diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index bfa4012d1..2c91d5f93 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -1145,6 +1145,10 @@ func (sc *ServiceCheck) Hash(serviceId string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum(nil))
 }
 
+const (
+	NomadConsulPrefix = "nomad"
+)
+
 // The Service model represents a Consul service defintion
 type Service struct {
 	Id        string          // Id of the service, this needs to be unique on a local machine
@@ -1157,7 +1161,7 @@ type Service struct {
 // InitFields interpolates values of Job, Task Group and Task in the Service
 // Name. This also generates check names, service id and check ids.
 func (s *Service) InitFields(job string, taskGroup string, task string) {
-	s.Id = fmt.Sprintf("nomad-%s", GenerateUUID())
+	s.Id = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", NomadConsulPrefix, GenerateUUID())
 	s.Name = args.ReplaceEnv(s.Name, map[string]string{
 		"JOB":       job,
 		"TASKGROUP": taskGroup,