diff --git a/command/alloc_status.go b/command/alloc_status.go
index b9479aefd..cd1f918ab 100644
--- a/command/alloc_status.go
+++ b/command/alloc_status.go
@@ -364,9 +364,20 @@ func futureEvalTimePretty(evalID string, client *api.Client) string {
 // outputTaskDetails prints task details for each task in the allocation,
 // optionally printing verbose statistics if displayStats is set
 func (c *AllocStatusCommand) outputTaskDetails(alloc *api.Allocation, stats *api.AllocResourceUsage, displayStats bool, verbose bool) {
-	for task := range c.sortedTaskStateIterator(alloc.TaskStates) {
+	taskLifecycles := map[string]*api.TaskLifecycle{}
+	for _, t := range alloc.Job.LookupTaskGroup(alloc.TaskGroup).Tasks {
+		taskLifecycles[t.Name] = t.Lifecycle
+	}
+
+	for _, task := range c.sortedTaskStateIterator(alloc.TaskStates, taskLifecycles) {
 		state := alloc.TaskStates[task]
-		c.Ui.Output(c.Colorize().Color(fmt.Sprintf("\n[bold]Task %q is %q[reset]", task, state.State)))
+
+		lcIndicator := ""
+		if lc := taskLifecycles[task]; !lc.Empty() {
+			lcIndicator = " (" + lifecycleDisplayName(lc) + ")"
+		}
+
+		c.Ui.Output(c.Colorize().Color(fmt.Sprintf("\n[bold]Task %q%v is %q[reset]", task, lcIndicator, state.State)))
 		c.outputTaskResources(alloc, task, stats, displayStats)
 		c.Ui.Output("")
 		c.outputTaskVolumes(alloc, task, verbose)
@@ -671,20 +682,12 @@ func (c *AllocStatusCommand) shortTaskStatus(alloc *api.Allocation) {
 	tasks := make([]string, 0, len(alloc.TaskStates)+1)
 	tasks = append(tasks, "Name|State|Last Event|Time|Lifecycle")
 
-	taskLifecycles := map[string]string{}
+	taskLifecycles := map[string]*api.TaskLifecycle{}
 	for _, t := range alloc.Job.LookupTaskGroup(alloc.TaskGroup).Tasks {
-		lc := "main"
-		if t.Lifecycle != nil {
-			sidecar := ""
-			if t.Lifecycle.Sidecar {
-				sidecar = "sidecar"
-			}
-			lc = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", t.Lifecycle.Hook, sidecar)
-		}
-		taskLifecycles[t.Name] = lc
+		taskLifecycles[t.Name] = t.Lifecycle
 	}
 
-	for task := range c.sortedTaskStateIterator(alloc.TaskStates) {
+	for _, task := range c.sortedTaskStateIterator(alloc.TaskStates, taskLifecycles) {
 		state := alloc.TaskStates[task]
 		lastState := state.State
 		var lastEvent, lastTime string
@@ -697,7 +700,7 @@ func (c *AllocStatusCommand) shortTaskStatus(alloc *api.Allocation) {
 		}
 
 		tasks = append(tasks, fmt.Sprintf("%s|%s|%s|%s|%s",
-			task, lastState, lastEvent, lastTime, taskLifecycles[task]))
+			task, lastState, lastEvent, lastTime, lifecycleDisplayName(taskLifecycles[task])))
 	}
 
 	c.Ui.Output(c.Colorize().Color("\n[bold]Tasks[reset]"))
@@ -706,8 +709,7 @@ func (c *AllocStatusCommand) shortTaskStatus(alloc *api.Allocation) {
 
 // sortedTaskStateIterator is a helper that takes the task state map and returns a
 // channel that returns the keys in a sorted order.
-func (c *AllocStatusCommand) sortedTaskStateIterator(m map[string]*api.TaskState) <-chan string {
-	output := make(chan string, len(m))
+func (c *AllocStatusCommand) sortedTaskStateIterator(m map[string]*api.TaskState, lifecycles map[string]*api.TaskLifecycle) []string {
 	keys := make([]string, len(m))
 	i := 0
 	for k := range m {
@@ -716,12 +718,36 @@ func (c *AllocStatusCommand) sortedTaskStateIterator(m map[string]*api.TaskState
 	}
 	sort.Strings(keys)
 
-	for _, key := range keys {
-		output <- key
+	// display prestart then prestart sidecar then main
+	sort.SliceStable(keys, func(i, j int) bool {
+		lci := lifecycles[keys[i]]
+		lcj := lifecycles[keys[j]]
+
+		switch {
+		case lci == nil:
+			return false
+		case lcj == nil:
+			return true
+		case !lci.Sidecar && lcj.Sidecar:
+			return true
+		default:
+			return false
+		}
+	})
+
+	return keys
+}
+
+func lifecycleDisplayName(l *api.TaskLifecycle) string {
+	if l.Empty() {
+		return "main"
 	}
 
-	close(output)
-	return output
+	sidecar := ""
+	if l.Sidecar {
+		sidecar = " sidecar"
+	}
+	return l.Hook + sidecar
 }
 
 func (c *AllocStatusCommand) outputTaskVolumes(alloc *api.Allocation, taskName string, verbose bool) {
diff --git a/command/alloc_status_test.go b/command/alloc_status_test.go
index 6f5b35c51..32006d0c1 100644
--- a/command/alloc_status_test.go
+++ b/command/alloc_status_test.go
@@ -87,6 +87,69 @@ func TestAllocStatusCommand_Fails(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAllocStatusCommand_LifecycleInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	srv, client, url := testServer(t, true, nil)
+	defer srv.Shutdown()
+
+	// Wait for a node to be ready
+	testutil.WaitForResult(func() (bool, error) {
+		nodes, _, err := client.Nodes().List(nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		for _, node := range nodes {
+			if node.Status == structs.NodeStatusReady {
+				return true, nil
+			}
+		}
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("no ready nodes")
+	}, func(err error) {
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
+	cmd := &AllocStatusCommand{Meta: Meta{Ui: ui}}
+	state := srv.Agent.Server().State()
+
+	a := mock.Alloc()
+	a.Metrics = &structs.AllocMetric{}
+	tg := a.Job.LookupTaskGroup(a.TaskGroup)
+
+	initTask := tg.Tasks[0].Copy()
+	initTask.Name = "init_task"
+	initTask.Lifecycle = &structs.TaskLifecycleConfig{
+		Hook: "prestart",
+	}
+
+	prestartSidecarTask := tg.Tasks[0].Copy()
+	prestartSidecarTask.Name = "prestart_sidecar"
+	prestartSidecarTask.Lifecycle = &structs.TaskLifecycleConfig{
+		Hook:    "prestart",
+		Sidecar: true,
+	}
+
+	tg.Tasks = append(tg.Tasks, initTask, prestartSidecarTask)
+	a.TaskResources["init_task"] = a.TaskResources["web"]
+	a.TaskResources["prestart_sidecar"] = a.TaskResources["web"]
+	a.TaskStates = map[string]*structs.TaskState{
+		"web":              &structs.TaskState{State: "pending"},
+		"init_task":        &structs.TaskState{State: "running"},
+		"prestart_sidecar": &structs.TaskState{State: "running"},
+	}
+
+	require.Nil(t, state.UpsertAllocs(1000, []*structs.Allocation{a}))
+
+	if code := cmd.Run([]string{"-address=" + url, a.ID}); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected exit 0, got: %d", code)
+	}
+	out := ui.OutputWriter.String()
+
+	require.Contains(t, out, `Task "init_task" (prestart) is "running"`)
+	require.Contains(t, out, `Task "prestart_sidecar" (prestart sidecar) is "running"`)
+	require.Contains(t, out, `Task "web" is "pending"`)
+}
+
 func TestAllocStatusCommand_Run(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	srv, client, url := testServer(t, true, nil)