diff --git a/app/demo-stm32g0-nucleo/app-g070.toml b/app/demo-stm32g0-nucleo/app-g070.toml
index 1be325868..b40cc349f 100644
--- a/app/demo-stm32g0-nucleo/app-g070.toml
+++ b/app/demo-stm32g0-nucleo/app-g070.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stacksize = 944
 
 [kernel]
 name = "demo-stm32g0-nucleo"
-requires = {flash = 19264, ram = 1632}
+requires = {flash = 19264, ram = 1664}
 features = ["g070"]
 stacksize = 640
 
diff --git a/app/oxide-rot-1/app.toml b/app/oxide-rot-1/app.toml
index 5058c33af..c59957995 100644
--- a/app/oxide-rot-1/app.toml
+++ b/app/oxide-rot-1/app.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ version = 0
 
 [kernel]
 name = "oxide-rot-1"
-requires = {flash = 61252, ram = 2720}
+requires = {flash = 61252, ram = 2736}
 features = ["dice-mfg"]
 
 [caboose]
diff --git a/build/util/src/lib.rs b/build/util/src/lib.rs
index a1bad19d4..912c56fbf 100644
--- a/build/util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/build/util/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::io::Write;
 
+/// Maximum length, in bytes, of an image name (an entry in `image-names` in a
+/// manifest).
+///
+/// NOTE: If you modify this, the layout of `BOOTED_IMAGE` will change. Humility
+/// won't be able to identify which image is running if the archive and target
+/// have a different layout.
+pub const MAX_IMAGE_NAME_LEN: usize = 8;
+
 /// Reads the given environment variable and marks that it's used
 ///
 /// This ensures a rebuild if the variable changes
diff --git a/build/xtask/src/dist.rs b/build/xtask/src/dist.rs
index e4a742d2d..25142c0e7 100644
--- a/build/xtask/src/dist.rs
+++ b/build/xtask/src/dist.rs
@@ -1880,6 +1880,7 @@ fn build_kernel(
     let build_config = cfg.kernel_build_config(&[
         ("HUBRIS_KCONFIG", &kconfig),
         ("HUBRIS_IMAGE_ID", &format!("{image_id}")),
+        ("HUBRIS_IMAGE_NAME", image_name),
         ("HUBRIS_FLASH_OUTPUTS", &flash_outputs),
     ]);
     build(cfg, "kernel", build_config, false)?;
diff --git a/sys/kern/build.rs b/sys/kern/build.rs
index 4482118fb..e8b5663af 100644
--- a/sys/kern/build.rs
+++ b/sys/kern/build.rs
@@ -406,6 +406,22 @@ fn generate_statics(generated: &Generated) -> Result<()> {
         .parse()
         .context("parsing HUBRIS_IMAGE_ID")?;
 
+    let max_name_len = build_util::MAX_IMAGE_NAME_LEN;
+    let image_name =
+        build_util::env_var("HUBRIS_IMAGE_NAME").unwrap_or_default();
+    let image_name_bytes = image_name.as_bytes();
+    if image_name_bytes.len() > max_name_len {
+        bail!(
+            "HUBRIS_IMAGE_NAME '{}' is {} bytes, but the max length is {}",
+            image_name,
+            image_name_bytes.len(),
+            max_name_len,
+        );
+    }
+    let mut image_name_padded = vec![0u8; max_name_len];
+    image_name_padded[..image_name_bytes.len()]
+        .copy_from_slice(image_name_bytes);
+
     let out = build_util::out_dir();
     let kconfig_path = out.join("kconfig.rs");
     let mut file =
@@ -425,6 +441,9 @@ fn generate_statics(generated: &Generated) -> Result<()> {
             #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
             pub static HUBRIS_IMAGE_ID: u64 = #image_id;
 
+            pub static HUBRIS_IMAGE_NAME: [u8; #max_name_len] =
+                [#(#image_name_padded),*];
+
             static mut HUBRIS_TASK_TABLE_SPACE:
                 core::mem::MaybeUninit<[crate::task::Task; HUBRIS_TASK_COUNT]> =
                 core::mem::MaybeUninit::uninit();
diff --git a/sys/kern/src/startup.rs b/sys/kern/src/startup.rs
index be46a405b..57bfd4e21 100644
--- a/sys/kern/src/startup.rs
+++ b/sys/kern/src/startup.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::atomic::AtomicExt;
 use crate::descs::{RegionAttributes, RegionDesc, TaskDesc, TaskFlags};
 use crate::task::Task;
 use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
-use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU8, Ordering, compiler_fence};
 
 /// Tracks when a mutable reference to the task table is floating around in
 /// kernel code, to prevent production of a second one. This forms a sort of
@@ -19,6 +19,25 @@ use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 /// `false` late in `start_kernel`.
 static TASK_TABLE_IN_USE: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(true);
 
+/// Magic marker written into the tail of `BOOTED_IMAGE`. This lets humility
+/// confirm that it's reading from the right address and that the kernel has
+/// finished populating `BOOTED_IMAGE`.
+const BOOTED_IMAGE_MAGIC: [u8; 8] = *b"HUBRISID";
+
+/// A record of which image is actually running. This is useful on systems with
+/// multiple image slots, like the RoT's A/B images.
+///
+/// Layout:
+/// - little-endian `HUBRIS_IMAGE_ID` (8 bytes),
+/// - null-padded `HUBRIS_IMAGE_NAME` (`build_util::MAX_IMAGE_NAME_LEN`=8 bytes)
+/// - `BOOTED_IMAGE_MAGIC` (8 bytes)
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+static BOOTED_IMAGE: [AtomicU8; BOOTED_IMAGE_LEN] =
+    [const { AtomicU8::new(0) }; BOOTED_IMAGE_LEN];
+
+const BOOTED_IMAGE_LEN: usize =
+    8 + HUBRIS_IMAGE_NAME.len() + BOOTED_IMAGE_MAGIC.len();
+
 pub const HUBRIS_FAULT_NOTIFICATION: u32 = 1;
 
 /// The main kernel entry point.
@@ -47,6 +66,26 @@ pub unsafe fn start_kernel(tick_divisor: u32) -> ! {
         crate::arch::set_clock_freq(tick_divisor);
     }
 
+    // Record the ID and name of the image so that humility can tell which image
+    // is actually running on a system with A/B image slots. Write the magic
+    // marker last, so that if humility sees the marker it can trust that the ID
+    // and name are complete (and that it's reading from the correct memory
+    // address).
+    let (id_and_name, magic) =
+        BOOTED_IMAGE.split_at(BOOTED_IMAGE.len() - BOOTED_IMAGE_MAGIC.len());
+    for (destination, byte) in id_and_name.iter().zip(
+        HUBRIS_IMAGE_ID
+            .to_le_bytes()
+            .into_iter()
+            .chain(HUBRIS_IMAGE_NAME.iter().copied()),
+    ) {
+        destination.store(byte, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+    compiler_fence(Ordering::Release);
+    for (destination, byte) in magic.iter().zip(BOOTED_IMAGE_MAGIC) {
+        destination.store(byte, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+
     // Grab references to all our statics.
     let task_descs = &HUBRIS_TASK_DESCS;
     // Safety: this reference will remain unique so long as the "only called
diff --git a/test/tests-stm32g0/app-g070.toml b/test/tests-stm32g0/app-g070.toml
index 9a9a7d128..97a9f8727 100644
--- a/test/tests-stm32g0/app-g070.toml
+++ b/test/tests-stm32g0/app-g070.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ memory = "memory-g070.toml"
 
 [kernel]
 name = "demo-stm32g0-nucleo"
-requires = {flash = 19112, ram = 2832}
+requires = {flash = 19112, ram = 2864}
 features = ["g070"]
 stacksize = 2048