diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/MshHostUserInterface.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/MshHostUserInterface.cs
index 373c4f920da..8249eb33d01 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/MshHostUserInterface.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/hostifaces/MshHostUserInterface.cs
@@ -453,7 +453,11 @@ private void LogTranscriptHeader(System.Management.Automation.Remoting.PSSenderI
                     psVersionInfo.AppendLine(versionKey + ": " + valueString);
                 }
             }
-
+            string psConfigurationName = string.Empty;
+            if (senderInfo != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(senderInfo.ConfigurationName))
+            {
+                psConfigurationName = senderInfo.ConfigurationName;
+            }
             // Transcribe the transcript header
             string format = InternalHostUserInterfaceStrings.TranscriptPrologue;
             string line =
@@ -463,6 +467,7 @@ private void LogTranscriptHeader(System.Management.Automation.Remoting.PSSenderI
                     DateTime.Now,
                     username,
                     runAsUser,
+                    psConfigurationName,
                     Environment.MachineName,
                     Environment.OSVersion.VersionString,
                     String.Join(" ", Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()),
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/PSPrincipal.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/PSPrincipal.cs
index 986d280d96c..04e76936831 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/PSPrincipal.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/PSPrincipal.cs
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ public PSPrimitiveDictionary ApplicationArguments
             internal set { _applicationArguments = value; }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// "ConfigurationName" from the sever remote session
+        /// </summary>
+        public string ConfigurationName { get; internal set; }
+
         #endregion
     }
 
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/server/serverremotesession.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/server/serverremotesession.cs
index da2767aa274..41d7ce78f56 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/server/serverremotesession.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/server/serverremotesession.cs
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ internal static ServerRemoteSession CreateServerRemoteSession(PSSenderInfo sende
             {
                 throw PSTraceSource.NewInvalidOperationException("RemotingErrorIdStrings.NonExistentInitialSessionStateProvider", configurationProviderId);
             }
-
+            string shellPrefix = System.Management.Automation.Remoting.Client.WSManNativeApi.ResourceURIPrefix;
+            int index = configurationProviderId.IndexOf(shellPrefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            senderInfo.ConfigurationName = (index == 0) ? configurationProviderId.Substring(shellPrefix.Length) : string.Empty;
             ServerRemoteSession result = new ServerRemoteSession(senderInfo,
                 configurationProviderId,
                 initializationParameters,
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/InternalHostUserInterfaceStrings.resx b/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/InternalHostUserInterfaceStrings.resx
index b607e77300e..7ee332f2cf6 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/InternalHostUserInterfaceStrings.resx
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/InternalHostUserInterfaceStrings.resx
@@ -201,10 +201,11 @@ Windows PowerShell transcript start
 Start time: {0:yyyyMMddHHmmss}
 Username: {1}
 RunAs User: {2}
-Machine: {3} ({4})
-Host Application: {5}
-Process ID: {6}
-{7}
+Configuration Name: {3}
+Machine: {4} ({5})
+Host Application: {6}
+Process ID: {7}
+{8}
 **********************</value>
   </data>
   <data name="TranscriptEpilogue" xml:space="preserve">
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/RemoteSession.Basic.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/RemoteSession.Basic.Tests.ps1
index a0b0df0ac74..c35f42bf4d0 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/RemoteSession.Basic.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/RemoteSession.Basic.Tests.ps1
@@ -8,4 +8,27 @@ Describe "New-PSSession basic test" -Tag @("CI") {
             $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should Be "InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewPSSessionCommand"
         }
     }
+}
+
+Describe "JEA session Transcprit script test" -Tag @("Feature", 'RequireAdminOnWindows') {
+    It "Configuration name should be in the transcript header" {
+        [string] $RoleCapDirectory = (New-Item -Path "$TestDrive\RoleCapability" -ItemType Directory -Force).FullName
+        [string] $PSSessionConfigFile = "$RoleCapDirectory\TestConfig.pssc"
+        [string] $transScriptFile = "$RoleCapDirectory\*.txt"
+        try
+        {
+            New-PSSessionConfigurationFile -Path $PSSessionConfigFile -TranscriptDirectory $RoleCapDirectory -SessionType RestrictedRemoteServer
+            Register-PSSessionConfiguration -Name JEA -Path $PSSessionConfigFile -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue 
+            $scriptBlock = {Enter-PSSession -ComputerName Localhost -ConfigurationName JEA; Exit-PSSession}
+            & $scriptBlock
+            $headerFile = Get-ChildItem $transScriptFile | Sort-Object LastWriteTime | Select-Object -Last 1
+            $header = Get-Content $headerFile | Out-String
+            $header | Should BeLike "Configuration Name: JEA"
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Unregister-PSSessionConfiguration -Name JEA -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        }
+    }
+
 }
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