diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 3f4a27a736e2..3ca994f73bb2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -6607,6 +6607,38 @@ FROM pg_stat_get_backend_idset() AS backendid;
        stale.
       </para></entry>
      </row>
+
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>mode</structfield> <type>text</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       The mode of the current vacuum operation.  Possible values are:
+       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
+          <literal>normal</literal>: A standard vacuum operation, including
+          user-initiated <command>VACUUM</command> command and autovacuum runs
+          not triggered for anti-wraparound purposes.
+         </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
+          <literal>anti-wraparound</literal>: An autovacuum run specifically to
+          prevent transaction ID or multixact ID wraparound.
+         </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
+          <literal>failsafe</literal>: A vacuum operation that entered failsafe
+          mode when the system was at risk of transaction ID or multixact ID
+          wraparound (see <xref linkend="guc-vacuum-failsafe-age"/> and
+          <xref linkend="guc-vacuum-multixact-failsafe-age"/>).
+         </para>
+        </listitem>
+       </itemizedlist>
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </table>
diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c
index 932701d8420d..88fe43c152a2 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c
@@ -651,6 +651,10 @@ heap_vacuum_rel(Relation rel, const VacuumParams params,
 
 	pgstat_progress_start_command(PROGRESS_COMMAND_VACUUM,
 								  RelationGetRelid(rel));
+	pgstat_progress_update_param(PROGRESS_VACUUM_MODE,
+								 params.is_wraparound
+								 ? PROGRESS_VACUUM_MODE_ANTI_WRAPAROUND
+								 : PROGRESS_VACUUM_MODE_NORMAL);
 
 	/*
 	 * Setup error traceback support for ereport() first.  The idea is to set
@@ -2956,9 +2960,10 @@ lazy_check_wraparound_failsafe(LVRelState *vacrel)
 	{
 		const int	progress_index[] = {
 			PROGRESS_VACUUM_INDEXES_TOTAL,
-			PROGRESS_VACUUM_INDEXES_PROCESSED
+			PROGRESS_VACUUM_INDEXES_PROCESSED,
+			PROGRESS_VACUUM_MODE
 		};
-		int64		progress_val[2] = {0, 0};
+		int64		progress_val[3] = {0, 0, PROGRESS_VACUUM_MODE_FAILSAFE};
 
 		VacuumFailsafeActive = true;
 
@@ -2974,8 +2979,8 @@ lazy_check_wraparound_failsafe(LVRelState *vacrel)
 		vacrel->do_index_cleanup = false;
 		vacrel->do_rel_truncate = false;
 
-		/* Reset the progress counters */
-		pgstat_progress_update_multi_param(2, progress_index, progress_val);
+		/* Reset the progress counters and the mode */
+		pgstat_progress_update_multi_param(3, progress_index, progress_val);
 
 		ereport(WARNING,
 				(errmsg("bypassing nonessential maintenance of table \"%s.%s.%s\" as a failsafe after %d index scans",
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 1b3c5a55882d..685086edd8ff 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -1248,7 +1248,11 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_progress_vacuum AS
         S.param6 AS max_dead_tuple_bytes, S.param7 AS dead_tuple_bytes,
         S.param8 AS num_dead_item_ids, S.param9 AS indexes_total,
         S.param10 AS indexes_processed,
-        S.param11 / 1000000::double precision AS delay_time
+        S.param11 / 1000000::double precision AS delay_time,
+        CASE S.param12 WHEN 1 THEN 'normal'
+                       WHEN 2 THEN 'anti-wraparound'
+                       WHEN 3 THEN 'failsafe'
+                       END AS mode
     FROM pg_stat_get_progress_info('VACUUM') AS S
         LEFT JOIN pg_database D ON S.datid = D.oid;
 
diff --git a/src/include/commands/progress.h b/src/include/commands/progress.h
index 1cde4bd9bcf1..73f267a002fc 100644
--- a/src/include/commands/progress.h
+++ b/src/include/commands/progress.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #define PROGRESS_VACUUM_INDEXES_TOTAL			8
 #define PROGRESS_VACUUM_INDEXES_PROCESSED		9
 #define PROGRESS_VACUUM_DELAY_TIME				10
+#define PROGRESS_VACUUM_MODE					11
 
 /* Phases of vacuum (as advertised via PROGRESS_VACUUM_PHASE) */
 #define PROGRESS_VACUUM_PHASE_SCAN_HEAP			1
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@
 #define PROGRESS_VACUUM_PHASE_TRUNCATE			5
 #define PROGRESS_VACUUM_PHASE_FINAL_CLEANUP		6
 
+/* Modes of vacuum (as advertised via PROGRESS_VACUUM_MODE) */
+#define PROGRESS_VACUUM_MODE_NORMAL				1
+#define PROGRESS_VACUUM_MODE_ANTI_WRAPAROUND	2
+#define PROGRESS_VACUUM_MODE_FAILSAFE			3
+
 /* Progress parameters for analyze */
 #define PROGRESS_ANALYZE_PHASE						0
 #define PROGRESS_ANALYZE_BLOCKS_TOTAL				1
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 35e8aad7701b..60b5d87a1306 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -2094,7 +2094,13 @@ pg_stat_progress_vacuum| SELECT s.pid,
     s.param8 AS num_dead_item_ids,
     s.param9 AS indexes_total,
     s.param10 AS indexes_processed,
-    ((s.param11)::double precision / (1000000)::double precision) AS delay_time
+    ((s.param11)::double precision / (1000000)::double precision) AS delay_time,
+        CASE s.param12
+            WHEN 1 THEN 'normal'::text
+            WHEN 2 THEN 'anti-wraparound'::text
+            WHEN 3 THEN 'failsafe'::text
+            ELSE NULL::text
+        END AS mode
    FROM (pg_stat_get_progress_info('VACUUM'::text) s(pid, datid, relid, param1, param2, param3, param4, param5, param6, param7, param8, param9, param10, param11, param12, param13, param14, param15, param16, param17, param18, param19, param20)
      LEFT JOIN pg_database d ON ((s.datid = d.oid)));
 pg_stat_recovery_prefetch| SELECT stats_reset,