diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/component/ComponentLifecycle.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/component/ComponentLifecycle.java
index ea671af0d83..aac4eb05bb9 100644
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/component/ComponentLifecycle.java
+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/component/ComponentLifecycle.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.naming.ConfigurationException;
 
-public interface ComponentLifecycle {
+public interface ComponentLifecycle extends Named {
 	public static final int RUN_LEVEL_SYSTEM_BOOTSTRAP = 0;		// for system level bootstrap components
 	public static final int RUN_LEVEL_SYSTEM = 1;				// for system level service components (i.e., DAOs)
 	public static final int RUN_LEVEL_FRAMEWORK_BOOTSTRAP = 2;	// for framework startup checkers (i.e., DB migration check)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public interface ComponentLifecycle {
 	public static final int RUN_LEVEL_APPLICATION_MAINLOOP = 6;
 	public static final int MAX_RUN_LEVELS = 7;
 	
-	
+	@Override
 	String getName();
 	void setName(String name);
 	
diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/component/Named.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/component/Named.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6960b4c7566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/component/Named.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package com.cloud.utils.component;
+
+public interface Named {
+
+    String getName();
+
+}