diff --git a/agent/consul/connect_ca_endpoint.go b/agent/consul/connect_ca_endpoint.go
index 619418bab..8acaa4ed0 100644
--- a/agent/consul/connect_ca_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/consul/connect_ca_endpoint.go
@@ -98,15 +98,9 @@ func (s *ConnectCA) ConfigurationSet(
 		return err
 	}
 
-	id, err := connect.CalculateCertFingerprint(newRootPEM)
+	newActiveRoot, err := parseCARoot(newRootPEM, args.Config.Provider)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing root fingerprint: %v", err)
-	}
-	newActiveRoot := &structs.CARoot{
-		ID:       id,
-		Name:     fmt.Sprintf("%s CA Root Cert", config.Provider),
-		RootCert: newRootPEM,
-		Active:   true,
+		return err
 	}
 
 	// Compare the new provider's root CA ID to the current one. If they
@@ -240,6 +234,10 @@ func (s *ConnectCA) Roots(
 				reply.Roots[i] = &structs.CARoot{
 					ID:                r.ID,
 					Name:              r.Name,
+					SerialNumber:      r.SerialNumber,
+					SigningKeyID:      r.SigningKeyID,
+					NotBefore:         r.NotBefore,
+					NotAfter:          r.NotAfter,
 					RootCert:          r.RootCert,
 					IntermediateCerts: r.IntermediateCerts,
 					RaftIndex:         r.RaftIndex,
diff --git a/agent/consul/leader.go b/agent/consul/leader.go
index b07a3622d..a06871888 100644
--- a/agent/consul/leader.go
+++ b/agent/consul/leader.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -427,15 +428,9 @@ func (s *Server) initializeCA() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error getting root cert: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	id, err := connect.CalculateCertFingerprint(rootPEM)
+	rootCA, err := parseCARoot(rootPEM, conf.Provider)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing root fingerprint: %v", err)
-	}
-	rootCA := &structs.CARoot{
-		ID:       id,
-		Name:     fmt.Sprintf("%s CA Root Cert", conf.Provider),
-		RootCert: rootPEM,
-		Active:   true,
+		return err
 	}
 
 	// Check if the CA root is already initialized and exit if it is.
@@ -478,6 +473,28 @@ func (s *Server) initializeCA() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// parseCARoot returns a filled-in structs.CARoot from a raw PEM value.
+func parseCARoot(pemValue, provider string) (*structs.CARoot, error) {
+	id, err := connect.CalculateCertFingerprint(pemValue)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing root fingerprint: %v", err)
+	}
+	rootCert, err := connect.ParseCert(pemValue)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing root cert: %v", err)
+	}
+	return &structs.CARoot{
+		ID:           id,
+		Name:         fmt.Sprintf("%s CA Root Cert", strings.Title(provider)),
+		SerialNumber: rootCert.SerialNumber.Uint64(),
+		SigningKeyID: connect.HexString(rootCert.AuthorityKeyId),
+		NotBefore:    rootCert.NotBefore,
+		NotAfter:     rootCert.NotAfter,
+		RootCert:     pemValue,
+		Active:       true,
+	}, nil
+}
+
 // createProvider returns a connect CA provider from the given config.
 func (s *Server) createCAProvider(conf *structs.CAConfiguration) (connect_ca.Provider, error) {
 	switch conf.Provider {
diff --git a/agent/structs/connect_ca.go b/agent/structs/connect_ca.go
index ca60a677f..3a4ca8131 100644
--- a/agent/structs/connect_ca.go
+++ b/agent/structs/connect_ca.go
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ type CARoot struct {
 	// opaque to Consul and is not used for anything internally.
 	Name string
 
+	// SerialNumber is the x509 serial number of the certificate.
+	SerialNumber uint64
+
+	// SigningKeyID is the ID of the public key that corresponds to the
+	// private key used to sign the certificate.
+	SigningKeyID string
+
+	// Time validity bounds.
+	NotBefore time.Time
+	NotAfter  time.Time
+
 	// RootCert is the PEM-encoded public certificate.
 	RootCert string