diff --git a/tests/fixtures/config/remote-zuul-stream/git/org_project/playbooks/command.yaml b/tests/fixtures/config/remote-zuul-stream/git/org_project/playbooks/command.yaml
index 41c603b3e0..ea3c92d8fb 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/config/remote-zuul-stream/git/org_project/playbooks/command.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/config/remote-zuul-stream/git/org_project/playbooks/command.yaml
@@ -38,3 +38,11 @@
   handlers:
     - name: test handler
       command: echo "This is a handler"
+
+- hosts: all
+  strategy: free
+  tasks:
+    - name: Command task 1 within free strategy
+      command: echo "First free task"
+    - name: Command task 2 within free strategy
+      command: echo "Second free task"
diff --git a/tests/remote/test_remote_zuul_stream.py b/tests/remote/test_remote_zuul_stream.py
index a6024f6014..6aefdc6b46 100644
--- a/tests/remote/test_remote_zuul_stream.py
+++ b/tests/remote/test_remote_zuul_stream.py
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ class TestZuulStream(AnsibleZuulTestCase):
             self.assertLogLine('TASK \[Show contents of second file\]', text)
             self.assertLogLine('controller \| command test two', text)
             self.assertLogLine('controller \| This is a handler', text)
+            self.assertLogLine('controller \| First free task', text)
+            self.assertLogLine('controller \| Second free task', text)
             self.assertLogLine(
                 'controller \| ok: Runtime: \d:\d\d:\d\d\.\d\d\d\d\d\d', text)
             self.assertLogLine('PLAY RECAP', text)
diff --git a/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_stream.py b/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_stream.py
index 00e1a78abd..6c60ff62e1 100644
--- a/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_stream.py
+++ b/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_stream.py
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ class CallbackModule(default.CallbackModule):
 
         if self._play.strategy != 'free':
             task_name = self._print_task_banner(task)
+        else:
+            task_name = task.get_name().strip()
+
         if task.action in ('command', 'shell'):
             log_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
             task.args['zuul_log_id'] = log_id