diff --git a/nomad/client_endpoint.go b/nomad/client_endpoint.go
index 8639e3fa4..becaa2cd0 100644
--- a/nomad/client_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/client_endpoint.go
@@ -316,6 +316,30 @@ func (c *ClientEndpoint) GetAllocs(args *structs.NodeSpecificRequest,
 	return c.srv.blockingRPC(&opts)
 }
 
+// UpdateAlloc is used to update the client status of an allocation
+func (c *ClientEndpoint) UpdateAlloc(args *structs.AllocUpdateRequest, reply *structs.GenericResponse) error {
+	if done, err := c.srv.forward("Client.UpdateAlloc", args, args, reply); done {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer metrics.MeasureSince([]string{"nomad", "client", "update_alloc"}, time.Now())
+
+	// Ensure only a single alloc
+	if len(args.Alloc) != 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("must update a single allocation")
+	}
+
+	// Commit this update via Raft
+	_, index, err := c.srv.raftApply(structs.AllocClientUpdateRequestType, args)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.srv.logger.Printf("[ERR] nomad.client: alloc update failed: %v", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Setup the response
+	reply.Index = index
+	return nil
+}
+
 // createNodeEvals is used to create evaluations for each alloc on a node.
 // Each Eval is scoped to a job, so we need to potentially trigger many evals.
 func (c *ClientEndpoint) createNodeEvals(nodeID string, nodeIndex uint64) ([]string, uint64, error) {
diff --git a/nomad/client_endpoint_test.go b/nomad/client_endpoint_test.go
index 90fb9b41d..b8a3dc25d 100644
--- a/nomad/client_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/nomad/client_endpoint_test.go
@@ -368,6 +368,62 @@ func TestClientEndpoint_GetAllocs_Blocking(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestClientEndpoint_UpdateAlloc(t *testing.T) {
+	s1 := testServer(t, nil)
+	defer s1.Shutdown()
+	codec := rpcClient(t, s1)
+	testutil.WaitForLeader(t, s1.RPC)
+
+	// Create the register request
+	node := mock.Node()
+	reg := &structs.NodeRegisterRequest{
+		Node:         node,
+		WriteRequest: structs.WriteRequest{Region: "region1"},
+	}
+
+	// Fetch the response
+	var resp structs.GenericResponse
+	if err := msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Client.Register", reg, &resp); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Inject fake evaluations
+	alloc := mock.Alloc()
+	alloc.NodeID = node.ID
+	state := s1.fsm.State()
+	err := state.UpdateAllocations(100, []*structs.Allocation{alloc})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Attempt update
+	clientAlloc := new(structs.Allocation)
+	*clientAlloc = *alloc
+	clientAlloc.ClientStatus = structs.AllocClientStatusFailed
+
+	// Update the alloc
+	update := &structs.AllocUpdateRequest{
+		Alloc:        []*structs.Allocation{clientAlloc},
+		WriteRequest: structs.WriteRequest{Region: "region1"},
+	}
+	var resp2 structs.NodeAllocsResponse
+	if err := msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Client.UpdateAlloc", update, &resp2); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp2.Index == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Bad index: %d", resp2.Index)
+	}
+
+	// Lookup the alloc
+	out, err := state.GetAllocByID(alloc.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+	if out.ClientStatus != structs.AllocClientStatusFailed {
+		t.Fatalf("Bad: %#v", out)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestClientEndpoint_CreateNodeEvals(t *testing.T) {
 	s1 := testServer(t, nil)
 	defer s1.Shutdown()
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index 871b49c00..004aa421e 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ type PlanRequest struct {
 type AllocUpdateRequest struct {
 	// Alloc is the list of new allocations to assign
 	Alloc []*Allocation
+	WriteRequest
 }
 
 // GenericRequest is used to request where no