material_bed_temperature"]
         result["print_temperature"] = result["material_print_temperature"]
         result["travel_speed"] = result["speed_travel"]
-        result["time"] = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S") #Some extra settings.
+
+        #Some extra settings.
+        result["time"] = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
         result["date"] = time.strftime("%d-%m-%Y")
         result["day"] = ["Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"][int(time.strftime("%w"))]
         result["initial_extruder_nr"] = CuraApplication.getInstance().getExtruderManager().getInitialExtruderNr()