diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterJmx.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterJmx.scala
index 7da2c2410d..0acd03c036 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterJmx.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterJmx.scala
@@ -42,19 +42,31 @@ trait ClusterNodeMBean {
    *   "members": [
    *     {
    *       "address": "akka.tcp://system@host1:2552",
-   *       "status": "Up"
+   *       "status": "Up",
+   *       "roles": [
+   *         "frontend"
+   *       ]
    *     },
    *     {
    *       "address": "akka.tcp://system@host2:2552",
-   *       "status": "Up"
+   *       "status": "Up",
+   *       "roles": [
+   *         "frontend"
+   *       ]
    *     },
    *     {
    *       "address": "akka.tcp://system@host3:2552",
-   *       "status": "Down"
+   *       "status": "Down",
+   *       "roles": [
+   *         "backend"
+   *       ]
    *     },
    *     {
    *       "address": "akka.tcp://system@host4:2552",
-   *       "status": "Joining"
+   *       "status": "Joining",
+   *       "roles": [
+   *         "backend"
+   *       ]
    *     }
    *   ],
    *   "unreachable": [
@@ -137,7 +149,10 @@ private[akka] class ClusterJmx(cluster: Cluster, log: LoggingAdapter) {
         val members = clusterView.members.toSeq.sorted(Member.ordering).map { m ⇒
           s"""{
               |      "address": "${m.address}",
-              |      "status": "${m.status}"
+              |      "status": "${m.status}",
+              |      "roles": [
+              |        ${m.roles.map("\"" + _ + "\"").mkString(",\n        ")}
+              |      ]
               |    }""".stripMargin
         } mkString (",\n    ")
 
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MBeanSpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MBeanSpec.scala
index 518efcd681..d81a854379 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MBeanSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/MBeanSpec.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ object MBeanMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
 
   commonConfig(debugConfig(on = false).withFallback(ConfigFactory.parseString("""
     akka.cluster.jmx.enabled = on
+    akka.cluster.roles = [testNode]
     """)).withFallback(MultiNodeClusterSpec.clusterConfig))
 
 }
@@ -119,19 +120,31 @@ abstract class MBeanSpec
              |  "members": [
              |    {
              |      "address": "${sortedNodes(0)}",
-             |      "status": "Up"
+             |      "status": "Up",
+             |      "roles": [
+             |        "testNode"
+             |      ]
              |    },
              |    {
              |      "address": "${sortedNodes(1)}",
-             |      "status": "Up"
+             |      "status": "Up",
+             |      "roles": [
+             |        "testNode"
+             |      ]
              |    },
              |    {
              |      "address": "${sortedNodes(2)}",
-             |      "status": "Up"
+             |      "status": "Up",
+             |      "roles": [
+             |        "testNode"
+             |      ]
              |    },
              |    {
              |      "address": "${sortedNodes(3)}",
-             |      "status": "Up"
+             |      "status": "Up",
+             |      "roles": [
+             |        "testNode"
+             |      ]
              |    }
              |  ],
              |  "unreachable": [
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/cluster-usage.rst b/akka-docs/rst/java/cluster-usage.rst
index 4864c029cf..385c1cdf41 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/cluster-usage.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/cluster-usage.rst
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ From JMX you can:
 
 * see what members that are part of the cluster
 * see status of this node
+* see roles of each member
 * join this node to another node in cluster
 * mark any node in the cluster as down
 * tell any node in the cluster to leave
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/cluster-usage.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/cluster-usage.rst
index 90248061b2..195257c0a7 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/cluster-usage.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/cluster-usage.rst
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ From JMX you can:
 
 * see what members that are part of the cluster
 * see status of this node
+* see roles of each member
 * join this node to another node in cluster
 * mark any node in the cluster as down
 * tell any node in the cluster to leave