diff --git a/server/cursor-channel.c b/server/cursor-channel.c
index df3561a2..8887691b 100644
--- a/server/cursor-channel.c
+++ b/server/cursor-channel.c
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ CursorChannel* cursor_channel_new(RedsState *server, QXLInstance *qxl,
                         "spice-server", server,
                         "core-interface", core,
                         "channel-type", SPICE_CHANNEL_CURSOR,
+                        "id", qxl->id,
                         "migration-flags", 0,
                         "qxl", qxl,
                         "handle-acks", TRUE,
diff --git a/server/display-channel.c b/server/display-channel.c
index 63f99861..b483b577 100644
--- a/server/display-channel.c
+++ b/server/display-channel.c
@@ -1988,6 +1988,7 @@ DisplayChannel* display_channel_new(RedsState *reds,
                            "spice-server", reds,
                            "core-interface", core,
                            "channel-type", SPICE_CHANNEL_DISPLAY,
+                           "id", qxl->id,
                            "migration-flags",
                            (SPICE_MIGRATE_NEED_FLUSH | SPICE_MIGRATE_NEED_DATA_TRANSFER),
                            "qxl", qxl,