diff --git a/db/boinc_db.cpp b/db/boinc_db.cpp
index 43c3a871f2..5380a81776 100644
--- a/db/boinc_db.cpp
+++ b/db/boinc_db.cpp
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ void DB_HOST::db_print(char* buf){
     ESCAPE(p_model);
     ESCAPE(os_name);
     ESCAPE(os_version);
+    ESCAPE(product_name);
     sprintf(buf,
         "create_time=%d, userid=%d, "
         "rpc_seqno=%d, rpc_time=%d, "
@@ -490,7 +491,8 @@ void DB_HOST::db_print(char* buf){
         "venue='%s', nresults_today=%d, "
         "avg_turnaround=%.15e, "
         "host_cpid='%s', external_ip_addr='%s', max_results_day=%d, "
-        "error_rate=%.15e ",
+        "error_rate=%.15e, "
+        "product_name='%s' ",
         create_time, userid,
         rpc_seqno, rpc_time,
         total_credit, expavg_credit, expavg_time,
@@ -509,7 +511,8 @@ void DB_HOST::db_print(char* buf){
         venue, nresults_today,
         avg_turnaround,
         host_cpid, external_ip_addr, _max_results_day,
-        _error_rate
+        _error_rate,
+        product_name
     );
     UNESCAPE(domain_name);
     UNESCAPE(serialnum);
@@ -519,6 +522,7 @@ void DB_HOST::db_print(char* buf){
     UNESCAPE(os_name);
     UNESCAPE(os_version);
     UNESCAPE(host_cpid);
+    UNESCAPE(product_name);
 }
 
 void DB_HOST::db_parse(MYSQL_ROW &r) {
@@ -568,6 +572,7 @@ void DB_HOST::db_parse(MYSQL_ROW &r) {
     strcpy2(external_ip_addr, r[i++]);
     _max_results_day = atoi(r[i++]);
     _error_rate = atof(r[i++]);
+    strcpy2(product_name, r[i++]);
 }
 
 int DB_HOST::update_diff_validator(HOST& h) {
@@ -783,6 +788,12 @@ int DB_HOST::update_diff_sched(HOST& h) {
         strcat(updates, buf);
     }
 #endif
+    if (strcmp(product_name, h.product_name)) {
+        escape_string(product_name, sizeof(product_name));
+        sprintf(buf, " product_name='%s',", product_name);
+        unescape_string(product_name, sizeof(product_name));
+        strcat(updates, buf);
+    }
 
     int n = strlen(updates);
     if (n == 0) return 0;
diff --git a/db/boinc_db_types.h b/db/boinc_db_types.h
index 212f698784..d953829c9b 100644
--- a/db/boinc_db_types.h
+++ b/db/boinc_db_types.h
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ struct HOST {
         // dynamic estimate of fraction of results
         // that fail validation
         // DEPRECATED
+    char product_name[256];
 
     // the following not in DB
     char p_features[1024];
diff --git a/db/schema.sql b/db/schema.sql
index f180134042..28acae53f1 100644
--- a/db/schema.sql
+++ b/db/schema.sql
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ create table host (
     external_ip_addr        varchar(254),
     max_results_day         integer         not null,
     error_rate              double          not null default 0,
+    product_name            varchar(254)    not null,
 
     primary key (id)
 ) engine=InnoDB;
diff --git a/html/ops/db_update.php b/html/ops/db_update.php
index 8f6efae627..8bd97300a0 100644
--- a/html/ops/db_update.php
+++ b/html/ops/db_update.php
@@ -849,6 +849,10 @@ function update_4_26_2013() {
     do_query("alter table result add size_class smallint not null default -1");
 }
 
+function update_5_23_2013() {
+    do_query("alter table host add product_name varchar(254) not null");
+}
+
 // Updates are done automatically if you use "upgrade".
 //
 // If you need to do updates manually,
@@ -882,6 +886,7 @@ $db_updates = array (
     array(26062, "update_8_26_2012"),
     array(27000, "update_11_25_2012"),
     array(27001, "update_4_26_2013"),
+    array(27002, "update_5_23_2013"),
 );
 
 ?>
diff --git a/sched/handle_request.cpp b/sched/handle_request.cpp
index c1c1d17ea7..d651153004 100644
--- a/sched/handle_request.cpp
+++ b/sched/handle_request.cpp
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ static int modify_host_struct(HOST& host) {
     if (strlen(g_request->host.host_cpid)) {
         strcpy(host.host_cpid, g_request->host.host_cpid);
     }
+    strncpy(host.product_name, g_request->host.product_name, sizeof(host.product_name));
     host.fix_nans();
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/sched/sched_types.cpp b/sched/sched_types.cpp
index 04d4cf4fe7..35bf203857 100644
--- a/sched/sched_types.cpp
+++ b/sched/sched_types.cpp
@@ -1206,6 +1206,7 @@ int HOST::parse(XML_PARSER& xp) {
         if (xp.parse_double("p_membw", p_membw)) continue;
         if (xp.parse_str("os_name", os_name, sizeof(os_name))) continue;
         if (xp.parse_str("os_version", os_version, sizeof(os_version))) continue;
+        if (xp.parse_str("product_name", product_name, sizeof(product_name))) continue;
         if (xp.parse_double("m_nbytes", m_nbytes)) continue;
         if (xp.parse_double("m_cache", m_cache)) continue;
         if (xp.parse_double("m_swap", m_swap)) continue;