diff --git a/hcl2template/decode.go b/hcl2template/decode.go
index e7be2136e..18046d9ff 100644
--- a/hcl2template/decode.go
+++ b/hcl2template/decode.go
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ type Decodable interface {
 	ConfigSpec() hcldec.ObjectSpec
 }
 
-func decodeHCL2Spec(block *hcl.Block, ctx *hcl.EvalContext, dec Decodable) (cty.Value, hcl.Diagnostics) {
-	return hcldec.Decode(block.Body, dec.ConfigSpec(), ctx)
+func decodeHCL2Spec(body hcl.Body, ctx *hcl.EvalContext, dec Decodable) (cty.Value, hcl.Diagnostics) {
+	return hcldec.Decode(body, dec.ConfigSpec(), ctx)
 }
diff --git a/hcl2template/testdata/complete/build.pkr.hcl b/hcl2template/testdata/complete/build.pkr.hcl
index de67e1c39..bd84d42fd 100644
--- a/hcl2template/testdata/complete/build.pkr.hcl
+++ b/hcl2template/testdata/complete/build.pkr.hcl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ build {
     ]
 
     provisioner "shell" {
+        name     = "provisioner that does something"
         string   = "string"
         int      = 42
         int64    = 43
@@ -83,6 +84,46 @@ build {
         }
     }
 
+    post-processor "amazon-import" { 
+        name     = "something"
+        string   = "string"
+        int      = 42
+        int64    = 43
+        bool     = true
+        trilean  = true
+        duration = "10s"
+        map_string_string {
+            a = "b"
+            c = "d"
+        }
+        slice_string = [
+            "a",
+            "b",
+            "c",
+        ]
+
+        nested {
+            string   = "string"
+            int      = 42
+            int64    = 43
+            bool     = true
+            trilean  = true
+            duration = "10s"
+            map_string_string {
+                a = "b"
+                c = "d"
+            }
+            slice_string = [
+                "a",
+                "b",
+                "c",
+            ]
+        }
+
+        nested_slice {
+        }
+    }
+
     post-processor "amazon-import" { 
         string   = "string"
         int      = 42
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.build.go b/hcl2template/types.build.go
index 6f3485b95..f40342683 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.build.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.build.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (p *Parser) decodeBuildConfig(block *hcl.Block) (*BuildBlock, hcl.Diagnosti
 			}
 			build.ProvisionerBlocks = append(build.ProvisionerBlocks, p)
 		case buildPostProcessorLabel:
-			pp, moreDiags := p.decodePostProcessorGroup(block)
+			pp, moreDiags := p.decodePostProcessor(block)
 			diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
 			if moreDiags.HasErrors() {
 				continue
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.build.post-processor.go b/hcl2template/types.build.post-processor.go
index 7575b17c7..125bcfcb2 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.build.post-processor.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.build.post-processor.go
@@ -4,27 +4,43 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/gohcl"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
 )
 
 // PostProcessorBlock represents a parsed PostProcessorBlock
 type PostProcessorBlock struct {
 	PType string
-	block *hcl.Block
+	PName string
+
+	HCL2Ref
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) decodePostProcessorGroup(block *hcl.Block) (*PostProcessorBlock, hcl.Diagnostics) {
-	postProcessor := &PostProcessorBlock{
-		PType: block.Labels[0],
-		block: block,
+func (p *PostProcessorBlock) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(buildPostProcessorLabel+"-block %q %q", p.PType, p.PName)
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) decodePostProcessor(block *hcl.Block) (*PostProcessorBlock, hcl.Diagnostics) {
+	var b struct {
+		Name string   `hcl:"name,optional"`
+		Rest hcl.Body `hcl:",remain"`
+	}
+	diags := gohcl.DecodeBody(block.Body, nil, &b)
+	if diags.HasErrors() {
+		return nil, diags
+	}
+
+	postProcessor := &PostProcessorBlock{
+		PType:   block.Labels[0],
+		PName:   b.Name,
+		HCL2Ref: newHCL2Ref(block, b.Rest),
 	}
-	var diags hcl.Diagnostics
 
 	if !p.PostProcessorsSchemas.Has(postProcessor.PType) {
 		diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
-			Summary:  "Unknown " + buildPostProcessorLabel + " type " + postProcessor.PType,
+			Summary:  fmt.Sprintf("Unknown "+buildPostProcessorLabel+" type %q", postProcessor.PType),
 			Subject:  block.LabelRanges[0].Ptr(),
-			Detail:   fmt.Sprintf("known provisioners: %v", p.ProvisionersSchemas.List()),
+			Detail:   fmt.Sprintf("known "+buildPostProcessorLabel+"s: %v", p.PostProcessorsSchemas.List()),
 			Severity: hcl.DiagError,
 		})
 		return nil, diags
@@ -39,21 +55,21 @@ func (p *Parser) StartPostProcessor(pp *PostProcessorBlock) (packer.PostProcesso
 	postProcessor, err := p.PostProcessorsSchemas.Start(pp.PType)
 	if err != nil {
 		diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
-			Summary: "Failed loading " + pp.block.Type,
-			Subject: pp.block.LabelRanges[0].Ptr(),
+			Summary: fmt.Sprintf("Failed loading %s", pp.PType),
+			Subject: pp.DefRange.Ptr(),
 			Detail:  err.Error(),
 		})
 		return nil, diags
 	}
-	flatProvisinerCfg, moreDiags := decodeHCL2Spec(pp.block, nil, postProcessor)
+	flatProvisinerCfg, moreDiags := decodeHCL2Spec(pp.Rest, nil, postProcessor)
 	diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
 	err = postProcessor.Configure(flatProvisinerCfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
 			Severity: hcl.DiagError,
-			Summary:  "Failed preparing " + pp.block.Type,
+			Summary:  fmt.Sprintf("Failed preparing %s", pp),
 			Detail:   err.Error(),
-			Subject:  pp.block.DefRange.Ptr(),
+			Subject:  pp.DefRange.Ptr(),
 		})
 		return nil, diags
 	}
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.build.provisioners.go b/hcl2template/types.build.provisioners.go
index 7fd832a6c..0af33a747 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.build.provisioners.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.build.provisioners.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package hcl2template
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/gohcl"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/helper/common"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
 )
@@ -10,21 +12,34 @@ import (
 // ProvisionerBlock represents a parsed provisioner
 type ProvisionerBlock struct {
 	PType string
-	block *hcl.Block
+	PName string
+	HCL2Ref
+}
+
+func (p *ProvisionerBlock) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(buildProvisionerLabel+"-block %q %q", p.PType, p.PName)
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) decodeProvisioner(block *hcl.Block) (*ProvisionerBlock, hcl.Diagnostics) {
-	provisioner := &ProvisionerBlock{
-		PType: block.Labels[0],
-		block: block,
+	var b struct {
+		Name string   `hcl:"name,optional"`
+		Rest hcl.Body `hcl:",remain"`
+	}
+	diags := gohcl.DecodeBody(block.Body, nil, &b)
+	if diags.HasErrors() {
+		return nil, diags
+	}
+	provisioner := &ProvisionerBlock{
+		PType:   block.Labels[0],
+		PName:   b.Name,
+		HCL2Ref: newHCL2Ref(block, b.Rest),
 	}
-	var diags hcl.Diagnostics
 
 	if !p.ProvisionersSchemas.Has(provisioner.PType) {
 		diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
-			Summary:  "Unknown " + buildProvisionerLabel + " type " + provisioner.PType,
+			Summary:  fmt.Sprintf("Unknown "+buildProvisionerLabel+" type %q", provisioner.PType),
 			Subject:  block.LabelRanges[0].Ptr(),
-			Detail:   fmt.Sprintf("known provisioners: %v", p.ProvisionersSchemas.List()),
+			Detail:   fmt.Sprintf("known "+buildProvisionerLabel+"s: %v", p.ProvisionersSchemas.List()),
 			Severity: hcl.DiagError,
 		})
 		return nil, diags
@@ -38,13 +53,13 @@ func (p *Parser) StartProvisioner(pb *ProvisionerBlock, generatedVars []string)
 	provisioner, err := p.ProvisionersSchemas.Start(pb.PType)
 	if err != nil {
 		diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
-			Summary: "Failed loading " + pb.block.Type,
-			Subject: pb.block.LabelRanges[0].Ptr(),
+			Summary: fmt.Sprintf("failed loading %s", pb.PType),
+			Subject: pb.HCL2Ref.LabelsRanges[0].Ptr(),
 			Detail:  err.Error(),
 		})
 		return nil, diags
 	}
-	flatProvisionerCfg, moreDiags := decodeHCL2Spec(pb.block, nil, provisioner)
+	flatProvisionerCfg, moreDiags := decodeHCL2Spec(pb.HCL2Ref.Rest, nil, provisioner)
 	diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
 	if diags.HasErrors() {
 		return nil, diags
@@ -71,9 +86,9 @@ func (p *Parser) StartProvisioner(pb *ProvisionerBlock, generatedVars []string)
 	if err != nil {
 		diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
 			Severity: hcl.DiagError,
-			Summary:  "Failed preparing " + pb.block.Type,
+			Summary:  fmt.Sprintf("Failed preparing %s", pb),
 			Detail:   err.Error(),
-			Subject:  pb.block.DefRange.Ptr(),
+			Subject:  pb.HCL2Ref.DefRange.Ptr(),
 		})
 		return nil, diags
 	}
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.hcl_ref.go b/hcl2template/types.hcl_ref.go
index 3c8060298..e6e58e314 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.hcl_ref.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.hcl_ref.go
@@ -7,8 +7,19 @@ import (
 // reference to the source definition in configuration text file
 type HCL2Ref struct {
 	// reference to the source definition in configuration text file
-	DeclRange hcl.Range
+	DefRange     hcl.Range
+	TypeRange    hcl.Range
+	LabelsRanges []hcl.Range
 
 	// remainder of unparsed body
-	Remain hcl.Body
+	Rest hcl.Body
+}
+
+func newHCL2Ref(block *hcl.Block, rest hcl.Body) HCL2Ref {
+	return HCL2Ref{
+		Rest:         rest,
+		DefRange:     block.DefRange,
+		TypeRange:    block.TypeRange,
+		LabelsRanges: block.LabelRanges,
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.packer_config.go b/hcl2template/types.packer_config.go
index f3f061aa2..e2a4806b6 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.packer_config.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.packer_config.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ func (p *Parser) CoreBuildProvisioners(blocks []*ProvisionerBlock, generatedVars
 		}
 		res = append(res, packer.CoreBuildProvisioner{
 			PType:       pb.PType,
+			PName:       pb.PName,
 			Provisioner: provisioner,
 		})
 	}
@@ -34,15 +35,16 @@ func (p *Parser) CoreBuildProvisioners(blocks []*ProvisionerBlock, generatedVars
 func (p *Parser) CoreBuildPostProcessors(blocks []*PostProcessorBlock) ([]packer.CoreBuildPostProcessor, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 	var diags hcl.Diagnostics
 	res := []packer.CoreBuildPostProcessor{}
-	for _, pp := range blocks {
-		postProcessor, moreDiags := p.StartPostProcessor(pp)
+	for _, ppb := range blocks {
+		postProcessor, moreDiags := p.StartPostProcessor(ppb)
 		diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
 		if moreDiags.HasErrors() {
 			continue
 		}
 		res = append(res, packer.CoreBuildPostProcessor{
 			PostProcessor: postProcessor,
-			PType:         pp.PType,
+			PName:         ppb.PName,
+			PType:         ppb.PType,
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ func (p *Parser) getBuilds(cfg *PackerConfig) ([]packer.Build, hcl.Diagnostics)
 			if !found {
 				diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
 					Summary:  "Unknown " + sourceLabel + " " + from.String(),
-					Subject:  build.HCL2Ref.DeclRange.Ptr(),
+					Subject:  build.HCL2Ref.DefRange.Ptr(),
 					Severity: hcl.DiagError,
 				})
 				continue
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.packer_config_test.go b/hcl2template/types.packer_config_test.go
index 0e410a850..325f31722 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.packer_config_test.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.packer_config_test.go
@@ -26,11 +26,20 @@ func TestParser_complete(t *testing.T) {
 					&BuildBlock{
 						Froms: []SourceRef{refVBIsoUbuntu1204},
 						ProvisionerBlocks: []*ProvisionerBlock{
-							{PType: "shell"},
+							{
+								PType: "shell",
+								PName: "provisioner that does something",
+							},
 							{PType: "file"},
 						},
 						PostProcessors: []*PostProcessorBlock{
-							{PType: "amazon-import"},
+							{
+								PType: "amazon-import",
+								PName: "something",
+							},
+							{
+								PType: "amazon-import",
+							},
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -41,12 +50,24 @@ func TestParser_complete(t *testing.T) {
 					Type:    "virtualbox-iso",
 					Builder: basicMockBuilder,
 					Provisioners: []packer.CoreBuildProvisioner{
-						{PType: "shell", Provisioner: basicMockProvisioner},
+						{
+							PType:       "shell",
+							PName:       "provisioner that does something",
+							Provisioner: basicMockProvisioner,
+						},
 						{PType: "file", Provisioner: basicMockProvisioner},
 					},
 					PostProcessors: [][]packer.CoreBuildPostProcessor{
 						{
-							{PType: "amazon-import", PostProcessor: basicMockPostProcessor},
+							{
+								PType:         "amazon-import",
+								PName:         "something",
+								PostProcessor: basicMockPostProcessor,
+							},
+							{
+								PType:         "amazon-import",
+								PostProcessor: basicMockPostProcessor,
+							},
 						},
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.source.go b/hcl2template/types.source.go
index 47eddfa70..45678d1c5 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.source.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.source.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (p *Parser) StartBuilder(source *Source) (packer.Builder, hcl.Diagnostics,
 		return builder, diags, nil
 	}
 
-	decoded, moreDiags := decodeHCL2Spec(source.block, nil, builder)
+	decoded, moreDiags := decodeHCL2Spec(source.block.Body, nil, builder)
 	diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
 	if moreDiags.HasErrors() {
 		return nil, diags, nil
diff --git a/packer/build.go b/packer/build.go
index f1b8a11c3..808d69d77 100644
--- a/packer/build.go
+++ b/packer/build.go
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ type CoreBuildPostProcessor struct {
 // the provisioner within the build.
 type CoreBuildProvisioner struct {
 	PType       string
+	PName       string
 	Provisioner Provisioner
 	config      []interface{}
 }