diff --git a/include/sys/fm/protocol.h b/include/sys/fm/protocol.h
index 1ee221286c..de05bb2967 100644
--- a/include/sys/fm/protocol.h
+++ b/include/sys/fm/protocol.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define	FM_EREPORT_DETECTOR		"detector"
 #define	FM_EREPORT_ENA			"ena"
 #define	FM_EREPORT_TIME			"time"
+#define	FM_EREPORT_EID			"eid"
 
 /* list.* event payload member names */
 #define	FM_LIST_EVENT_SIZE		"list-sz"
diff --git a/include/sys/fm/util.h b/include/sys/fm/util.h
index 2f03d1011a..9dfd436c1b 100644
--- a/include/sys/fm/util.h
+++ b/include/sys/fm/util.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ typedef struct zevent_s {
 	list_t		ev_ze_list;	/* " */
 	list_node_t	ev_node;	/* " */
 	zevent_cb_t	*ev_cb;		/* " */
+	uint64_t	ev_eid;
 } zevent_t;
 
 typedef struct zfs_zevent {
diff --git a/module/zfs/fm.c b/module/zfs/fm.c
index 002827b520..fe9223ff81 100644
--- a/module/zfs/fm.c
+++ b/module/zfs/fm.c
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ static int zevent_len_cur = 0;
 static int zevent_waiters = 0;
 static int zevent_flags = 0;
 
+/*
+ * The EID (Event IDentifier) is used to uniquely tag a zevent when it is
+ * posted.  The posted EIDs are monotonically increasing but not persistent.
+ * They will be reset to the initial value (1) each time the kernel module is
+ * loaded.
+ */
+static uint64_t zevent_eid = 0;
+
 static kmutex_t zevent_lock;
 static list_t zevent_list;
 static kcondvar_t zevent_cv;
@@ -498,6 +506,7 @@ zfs_zevent_post(nvlist_t *nvl, nvlist_t *detector, zevent_cb_t *cb)
 {
 	int64_t tv_array[2];
 	timestruc_t tv;
+	uint64_t eid;
 	size_t nvl_size = 0;
 	zevent_t *ev;
 
@@ -509,6 +518,12 @@ zfs_zevent_post(nvlist_t *nvl, nvlist_t *detector, zevent_cb_t *cb)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	eid = atomic_inc_64_nv(&zevent_eid);
+	if (nvlist_add_uint64(nvl, FM_EREPORT_EID, eid)) {
+		atomic_add_64(&erpt_kstat_data.erpt_set_failed.value.ui64, 1);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	(void) nvlist_size(nvl, &nvl_size, NV_ENCODE_NATIVE);
 	if (nvl_size > ERPT_DATA_SZ || nvl_size == 0) {
 		atomic_add_64(&erpt_kstat_data.erpt_dropped.value.ui64, 1);
@@ -527,6 +542,7 @@ zfs_zevent_post(nvlist_t *nvl, nvlist_t *detector, zevent_cb_t *cb)
 	ev->ev_nvl = nvl;
 	ev->ev_detector = detector;
 	ev->ev_cb = cb;
+	ev->ev_eid = eid;
 
 	mutex_enter(&zevent_lock);
 	zfs_zevent_insert(ev);