diff --git a/ui-v2/app/adapters/node.js b/ui-v2/app/adapters/node.js
index 4a31dc7b62..248f950d27 100644
--- a/ui-v2/app/adapters/node.js
+++ b/ui-v2/app/adapters/node.js
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ export default Adapter.extend({
       ${{ index }}
     `;
   },
-  requestForQueryLeader: function(request, { dc }) {
+  requestForQueryLeader: function(request, { dc, uri }) {
     return request`
       GET /v1/status/leader?${{ dc }}
+      X-Request-ID: ${uri}
+      Refresh: 30
     `;
   },
   queryLeader: function(store, type, id, snapshot) {
diff --git a/ui-v2/app/routes/dc/nodes/index.js b/ui-v2/app/routes/dc/nodes/index.js
index 2be0d8b84c..f49018ec81 100644
--- a/ui-v2/app/routes/dc/nodes/index.js
+++ b/ui-v2/app/routes/dc/nodes/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import { hash } from 'rsvp';
 
 export default Route.extend({
-  repo: service('repository/node'),
   data: service('data-source/service'),
   queryParams: {
     sortBy: 'sort',
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ export default Route.extend({
     const nspace = '*';
     return hash({
       items: this.data.source(uri => uri`/${nspace}/${dc}/nodes`),
-      leader: this.repo.findByLeader(dc),
+      leader: this.data.source(uri => uri`/${nspace}/${dc}/leader`),
     });
   },
   setupController: function(controller, model) {
diff --git a/ui-v2/app/serializers/node.js b/ui-v2/app/serializers/node.js
index 89a07829a8..05e9e7d17d 100644
--- a/ui-v2/app/serializers/node.js
+++ b/ui-v2/app/serializers/node.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default Serializer.extend({
   respondForQueryLeader: function(respond, query) {
     // don't call super here we don't care about
     // ids/fingerprinting
-    return respond(function(headers, body) {
+    return respond((headers, body) => {
       // This response/body is just an ip:port like `"10.0.0.1:8500"`
       // split it and make it look like a `C`onsul.`R`esponse
       // popping off the end for ports should cover us for IPv6 addresses
@@ -36,11 +36,14 @@ export default Serializer.extend({
       const temp = body.split(':');
       const port = temp.pop();
       const address = temp.join(':');
-      // The string input `10.0.0.1:8500` would be transformed to...
-      return {
-        Address: address,
-        Port: port,
-      };
+      return this.attachHeaders(
+        headers,
+        {
+          Address: address,
+          Port: port,
+        },
+        query
+      );
     });
   },
 });
diff --git a/ui-v2/app/services/data-source/protocols/http.js b/ui-v2/app/services/data-source/protocols/http.js
index 0c7ac9721c..9dfe186e45 100644
--- a/ui-v2/app/services/data-source/protocols/http.js
+++ b/ui-v2/app/services/data-source/protocols/http.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export default Service.extend({
   datacenters: service('repository/dc'),
   nodes: service('repository/node'),
   node: service('repository/node'),
+  leader: service('repository/node'),
   gateways: service('repository/service'),
   services: service('repository/service'),
   service: service('repository/service'),
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ export default Service.extend({
       case 'policies':
         find = configuration => repo.findAllByDatacenter(dc, nspace, configuration);
         break;
+      case 'leader':
+        find = configuration => repo.findLeader(dc, configuration);
+        break;
       case 'intentions':
         [method, ...slug] = rest;
         switch (method) {
diff --git a/ui-v2/app/services/repository/node.js b/ui-v2/app/services/repository/node.js
index b5cb4b39c8..26ca7c894b 100644
--- a/ui-v2/app/services/repository/node.js
+++ b/ui-v2/app/services/repository/node.js
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ export default RepositoryService.extend({
   getModelName: function() {
     return modelName;
   },
-  findByLeader: function(dc) {
+  findLeader: function(dc, configuration = {}) {
     const query = {
       dc: dc,
     };
+    if (typeof configuration.refresh !== 'undefined') {
+      query.uri = configuration.uri;
+    }
     return this.store.queryLeader(this.getModelName(), query);
   },
 });
diff --git a/ui-v2/app/services/store.js b/ui-v2/app/services/store.js
index b3ee89e5eb..b4dd9767a6 100644
--- a/ui-v2/app/services/store.js
+++ b/ui-v2/app/services/store.js
@@ -51,9 +51,13 @@ export default Store.extend({
   // TODO: This one is only for nodes, should fail nicely if you call it
   // for anything other than nodes for good DX
   queryLeader: function(modelName, query) {
-    // TODO: no normalization, type it properly for the moment
     const adapter = this.adapterFor(modelName);
-    return adapter.queryLeader(this, { modelName: modelName }, null, query);
+    const serializer = this.serializerFor(modelName);
+    const modelClass = { modelName: modelName };
+    return adapter.queryLeader(this, modelClass, null, query).then(payload => {
+      payload.meta = serializer.normalizeMeta(this, modelClass, payload, null, 'leader');
+      return payload;
+    });
   },
   // TODO: This one is only for nspaces and OIDC, should fail nicely if you call it
   // for anything other than nspaces/OIDC for good DX
diff --git a/ui-v2/app/templates/dc/nodes/index.hbs b/ui-v2/app/templates/dc/nodes/index.hbs
index 19dd4c27b0..f35ac3bf7c 100644
--- a/ui-v2/app/templates/dc/nodes/index.hbs
+++ b/ui-v2/app/templates/dc/nodes/index.hbs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {{title 'Nodes'}}
 <EventSource @src={{items}} />
+<EventSource @src={{leader}} />
 {{#let (hash
   statuses=(if status (split status ',') undefined)
 ) as |filters|}}
diff --git a/ui-v2/tests/integration/adapters/node-test.js b/ui-v2/tests/integration/adapters/node-test.js
index 3efca49adb..bc9bb45f47 100644
--- a/ui-v2/tests/integration/adapters/node-test.js
+++ b/ui-v2/tests/integration/adapters/node-test.js
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ module('Integration | Adapter | node', function(hooks) {
     const adapter = this.owner.lookup('adapter:node');
     const client = this.owner.lookup('service:client/http');
     const expected = `GET /v1/status/leader?dc=${dc}`;
-    const actual = adapter.requestForQueryLeader(client.url, {
+    const actual = adapter.requestForQueryLeader(client.requestParams.bind(client), {
       dc: dc,
     });
-    assert.equal(actual, expected);
+    assert.equal(`${actual.method} ${actual.url}`, expected);
   });
 });
diff --git a/ui-v2/tests/integration/serializers/node-test.js b/ui-v2/tests/integration/serializers/node-test.js
index 400c4b9b43..c534fd8f7b 100644
--- a/ui-v2/tests/integration/serializers/node-test.js
+++ b/ui-v2/tests/integration/serializers/node-test.js
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ module('Integration | Serializer | node', function(hooks) {
       const expected = {
         Address: '211.245.86.75',
         Port: '8500',
+        [META]: {
+          [DC.toLowerCase()]: dc,
+          [NSPACE.toLowerCase()]: nspace,
+        },
       };
       const actual = serializer.respondForQueryLeader(
         function(cb) {