diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/zfs_/pool_status.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/zfs_/pool_status.py
index d73782e862c0..4901d2f717e4 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/zfs_/pool_status.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/zfs_/pool_status.py
@@ -95,47 +95,46 @@ def status(self, data):
                   ]
                 }
               },
-              "evo": {
-                "spares": {},
-                "logs": {},
-                "dedup": {},
-                "special": {},
-                "l2cache": {},
-                "data": {
-                  "/dev/disk/by-partuuid/d9cfa346-8623-402f-9bfe-a8256de902ec": {
-                    "pool_name": "evo",
-                    "disk_status": "ONLINE",
-                    "disk_read_errors": 0,
-                    "disk_write_errors": 0,
-                    "disk_checksum_errors": 0,
-                    "vdev_name": "stripe",
-                    "vdev_type": "data",
-                    "vdev_disks": [
-                      "/dev/disk/by-partuuid/d9cfa346-8623-402f-9bfe-a8256de902ec"
-                    ]
-                  }
+              "pools": {
+                "evo": {
+                    "spares": {},
+                    "logs": {},
+                    "dedup": {},
+                    "special": {},
+                    "l2cache": {},
+                    "data": {
+                        "/dev/disk/by-partuuid/d9cfa346-8623-402f-9bfe-a8256de902ec": {
+                            "pool_name": "evo",
+                            "disk_status": "ONLINE",
+                            "disk_read_errors": 0,
+                            "disk_write_errors": 0,
+                            "disk_checksum_errors": 0,
+                            "vdev_name": "stripe",
+                            "vdev_type": "data",
+                            "vdev_disks": [
+                            "/dev/disk/by-partuuid/d9cfa346-8623-402f-9bfe-a8256de902ec"
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
-              }
             }
         """
-        pools = get_zpool_status(data.get('name'))
-
-        final = {'disks': dict()}
-        for pool_name, pool_info in pools.items():
-            final[pool_name] = dict()
+        final = {'disks': dict(), 'pools': dict()}
+        for pool_name, pool_info in get_zpool_status(data.get('name')).items():
+            final['pools'][pool_name] = dict()
             # We need some normalization for data vdev here
             pool_info['data'] = pool_info.get('vdevs', {}).get(pool_name, {}).get('vdevs', {})
             for vdev_type in ('spares', 'logs', 'dedup', 'special', 'l2cache', 'data'):
                 vdev_members = pool_info.get(vdev_type, {})
                 if not vdev_members:
-                    final[pool_name][vdev_type] = dict()
+                    final['pools'][pool_name][vdev_type] = dict()
                     continue
 
                 info = self.status_impl(pool_name, vdev_type, vdev_members, **data)
                 # we key on pool name and disk id because
                 # this was designed, primarily, for the
                 # `webui.enclosure.dashboard` endpoint
-                final[pool_name][vdev_type] = info
+                final['pools'][pool_name][vdev_type] = info
                 final['disks'].update(info)
 
         return final
diff --git a/tests/api2/test_zpool_status.py b/tests/api2/test_zpool_status.py
index 9ca5e462ff4e..3951c9f4cd72 100644
--- a/tests/api2/test_zpool_status.py
+++ b/tests/api2/test_zpool_status.py
@@ -104,117 +104,119 @@ def get_pool_status(unused_disks, real_paths=False, replaced=False):
                 ]
             }
         },
-        POOL_NAME: {
-            'spares': {
-                f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[4]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[4]}': {
-                    'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
-                    'disk_status': 'AVAIL' if not replaced else 'INUSE',
-                    'disk_read_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_write_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
-                    'vdev_name': 'stripe',
-                    'vdev_type': 'spares',
-                    'vdev_disks': [
-                        f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[4]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[4]}'
-                    ]
-                }
-            },
-            'logs': {
-                f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[3]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[3]}': {
-                    'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
-                    'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
-                    'disk_read_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_write_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
-                    'vdev_name': 'stripe',
-                    'vdev_type': 'logs',
-                    'vdev_disks': [
-                        f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[3]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[3]}'
-                    ]
-                }
-            },
-            'dedup': {
-                f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[2]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[2]}': {
-                    'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
-                    'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
-                    'disk_read_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_write_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
-                    'vdev_name': 'stripe',
-                    'vdev_type': 'dedup',
-                    'vdev_disks': [
-                        f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[2]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[2]}'
-                    ]
-                }
-            },
-            'special': {
-                f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[5]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[5]}': {
-                    'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
-                    'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
-                    'disk_read_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_write_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
-                    'vdev_name': 'stripe',
-                    'vdev_type': 'special',
-                    'vdev_disks': [
-                        f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[5]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[5]}'
-                    ]
-                }
-            },
-            'l2cache': {
-                f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[0]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[0]}': {
-                    'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
-                    'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
-                    'disk_read_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_write_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
-                    'vdev_name': 'stripe',
-                    'vdev_type': 'l2cache',
-                    'vdev_disks': [
-                        f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[0]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[0]}'
-                    ]
-                }
-            },
-            'data': {
-                f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[1]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[1]}': {
-                    'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
-                    'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
-                    'disk_read_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_write_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
-                    'vdev_name': 'stripe',
-                    'vdev_type': 'data',
-                    'vdev_disks': [
-                        f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[1]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[1]}'
-                    ]
-                }
-            } if not replaced else {
-                f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[1]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[1]}': {
-                    'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
-                    'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
-                    'disk_read_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_write_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
-                    'vdev_name': 'spare-0',
-                    'vdev_type': 'data',
-                    'vdev_disks': [
-                        f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[1]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[1]}',
-                        f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[4]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[4]}'
-                    ]
+        'pools': {
+            POOL_NAME: {
+                'spares': {
+                    f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[4]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[4]}': {
+                        'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
+                        'disk_status': 'AVAIL' if not replaced else 'INUSE',
+                        'disk_read_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_write_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
+                        'vdev_name': 'stripe',
+                        'vdev_type': 'spares',
+                        'vdev_disks': [
+                            f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[4]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[4]}'
+                        ]
+                    }
+                },
+                'logs': {
+                    f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[3]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[3]}': {
+                        'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
+                        'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
+                        'disk_read_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_write_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
+                        'vdev_name': 'stripe',
+                        'vdev_type': 'logs',
+                        'vdev_disks': [
+                            f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[3]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[3]}'
+                        ]
+                    }
                 },
-                f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[4]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[4]}': {
-                    'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
-                    'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
-                    'disk_read_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_write_errors': 0,
-                    'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
-                    'vdev_name': 'spare-0',
-                    'vdev_type': 'data',
-                    'vdev_disks':  [
-                        f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[1]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[1]}',
-                        f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[4]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[4]}'
-                    ]
+                'dedup': {
+                    f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[2]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[2]}': {
+                        'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
+                        'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
+                        'disk_read_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_write_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
+                        'vdev_name': 'stripe',
+                        'vdev_type': 'dedup',
+                        'vdev_disks': [
+                            f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[2]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[2]}'
+                        ]
+                    }
                 },
+                'special': {
+                    f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[5]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[5]}': {
+                        'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
+                        'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
+                        'disk_read_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_write_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
+                        'vdev_name': 'stripe',
+                        'vdev_type': 'special',
+                        'vdev_disks': [
+                            f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[5]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[5]}'
+                        ]
+                    }
+                },
+                'l2cache': {
+                    f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[0]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[0]}': {
+                        'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
+                        'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
+                        'disk_read_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_write_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
+                        'vdev_name': 'stripe',
+                        'vdev_type': 'l2cache',
+                        'vdev_disks': [
+                            f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[0]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[0]}'
+                        ]
+                    }
+                },
+                'data': {
+                    f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[1]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[1]}': {
+                        'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
+                        'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
+                        'disk_read_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_write_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
+                        'vdev_name': 'stripe',
+                        'vdev_type': 'data',
+                        'vdev_disks': [
+                            f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[1]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[1]}'
+                        ]
+                    }
+                } if not replaced else {
+                    f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[1]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[1]}': {
+                        'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
+                        'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
+                        'disk_read_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_write_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
+                        'vdev_name': 'spare-0',
+                        'vdev_type': 'data',
+                        'vdev_disks': [
+                            f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[1]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[1]}',
+                            f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[4]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[4]}'
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[4]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[4]}': {
+                        'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
+                        'disk_status': 'ONLINE',
+                        'disk_read_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_write_errors': 0,
+                        'disk_checksum_errors': 0,
+                        'vdev_name': 'spare-0',
+                        'vdev_type': 'data',
+                        'vdev_disks':  [
+                            f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[1]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[1]}',
+                            f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[4]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[4]}'
+                        ]
+                    },
+                }
             }
         }
     }