diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index d4ea11036c3..e4980edd2e2 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -6751,6 +6751,7 @@ const (
 	EvalTriggerFailedFollowUp    = "failed-follow-up"
 	EvalTriggerMaxPlans          = "max-plan-attempts"
 	EvalTriggerRetryFailedAlloc  = "alloc-failure"
+	EvalTriggerQueuedAllocs      = "queued-allocs"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -7016,7 +7017,7 @@ func (e *Evaluation) CreateBlockedEval(classEligibility map[string]bool,
 		Namespace:            e.Namespace,
 		Priority:             e.Priority,
 		Type:                 e.Type,
-		TriggeredBy:          e.TriggeredBy,
+		TriggeredBy:          EvalTriggerQueuedAllocs,
 		JobID:                e.JobID,
 		JobModifyIndex:       e.JobModifyIndex,
 		Status:               EvalStatusBlocked,
diff --git a/scheduler/generic_sched.go b/scheduler/generic_sched.go
index eb2b8023fcc..ec9a31533a1 100644
--- a/scheduler/generic_sched.go
+++ b/scheduler/generic_sched.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (s *GenericScheduler) Process(eval *structs.Evaluation) error {
 	switch eval.TriggeredBy {
 	case structs.EvalTriggerJobRegister, structs.EvalTriggerJobDeregister,
 		structs.EvalTriggerNodeDrain, structs.EvalTriggerNodeUpdate,
-		structs.EvalTriggerRollingUpdate,
+		structs.EvalTriggerRollingUpdate, structs.EvalTriggerQueuedAllocs,
 		structs.EvalTriggerPeriodicJob, structs.EvalTriggerMaxPlans,
 		structs.EvalTriggerDeploymentWatcher, structs.EvalTriggerRetryFailedAlloc:
 	default:
diff --git a/scheduler/generic_sched_test.go b/scheduler/generic_sched_test.go
index d735c2489ba..b20f43237b4 100644
--- a/scheduler/generic_sched_test.go
+++ b/scheduler/generic_sched_test.go
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ func TestServiceSched_JobRegister_DiskConstraints(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", h.CreateEvals)
 	}
 
+	if h.CreateEvals[0].TriggeredBy != structs.EvalTriggerQueuedAllocs {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", h.CreateEvals[0])
+	}
+
 	// Ensure the plan allocated only one allocation
 	var planned []*structs.Allocation
 	for _, allocList := range plan.NodeAllocation {