diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index c9cc51dc..501a06ff 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 HEAD
 -----------
-
+- Add random integer to process identity [#2113, michaeldiscala]
 - Log Sidekiq Pro's Batch ID if available [#2076]
 - Refactor Processor Redis usage to avoid redis/redis-rb#490 [#]
 - Add better usage text for `sidekiqctl`.
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/api.rb b/lib/sidekiq/api.rb
index 20dde163..44df0a30 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/api.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/api.rb
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ module Sidekiq
   #   'queues' => ['default', 'low'],
   #   'busy' => 10,
   #   'beat' => <last heartbeat>,
+  #   'identity' => <unique string identifying the process>,
   # }
   class Process
     def initialize(hash)
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ module Sidekiq
     end
 
     def identity
-      @id ||= "#{self['hostname']}:#{self['pid']}"
+      self['identity']
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/launcher.rb b/lib/sidekiq/launcher.rb
index f6d4aa74..ccba06d0 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/launcher.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/launcher.rb
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ module Sidekiq
         'concurrency' => @options[:concurrency],
         'queues' => @options[:queues].uniq,
         'labels' => Sidekiq.options[:labels],
+        'identity' => identity,
       }
       # this data doesn't change so dump it to a string
       # now so we don't need to dump it every heartbeat.
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/util.rb b/lib/sidekiq/util.rb
index 223be3a7..3f38976d 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/util.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/util.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'socket'
+require 'securerandom'
 require 'sidekiq/exception_handler'
 require 'sidekiq/core_ext'
 
@@ -30,8 +31,12 @@ module Sidekiq
       ENV['DYNO'] || Socket.gethostname
     end
 
+    def process_nonce
+      @@process_nonce ||= SecureRandom.hex(6)
+    end
+
     def identity
-      @@identity ||= "#{hostname}:#{$$}"
+      @@identity ||= "#{hostname}:#{$$}:#{process_nonce}"
     end
 
     def fire_event(event)
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/web.rb b/lib/sidekiq/web.rb
index d0bbefdf..09eb408a 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/web.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/web.rb
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ module Sidekiq
     end
 
     post "/busy" do
-      if params['hostname']
-        p = Sidekiq::Process.new('hostname' => params["hostname"], 'pid' => params['pid'])
+      if params['identity']
+        p = Sidekiq::Process.new('identity' => params['identity'])
         p.quiet! if params[:quiet]
         p.stop! if params[:stop]
       else
diff --git a/test/test_api.rb b/test/test_api.rb
index 41e687d7..aa16421e 100644
--- a/test/test_api.rb
+++ b/test/test_api.rb
@@ -374,7 +374,15 @@ class TestApi < Sidekiq::Test
     end
 
     it 'can enumerate processes' do
-      odata = { 'pid' => 123, 'hostname' => hostname, 'key' => "#{hostname}:123", 'started_at' => Time.now.to_f - 15 }
+      identity_string = "identity_string"
+      odata = {
+        'pid' => 123,
+        'hostname' => hostname,
+        'key' => identity_string,
+        'identity' => identity_string,
+        'started_at' => Time.now.to_f - 15,
+      }
+
       time = Time.now.to_f
       Sidekiq.redis do |conn|
         conn.multi do
@@ -392,8 +400,9 @@ class TestApi < Sidekiq::Test
       assert_equal 123, data['pid']
       data.quiet!
       data.stop!
-      assert_equal "TERM", Sidekiq.redis{|c| c.lpop("#{hostname}:123-signals") }
-      assert_equal "USR1", Sidekiq.redis{|c| c.lpop("#{hostname}:123-signals") }
+      signals_string = "#{odata['key']}-signals"
+      assert_equal "TERM", Sidekiq.redis{|c| c.lpop(signals_string) }
+      assert_equal "USR1", Sidekiq.redis{|c| c.lpop(signals_string) }
     end
 
     it 'can enumerate workers' do
diff --git a/test/test_web.rb b/test/test_web.rb
index f3d4596f..988bdeac 100644
--- a/test/test_web.rb
+++ b/test/test_web.rb
@@ -50,17 +50,23 @@ class TestWeb < Sidekiq::Test
       end
 
       it 'can quiet a process' do
-        assert_nil Sidekiq.redis { |c| c.lpop "host:pid-signals" }
-        post '/busy', 'quiet' => '1', 'hostname' => 'host', 'pid' => 'pid'
+        identity = 'identity'
+        signals_key = "#{identity}-signals"
+
+        assert_nil Sidekiq.redis { |c| c.lpop signals_key }
+        post '/busy', 'quiet' => '1', 'identity' => identity
         assert_equal 302, last_response.status
-        assert_equal 'USR1', Sidekiq.redis { |c| c.lpop "host:pid-signals" }
+        assert_equal 'USR1', Sidekiq.redis { |c| c.lpop signals_key }
       end
 
       it 'can stop a process' do
-        assert_nil Sidekiq.redis { |c| c.lpop "host:pid-signals" }
-        post '/busy', 'stop' => '1', 'hostname' => 'host', 'pid' => 'pid'
+        identity = 'identity'
+        signals_key = "#{identity}-signals"
+
+        assert_nil Sidekiq.redis { |c| c.lpop signals_key }
+        post '/busy', 'stop' => '1', 'identity' => identity
         assert_equal 302, last_response.status
-        assert_equal 'TERM', Sidekiq.redis { |c| c.lpop "host:pid-signals" }
+        assert_equal 'TERM', Sidekiq.redis { |c| c.lpop signals_key }
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/web/views/busy.erb b/web/views/busy.erb
index 7f0b12af..5723a5e1 100644
--- a/web/views/busy.erb
+++ b/web/views/busy.erb
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
       <td>
         <div class="btn-group pull-right">
           <form method="POST">
-            <input type="hidden" name="hostname" value="<%= process['hostname'] %>"/>
-            <input type="hidden" name="pid" value="<%= process['pid'] %>"/>
+            <input type="hidden" name="identity" value="<%= process['identity'] %>"/>
             <button class="btn btn-warn" type="submit" name="quiet" value="1"><%= t('Quiet') %></button>
             <button class="btn btn-danger" type="submit" name="stop" value="1"><%= t('Stop') %></button>
           </form>