diff --git a/src/HTTPSinkImpl.cpp b/src/HTTPSinkImpl.cpp
index d48b26dc33..75dd4129c0 100644
--- a/src/HTTPSinkImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/HTTPSinkImpl.cpp
@@ -248,14 +248,21 @@ void HTTPSinkImpl::SendJSON(llvm::raw_ostream& os, SourceImpl& source,
   os.flush();
 }
 
-HTTPSinkImpl::HTTPSinkImpl(llvm::StringRef name,
+HTTPSinkImpl::HTTPSinkImpl(llvm::StringRef name, llvm::StringRef description,
                            std::unique_ptr<wpi::NetworkAcceptor> acceptor)
-    : SinkImpl{name}, m_acceptor{std::move(acceptor)} {
+    : SinkImpl{name},
+      m_description(description),
+      m_acceptor{std::move(acceptor)} {
   m_serverThread = std::thread(&HTTPSinkImpl::ServerThreadMain, this);
 }
 
 HTTPSinkImpl::~HTTPSinkImpl() { Stop(); }
 
+void HTTPSinkImpl::GetDescription(llvm::SmallVectorImpl<char>& desc) const {
+  llvm::raw_svector_ostream oss{desc};
+  oss << m_description;
+}
+
 void HTTPSinkImpl::Stop() {
   m_active = false;
 
@@ -436,10 +443,14 @@ namespace cs {
 
 CS_Sink CreateHTTPSink(llvm::StringRef name, llvm::StringRef listenAddress,
                        int port, CS_Status* status) {
+  llvm::SmallString<128> descBuf;
+  llvm::raw_svector_ostream desc{descBuf};
+  desc << "HTTP Server on port " << port;
   llvm::SmallString<128> str{listenAddress};
   auto sink = std::make_shared<HTTPSinkImpl>(
-      name, std::unique_ptr<wpi::NetworkAcceptor>(new wpi::TCPAcceptor(
-                port, str.c_str(), Logger::GetInstance())));
+      name, desc.str(),
+      std::unique_ptr<wpi::NetworkAcceptor>(
+          new wpi::TCPAcceptor(port, str.c_str(), Logger::GetInstance())));
   return Sinks::GetInstance().Allocate(SinkData::kHTTP, sink);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/HTTPSinkImpl.h b/src/HTTPSinkImpl.h
index bef53ada91..1f7ca94003 100644
--- a/src/HTTPSinkImpl.h
+++ b/src/HTTPSinkImpl.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class SourceImpl;
 
 class HTTPSinkImpl : public SinkImpl {
  public:
-  HTTPSinkImpl(llvm::StringRef name,
+  HTTPSinkImpl(llvm::StringRef name, llvm::StringRef description,
                std::unique_ptr<wpi::NetworkAcceptor> acceptor);
   ~HTTPSinkImpl() override;
 
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ class HTTPSinkImpl : public SinkImpl {
   void ServerThreadMain();
   void ConnThreadMain(wpi::NetworkStream* stream);
 
+  std::string m_description;
+
   std::unique_ptr<wpi::NetworkAcceptor> m_acceptor;
   std::atomic_int m_sourceChannel;
   std::atomic_bool m_active;  // set to false to terminate threads