diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/connection/ModeledConnection.java b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/connection/ModeledConnection.java
index 3d6e625b0..e2cafe1af 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/connection/ModeledConnection.java
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/auth/jdbc/connection/ModeledConnection.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.guacamole.auth.jdbc.tunnel.GuacamoleTunnelService;
 import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.jdbc.JDBCEnvironment;
 import org.apache.guacamole.auth.jdbc.base.ModeledChildDirectoryObject;
+import org.apache.guacamole.form.BooleanField;
 import org.apache.guacamole.form.EnumField;
 import org.apache.guacamole.form.Field;
 import org.apache.guacamole.form.Form;
@@ -121,6 +122,13 @@ public class ModeledConnection extends ModeledChildDirectoryObject<ConnectionMod
      */
     public static final String CONNECTION_WEIGHT = "weight";
 
+    /**
+     * The name of the attribute which controls whether the connection should
+     * be used as a spare only (all other non-spare connections within the same
+     * balancing group should be preferred).
+     */
+    public static final String FAILOVER_ONLY_NAME = "failover-only";
+
     /**
      * All attributes related to restricting user accounts, within a logical
      * form.
@@ -134,7 +142,8 @@ public class ModeledConnection extends ModeledChildDirectoryObject<ConnectionMod
      * All attributes related to load balancing in a logical form.
      */
     public static final Form LOAD_BALANCING = new Form("load-balancing", Arrays.<Field>asList(
-        new NumericField(CONNECTION_WEIGHT)
+        new NumericField(CONNECTION_WEIGHT),
+        new BooleanField(FAILOVER_ONLY_NAME, "true")
     ));
 
     /**
@@ -281,6 +290,9 @@ public class ModeledConnection extends ModeledChildDirectoryObject<ConnectionMod
         // Set connection weight
         attributes.put(CONNECTION_WEIGHT, NumericField.format(getModel().getConnectionWeight()));
 
+        // Set whether connection is failover-only
+        attributes.put(FAILOVER_ONLY_NAME, getModel().isFailoverOnly() ? "true" : null);
+
         return attributes;
     }
 
@@ -333,6 +345,9 @@ public class ModeledConnection extends ModeledChildDirectoryObject<ConnectionMod
             logger.debug("Unable to parse numeric attribute.", e);
         }
 
+        // Translate failover-only attribute
+        getModel().setFailoverOnly("true".equals(attributes.get(FAILOVER_ONLY_NAME)));
+
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/resources/translations/en.json b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/resources/translations/en.json
index 0bc2db375..c781c158c 100644
--- a/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/resources/translations/en.json
+++ b/extensions/guacamole-auth-jdbc/modules/guacamole-auth-jdbc-base/src/main/resources/translations/en.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         "FIELD_HEADER_MAX_CONNECTIONS"          : "Maximum number of connections:",
         "FIELD_HEADER_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_USER" : "Maximum number of connections per user:",
 
+        "FIELD_HEADER_FAILOVER_ONLY"            : "Use for failover only:",
         "FIELD_HEADER_WEIGHT"                   : "Connection weight:",
 
         "FIELD_HEADER_GUACD_HOSTNAME"   : "Hostname:",