diff --git a/ctdb/protocol/protocol.h b/ctdb/protocol/protocol.h
index e4bc3b9a0d4..25bf509d39e 100644
--- a/ctdb/protocol/protocol.h
+++ b/ctdb/protocol/protocol.h
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ struct ctdb_call {
 /* SRVID prefix used by CTDB */
 #define CTDB_SRVID_PREFIX	0xF000000000000000LL
 
+/* SRVID prefix used during recovery for pulling and pushing databases */
+#define CTDB_SRVID_RECOVERY	0xF001000000000000LL
+
 /* SRVID to inform of election data */
 #define CTDB_SRVID_ELECTION	0xF100000000000000LL
 
diff --git a/ctdb/protocol/protocol_debug.c b/ctdb/protocol/protocol_debug.c
index d698b8293bb..889ebec377f 100644
--- a/ctdb/protocol/protocol_debug.c
+++ b/ctdb/protocol/protocol_debug.c
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ static void ctdb_srvid_print(uint64_t srvid, FILE *fp)
 
 	if (srvid == CTDB_SRVID_ALL) {
 		fprintf(fp, "ALL");
+	} else if ((srvid & prefix) == CTDB_SRVID_RECOVERY) {
+		srvid = srvid & ~CTDB_SRVID_RECOVERY;
+		fprintf(fp, "RECOVERY-%"PRIx64"", srvid);
 	} else if (srvid == CTDB_SRVID_ELECTION) {
 		fprintf(fp, "ELECTION");
 	} else if (srvid == CTDB_SRVID_RECONFIGURE) {