diff --git a/src/bgp/bgp_peer.cc b/src/bgp/bgp_peer.cc
index d54922674ff..f6334dd317c 100644
--- a/src/bgp/bgp_peer.cc
+++ b/src/bgp/bgp_peer.cc
@@ -1698,6 +1698,7 @@ void BgpPeer::FillBgpNeighborFamilyAttributes(BgpNeighborResp *nbr) const {
 
 void BgpPeer::FillNeighborInfo(const BgpSandeshContext *bsc,
     BgpNeighborResp *bnr, bool summary) const {
+    bnr->set_instance_name(rtinstance_->name());
     bnr->set_peer(peer_basename_);
     bnr->set_deleted(IsDeleted());
     bnr->set_deleted_at(UTCUsecToString(deleter_->delete_time_stamp_usecs()));
diff --git a/src/bgp/bgp_peer.sandesh b/src/bgp/bgp_peer.sandesh
index 6c8405a1e4d..f752f74c2d2 100644
--- a/src/bgp/bgp_peer.sandesh
+++ b/src/bgp/bgp_peer.sandesh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct ShowBgpNeighborFamily {
 }
 
 struct BgpNeighborResp {
+    53: string instance_name;
     1: string peer (link="BgpNeighborReq"); // Peer name
     36: bool deleted;           // Deletion in progress
     43: string deleted_at;