diff --git a/packages/client-app/src/flux/models/category.es6 b/packages/client-app/src/flux/models/category.es6
index 5f169b321..58b4cff23 100644
--- a/packages/client-app/src/flux/models/category.es6
+++ b/packages/client-app/src/flux/models/category.es6
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ export default class Category extends Model {
       modelKey: 'displayName',
       jsonKey: 'display_name',
     }),
+    imapName: Attributes.String({
+      modelKey: 'imapName',
+      jsonKey: 'imap_name',
+    }),
     syncProgress: Attributes.Object({
       modelKey: 'syncProgress',
       jsonKey: 'sync_progress',
diff --git a/packages/client-sync/src/models/folder.es6 b/packages/client-sync/src/models/folder.es6
index 36183838b..759021582 100644
--- a/packages/client-sync/src/models/folder.es6
+++ b/packages/client-sync/src/models/folder.es6
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export default (sequelize, Sequelize) => {
           object: 'folder',
           name: this.role,
           display_name: formatImapPath(this.name),
+          imap_name: this.name,
           sync_progress: this.syncProgress(),
           // intentionally overwrite any sync states stored in edgehill.db,
           // since it may contain long arrays and cause perf degredation
diff --git a/packages/client-sync/src/models/label.js b/packages/client-sync/src/models/label.js
index b0da80715..4dce8a945 100644
--- a/packages/client-sync/src/models/label.js
+++ b/packages/client-sync/src/models/label.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ module.exports = (sequelize, Sequelize) => {
           object: 'label',
           name: this.role,
           display_name: formatImapPath(this.name),
+          imap_name: this.name,
         };
       },
     },