diff --git a/sys/vm/uma.h b/sys/vm/uma.h
--- a/sys/vm/uma.h
+++ b/sys/vm/uma.h
@@ -747,4 +747,19 @@
 /* Return the amount of memory remaining.  May be negative. */
 long uma_avail(void);
 
+/*
+ * Return the zone name string given to uma_zcreate(9) or its variants.
+ *
+ * The name may duplicate with any other zones.
+ */
+const char * uma_zone_name(const uma_zone_t zone);
+
+/*
+ * Similar to uma_zone_name() except that this returns the zone name string
+ * unique to each zone.
+ *
+ * The returned name is used by sysctl(3) to distinguish each zone.
+ */
+const char * uma_zone_unique_name(const uma_zone_t zone);
+
 #endif	/* _VM_UMA_H_ */
diff --git a/sys/vm/uma_core.c b/sys/vm/uma_core.c
--- a/sys/vm/uma_core.c
+++ b/sys/vm/uma_core.c
@@ -5405,6 +5405,18 @@
 	return (uma_kmem_limit - uma_size());
 }
 
+/* See uma.h */
+const char * uma_zone_name(const uma_zone_t zone)
+{
+	return (zone->uz_name);
+}
+
+/* See uma.h */
+const char * uma_zone_unique_name(const uma_zone_t zone)
+{
+	return (zone->uz_ctlname);
+}
+
 #ifdef DDB
 /*
  * Generate statistics across both the zone and its per-cpu cache's.  Return