diff --git a/conference.js b/conference.js
index bc7d87cf9..66c83858e 100644
--- a/conference.js
+++ b/conference.js
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class ConferenceConnector {
             // the app. Both the errors above are unrecoverable from the library
             // perspective.
             room.leave().then(() => connection.disconnect());
-            APP.UI.showPageReloadOverlay();
+            APP.UI.showPageReloadOverlay(err);
             break;
 
         case ConferenceErrors.CONFERENCE_MAX_USERS:
@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ export default {
                 // - connection dropped(closed by Strophe unexpectedly
                 //   possible due too many transport errors)
                 logger.error("XMPP connection error: " + errMsg);
-                APP.UI.showPageReloadOverlay();
+                APP.UI.showPageReloadOverlay(
+                    "xmpp-conn-dropped:" + errMsg);
                 connection.removeEventListener(
                     ConnectionEvents.CONNECTION_FAILED, handler);
                 // FIXME it feels like the conference should be stopped
@@ -1736,14 +1737,16 @@ export default {
      * @param {string} name the event name
      * @param {int} value the value (it's int because google analytics supports
      * only int).
+     * @param {string} label short text which provides more info about the event
+     * which allows to distinguish between few event cases of the same name
      * NOTE: Should be used after conference.init
      */
-    logEvent(name, value) {
+    logEvent(name, value, label) {
         if(JitsiMeetJS.analytics) {
-            JitsiMeetJS.analytics.sendEvent(name, {value});
+            JitsiMeetJS.analytics.sendEvent(name, {value, label});
         }
         if(room) {
-            room.sendApplicationLog(JSON.stringify({name, value}));
+            room.sendApplicationLog(JSON.stringify({name, value, label}));
         }
     },
     /**
diff --git a/modules/UI/UI.js b/modules/UI/UI.js
index 65386d712..dbd30fdd1 100644
--- a/modules/UI/UI.js
+++ b/modules/UI/UI.js
@@ -1092,10 +1092,13 @@ UI.notifyFocusDisconnected = function (focus, retrySec) {
 /**
  * Notify the user that the video conferencing service is badly broken and
  * the page should be reloaded.
+ *
+ * @param {string} a label string identifying the reason for the page reload
+ * which will be included in details of the log event.
  */
-UI.showPageReloadOverlay = function () {
+UI.showPageReloadOverlay = function (reason) {
     // Reload the page after 10 - 30 seconds
-    PageReloadOverlay.show(10 + RandomUtil.randomInt(0, 20));
+    PageReloadOverlay.show(10 + RandomUtil.randomInt(0, 20), reason);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/modules/UI/reload_overlay/PageReloadOverlay.js b/modules/UI/reload_overlay/PageReloadOverlay.js
index d5d37cc52..856f53f65 100644
--- a/modules/UI/reload_overlay/PageReloadOverlay.js
+++ b/modules/UI/reload_overlay/PageReloadOverlay.js
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ export default {
      *
      * @param {number} timeoutSeconds how many seconds before the conference
      * reload will happen.
+     * @param {string} reason a label string identifying the reason for the page
+     * reload which will be included in details of the log event
      */
-    show(timeoutSeconds) {
+    show(timeoutSeconds, reason) {
 
         if (!overlay) {
             overlay = new PageReloadOverlayImpl(timeoutSeconds);
@@ -124,7 +126,8 @@ export default {
             // FIXME (CallStats - issue) this event will not make it to
             // the CallStats, because the log queue is not flushed, before
             // "fabric terminated" is sent to the backed
-            APP.conference.logEvent('page.reload');
+            APP.conference.logEvent(
+                'page.reload', undefined /* value */, reason /* label */);
         }
         overlay.show();
     }