diff --git a/drive/drive.go b/drive/drive.go
index ebce8fbc6..680e03be3 100644
--- a/drive/drive.go
+++ b/drive/drive.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func init() {
 
 // FsDrive represents a remote drive server
 type FsDrive struct {
+	name         string         // name of this remote
 	svc          *drive.Service // the connection to the drive server
 	root         string         // the path we are working on
 	client       *http.Client   // authorized client
@@ -146,6 +147,11 @@ func (m *dirCache) Flush() {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// The name of the remote (as passed into NewFs)
+func (f *FsDrive) Name() string {
+	return f.name
+}
+
 // String converts this FsDrive to a string
 func (f *FsDrive) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Google drive root '%s'", f.root)
@@ -332,6 +338,7 @@ func NewFs(name, path string) (fs.Fs, error) {
 	}
 
 	f := &FsDrive{
+		name:      name,
 		root:      root,
 		dirCache:  newDirCache(),
 		pacer:     make(chan struct{}, 1),
diff --git a/dropbox/dropbox.go b/dropbox/dropbox.go
index 077dd6f29..69268962c 100644
--- a/dropbox/dropbox.go
+++ b/dropbox/dropbox.go
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ func configHelper(name string) {
 
 // FsDropbox represents a remote dropbox server
 type FsDropbox struct {
+	name           string           // name of this remote
 	db             *dropbox.Dropbox // the connection to the dropbox server
 	root           string           // the path we are working on
 	slashRoot      string           // root with "/" prefix, lowercase
@@ -121,6 +122,11 @@ type FsObjectDropbox struct {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// The name of the remote (as passed into NewFs)
+func (f *FsDropbox) Name() string {
+	return f.name
+}
+
 // String converts this FsDropbox to a string
 func (f *FsDropbox) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Dropbox root '%s'", f.root)
@@ -148,7 +154,8 @@ func newDropbox(name string) *dropbox.Dropbox {
 func NewFs(name, root string) (fs.Fs, error) {
 	db := newDropbox(name)
 	f := &FsDropbox{
-		db: db,
+		name: name,
+		db:   db,
 	}
 	f.setRoot(root)
 
diff --git a/fs/fs.go b/fs/fs.go
index 72aab51cf..d93b76b3b 100644
--- a/fs/fs.go
+++ b/fs/fs.go
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ func Register(info *FsInfo) {
 
 // A Filesystem, describes the local filesystem and the remote object store
 type Fs interface {
+	// The name of the remote (as passed into NewFs)
+	Name() string
+
 	// String returns a description of the FS
 	String() string
 
diff --git a/fs/limited.go b/fs/limited.go
index e38ef7e6d..f38c23e14 100644
--- a/fs/limited.go
+++ b/fs/limited.go
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ func NewLimited(fs Fs, objects ...Object) Fs {
 	return f
 }
 
+// The name of the remote (as passed into NewFs)
+func (f *Limited) Name() string {
+	return f.fs.Name() // return name of underlying remote
+}
+
 // String returns a description of the FS
 func (f *Limited) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s limited to %d objects", f.fs.String(), len(f.objects))
diff --git a/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go b/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
index a8ce8aef8..128011956 100644
--- a/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
+++ b/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ func init() {
 
 // FsStorage represents a remote storage server
 type FsStorage struct {
+	name          string           // name of this remote
 	svc           *storage.Service // the connection to the storage server
 	client        *http.Client     // authorized client
 	bucket        string           // the bucket we are working on
@@ -135,6 +136,11 @@ type FsObjectStorage struct {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// The name of the remote (as passed into NewFs)
+func (f *FsStorage) Name() string {
+	return f.name
+}
+
 // String converts this FsStorage to a string
 func (f *FsStorage) String() string {
 	if f.root == "" {
@@ -171,6 +177,7 @@ func NewFs(name, root string) (fs.Fs, error) {
 	}
 
 	f := &FsStorage{
+		name:          name,
 		bucket:        bucket,
 		root:          directory,
 		projectNumber: fs.ConfigFile.MustValue(name, "project_number"),
diff --git a/local/local.go b/local/local.go
index 50cd7e08f..40992382d 100644
--- a/local/local.go
+++ b/local/local.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func init() {
 
 // FsLocal represents a local filesystem rooted at root
 type FsLocal struct {
+	name        string              // the name of the remote
 	root        string              // The root directory
 	precisionOk sync.Once           // Whether we need to read the precision
 	precision   time.Duration       // precision of local filesystem
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ type FsObjectLocal struct {
 func NewFs(name, root string) (fs.Fs, error) {
 	root = filepath.ToSlash(path.Clean(root))
 	f := &FsLocal{
+		name:   name,
 		root:   root,
 		warned: make(map[string]struct{}),
 	}
@@ -70,6 +72,11 @@ func NewFs(name, root string) (fs.Fs, error) {
 	return f, nil
 }
 
+// The name of the remote (as passed into NewFs)
+func (f *FsLocal) Name() string {
+	return f.name
+}
+
 // String converts this FsLocal to a string
 func (f *FsLocal) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Local file system at %s", f.root)
diff --git a/s3/s3.go b/s3/s3.go
index 1c8316e72..810b6d900 100644
--- a/s3/s3.go
+++ b/s3/s3.go
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ const (
 
 // FsS3 represents a remote s3 server
 type FsS3 struct {
+	name               string // the name of the remote
 	c                  *s3.S3 // the connection to the s3 server
 	bucket             string // the bucket we are working on
 	perm               string // permissions for new buckets / objects
@@ -151,6 +152,11 @@ type FsObjectS3 struct {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// The name of the remote (as passed into NewFs)
+func (f *FsS3) Name() string {
+	return f.name
+}
+
 // String converts this FsS3 to a string
 func (f *FsS3) String() string {
 	if f.root == "" {
@@ -235,6 +241,7 @@ func NewFs(name, root string) (fs.Fs, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	f := &FsS3{
+		name:   name,
 		c:      c,
 		bucket: bucket,
 		// FIXME perm:   s3.Private, // FIXME need user to specify
diff --git a/swift/swift.go b/swift/swift.go
index b9faeb0e3..db01bf9e0 100644
--- a/swift/swift.go
+++ b/swift/swift.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func init() {
 
 // FsSwift represents a remote swift server
 type FsSwift struct {
+	name      string           // name of this remote
 	c         swift.Connection // the connection to the swift server
 	container string           // the container we are working on
 	root      string           // the path we are working on if any
@@ -75,6 +76,11 @@ type FsObjectSwift struct {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// The name of the remote (as passed into NewFs)
+func (f *FsSwift) Name() string {
+	return f.name
+}
+
 // String converts this FsSwift to a string
 func (f *FsSwift) String() string {
 	if f.root == "" {
@@ -141,6 +147,7 @@ func NewFs(name, root string) (fs.Fs, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	f := &FsSwift{
+		name:      name,
 		c:         *c,
 		container: container,
 		root:      directory,