diff --git a/src/command_download.cc b/src/command_download.cc
index 258094a8..5116b295 100644
--- a/src/command_download.cc
+++ b/src/command_download.cc
@@ -732,6 +732,58 @@ d_list_remove(core::Download*        download,
   return torrent::Object();
 }
 
+// return the "main" tracker for this download item
+torrent::Tracker*
+get_active_tracker(torrent::Download* item) {
+    torrent::TrackerList* tl = item->tracker_list();
+    torrent::Tracker* tracker = 0;
+    torrent::Tracker* fallback = 0;
+
+    for (size_t trkidx = 0; trkidx < tl->size(); trkidx++) {
+        tracker = tl->at(trkidx);
+        if (tracker->is_usable() && tracker->type() == torrent::Tracker::TRACKER_HTTP) {
+            if (!fallback) fallback = tracker;
+            if (tracker->scrape_complete() || tracker->scrape_incomplete()) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        tracker = 0;
+    }
+    if (!tracker && tl->size()) tracker = fallback ? fallback : tl->at(0);
+
+    return tracker;
+}
+
+// return the domain name of the "main" tracker of the given download item
+std::string
+get_active_tracker_domain(torrent::Download* item) {
+    std::string url;
+    torrent::Tracker* tracker = get_active_tracker(item);
+
+    if (tracker && !tracker->url().empty()) {
+        url = tracker->url();
+
+        // snip url to domain name
+        if (url.compare(0, 7, "http://")  == 0) url = url.substr(7);
+        if (url.compare(0, 8, "https://") == 0) url = url.substr(8);
+        if (url.find('/') > 0) url = url.substr(0, url.find('/'));
+        if (url.find(':') > 0) url = url.substr(0, url.find(':'));
+
+        // remove some common cruft
+        const char* domain_cruft[] = {
+            "tracker", "1.", "2.", "001.", ".",
+            "www.", "cfdata.",
+            0
+        };
+        for (const char** cruft = domain_cruft; *cruft; cruft++) {
+            int cruft_len = strlen(*cruft);
+            if (url.compare(0, cruft_len, *cruft) == 0) url = url.substr(cruft_len);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return url;
+}
+
 #define CMD2_ON_INFO(func)                                                     \
   [](const auto& download, const auto&) { return download->info()->func(); }
 #define CMD2_ON_DATA(func)                                                     \
@@ -822,6 +874,10 @@ initialize_command_download() {
   CMD2_DL("d.creation_date", CMD2_ON_INFO(creation_date));
   CMD2_DL("d.load_date", CMD2_ON_INFO(load_date));
 
+  CMD2_DL("d.tracker_domain", [](const auto& download, const auto&) {
+    return get_active_tracker_domain(download->download());
+  });
+
   //
   // Network related:
   //