diff --git a/client/consul.go b/client/consul.go
index 8250d0a1f..4b6d1a939 100644
--- a/client/consul.go
+++ b/client/consul.go
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ type ConsulClient struct {
 	shutdownCh chan struct{}
 
 	trackedServices map[string]*trackedService // Service ID to Tracked Service Map
+	trackedChecks   map[string]bool            // List of check ids that is being tracked
 	trackedSrvLock  sync.Mutex
+	trackedChkLock  sync.Mutex
 }
 
 func NewConsulClient(logger *log.Logger, consulAddr string) (*ConsulClient, error) {
@@ -61,9 +63,6 @@ func NewConsulClient(logger *log.Logger, consulAddr string) (*ConsulClient, erro
 }
 
 func (c *ConsulClient) Register(task *structs.Task, allocID string) error {
-	// Removing the service first so that we can re-sync everything cleanly
-	c.Deregister(task)
-
 	var mErr multierror.Error
 	for _, service := range task.Services {
 		c.logger.Printf("[INFO] consul: Registering service %s with Consul.", service.Name)
@@ -156,19 +155,17 @@ func (c *ConsulClient) SyncWithConsul() {
 
 func (c *ConsulClient) registerService(service *structs.Service, task *structs.Task, allocID string) error {
 	var mErr multierror.Error
-	service.Id = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", allocID, service.Name)
+	service.Id = service.Hash()
 	host, port := c.findPortAndHostForLabel(service.PortLabel, task)
 	if host == "" || port == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("consul: The port:%s marked for registration of service: %s couldn't be found", service.PortLabel, service.Name)
 	}
-	checks := c.makeChecks(service, host, port)
 	asr := &consul.AgentServiceRegistration{
 		ID:      service.Id,
 		Name:    service.Name,
 		Tags:    service.Tags,
 		Port:    port,
 		Address: host,
-		Checks:  checks,
 	}
 	ts := &trackedService{
 		allocId: allocID,
@@ -183,6 +180,16 @@ func (c *ConsulClient) registerService(service *structs.Service, task *structs.T
 		c.logger.Printf("[ERROR] consul: Error while registering service %v with Consul: %v", service.Name, err)
 		mErr.Errors = append(mErr.Errors, err)
 	}
+	checks := c.makeChecks(service, host, port)
+	for _, check := range checks {
+		if err := c.client.Agent().CheckRegister(check); err != nil {
+			c.logger.Printf("[ERROR] consul: Error while registerting check %v with Consul: %v", check.Name, err)
+			mErr.Errors = append(mErr.Errors, err)
+		}
+		c.trackedChkLock.Lock()
+		c.trackedChecks[check.ID] = true
+		c.trackedChkLock.Unlock()
+	}
 	return mErr.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
@@ -197,13 +204,19 @@ func (c *ConsulClient) deregisterService(serviceId string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *ConsulClient) makeChecks(service *structs.Service, ip string, port int) []*consul.AgentServiceCheck {
-	var checks []*consul.AgentServiceCheck
+func (c *ConsulClient) makeChecks(service *structs.Service, ip string, port int) []*consul.AgentCheckRegistration {
+	var checks []*consul.AgentCheckRegistration
 	for _, check := range service.Checks {
-		c := &consul.AgentServiceCheck{
-			Interval: check.Interval.String(),
-			Timeout:  check.Timeout.String(),
+		if check.Name == "" {
+			check.Name = fmt.Sprintf("service: '%s' check", service.Name)
 		}
+		cr := &consul.AgentCheckRegistration{
+			ID:        check.Hash(),
+			Name:      check.Name,
+			ServiceID: service.Id,
+		}
+		cr.Interval = check.Interval.String()
+		cr.Timeout = check.Timeout.String()
 		switch check.Type {
 		case structs.ServiceCheckHTTP:
 			if check.Protocol == "" {
@@ -214,13 +227,14 @@ func (c *ConsulClient) makeChecks(service *structs.Service, ip string, port int)
 				Host:   fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ip, port),
 				Path:   check.Path,
 			}
-			c.HTTP = url.String()
+			cr.HTTP = url.String()
 		case structs.ServiceCheckTCP:
-			c.TCP = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ip, port)
+			cr.TCP = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ip, port)
 		case structs.ServiceCheckScript:
-			c.Script = check.Script // TODO This needs to include the path of the alloc dir and based on driver types
+			cr.Script = check.Script // TODO This needs to include the path of the alloc dir and based on driver types
 		}
-		checks = append(checks, c)
+
+		checks = append(checks, cr)
 	}
 	return checks
 }
diff --git a/client/task_runner.go b/client/task_runner.go
index fd01b1f96..749b4d6d4 100644
--- a/client/task_runner.go
+++ b/client/task_runner.go
@@ -251,10 +251,6 @@ func (r *TaskRunner) run() {
 				if err := r.handle.Update(update); err != nil {
 					r.logger.Printf("[ERR] client: failed to update task '%s' for alloc '%s': %v", r.task.Name, r.allocID, err)
 				}
-
-				if err := r.consulClient.Register(update, r.allocID); err != nil {
-					r.logger.Printf("[ERR] client: failed to update service definition: %v", err)
-				}
 			case <-r.destroyCh:
 				// Avoid destroying twice
 				if destroyed {
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index 721740404..f7a3a1b04 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -1072,6 +1072,14 @@ func (s *Service) Validate() error {
 	return mErr.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
+func (s *Service) Hash() string {
+	h := sha1.New()
+	io.WriteString(h, s.Name)
+	io.WriteString(h, strings.Join(s.Tags, ""))
+	io.WriteString(h, s.PortLabel)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum(nil))
+}
+
 // Task is a single process typically that is executed as part of a task group.
 type Task struct {
 	// Name of the task