diff --git a/agent/consul/state/catalog_events.go b/agent/consul/state/catalog_events.go
index e88330c9cd..5aebcca6ee 100644
--- a/agent/consul/state/catalog_events.go
+++ b/agent/consul/state/catalog_events.go
@@ -64,11 +64,17 @@ func serviceHealthSnapshot(db ReadDB, topic stream.Topic) stream.SnapshotFunc {
 			event := stream.Event{
 				Index: idx,
 				Topic: topic,
-				Payload: EventPayloadCheckServiceNode{
-					Op:    pbsubscribe.CatalogOp_Register,
-					Value: &n,
-				},
 			}
+			payload := EventPayloadCheckServiceNode{
+				Op:    pbsubscribe.CatalogOp_Register,
+				Value: &n,
+			}
+
+			if connect && n.Service.Kind == structs.ServiceKindConnectProxy {
+				payload.key = n.Service.Proxy.DestinationServiceName
+			}
+
+			event.Payload = payload
 
 			// append each event as a separate item so that they can be serialized
 			// separately, to prevent the encoding of one massive message.
diff --git a/agent/consul/state/catalog_events_test.go b/agent/consul/state/catalog_events_test.go
index 1d1c0f2f35..b9ef8eadea 100644
--- a/agent/consul/state/catalog_events_test.go
+++ b/agent/consul/state/catalog_events_test.go
@@ -70,6 +70,70 @@ func TestServiceHealthSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 	assertDeepEqual(t, expected, buf.events, cmpEvents)
 }
 
+func TestServiceHealthSnapshot_ConnectTopic(t *testing.T) {
+	store := NewStateStore(nil)
+
+	counter := newIndexCounter()
+	err := store.EnsureRegistration(counter.Next(), testServiceRegistration(t, "db"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = store.EnsureRegistration(counter.Next(), testServiceRegistration(t, "web"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = store.EnsureRegistration(counter.Next(), testServiceRegistration(t, "web", regSidecar))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = store.EnsureRegistration(counter.Next(), testServiceRegistration(t, "web", regNode2))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = store.EnsureRegistration(counter.Next(), testServiceRegistration(t, "web", regNode2, regSidecar))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	fn := serviceHealthSnapshot((*readDB)(store.db.db), topicServiceHealthConnect)
+	buf := &snapshotAppender{}
+	req := stream.SubscribeRequest{Key: "web", Topic: topicServiceHealthConnect}
+
+	idx, err := fn(req, buf)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, counter.Last(), idx)
+
+	expected := [][]stream.Event{
+		{
+			testServiceHealthEvent(t, "web", evSidecar, evConnectTopic, func(e *stream.Event) error {
+				e.Index = counter.Last()
+				ep := e.Payload.(EventPayloadCheckServiceNode)
+				ep.key = "web"
+				e.Payload = ep
+				csn := ep.Value
+				csn.Node.CreateIndex = 1
+				csn.Node.ModifyIndex = 1
+				csn.Service.CreateIndex = 3
+				csn.Service.ModifyIndex = 3
+				csn.Checks[0].CreateIndex = 1
+				csn.Checks[0].ModifyIndex = 1
+				csn.Checks[1].CreateIndex = 3
+				csn.Checks[1].ModifyIndex = 3
+				return nil
+			}),
+		},
+		{
+			testServiceHealthEvent(t, "web", evNode2, evSidecar, evConnectTopic, func(e *stream.Event) error {
+				e.Index = counter.Last()
+				ep := e.Payload.(EventPayloadCheckServiceNode)
+				ep.key = "web"
+				e.Payload = ep
+				csn := ep.Value
+				csn.Node.CreateIndex = 4
+				csn.Node.ModifyIndex = 4
+				csn.Service.CreateIndex = 5
+				csn.Service.ModifyIndex = 5
+				csn.Checks[0].CreateIndex = 4
+				csn.Checks[0].ModifyIndex = 4
+				csn.Checks[1].CreateIndex = 5
+				csn.Checks[1].ModifyIndex = 5
+				return nil
+			}),
+		},
+	}
+	assertDeepEqual(t, expected, buf.events, cmpEvents)
+}
+
 type snapshotAppender struct {
 	events [][]stream.Event
 }