diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-server.c b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-server.c
index 787ffccc784..f8123bbb9f4 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-server.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-server.c
@@ -1373,6 +1373,7 @@ int dns_server_dump_configuration_to_json(DnsServer *server, sd_json_variant **r
 
         return sd_json_buildo(
                         ret,
+                        JSON_BUILD_PAIR_STRING_NON_EMPTY("addressString", dns_server_string(server)),
                         JSON_BUILD_PAIR_IN_ADDR("address", &server->address, server->family),
                         SD_JSON_BUILD_PAIR_INTEGER("family", server->family),
                         SD_JSON_BUILD_PAIR_UNSIGNED("port", dns_server_port(server)),
diff --git a/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Resolve.Monitor.c b/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Resolve.Monitor.c
index a7ab279b5cf..bd514145fc0 100644
--- a/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Resolve.Monitor.c
+++ b/src/shared/varlink-io.systemd.Resolve.Monitor.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ static SD_VARLINK_DEFINE_STRUCT_TYPE(
                 DNSServer,
                 SD_VARLINK_FIELD_COMMENT("IPv4 or IPv6 address of the server."),
                 SD_VARLINK_DEFINE_FIELD(address, SD_VARLINK_INT, SD_VARLINK_ARRAY),
+                SD_VARLINK_FIELD_COMMENT("IPv4 or IPv6 address of the server, formatted as a human-readable string."),
+                SD_VARLINK_DEFINE_FIELD(addressString, SD_VARLINK_STRING, SD_VARLINK_NULLABLE),
                 SD_VARLINK_FIELD_COMMENT("Address family of the server, one of AF_INET or AF_INET6."),
                 SD_VARLINK_DEFINE_FIELD(family, SD_VARLINK_INT, 0),
                 SD_VARLINK_FIELD_COMMENT("Port number of the server."),