diff --git a/pkg/appfile/service.go b/pkg/appfile/service.go
index fea5f33ec..ceef65ed0 100644
--- a/pkg/appfile/service.go
+++ b/pkg/appfile/service.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/crossplane/oam-kubernetes-runtime/pkg/oam"
+
 	"cuelang.org/go/cue"
 	cueJson "cuelang.org/go/pkg/encoding/json"
 	"github.com/crossplane/oam-kubernetes-runtime/apis/core/v1alpha2"
@@ -97,12 +99,16 @@ func (s Service) RenderService(tm template.Manager, name, ns, image string) (
 	component.Spec.Workload.Object = u
 
 	// render traits
-	traits := []v1alpha2.ComponentTrait{}
-	for k, v := range traitKeys {
-		ts, err := evalTraits(tm.LoadTemplate(k), ctxData, intifyValues(v))
+	traits := make([]v1alpha2.ComponentTrait, 0)
+	for traitType, traitData := range traitKeys {
+		ts, err := evalTraits(tm.LoadTemplate(traitType), ctxData, intifyValues(traitData))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("eval traits failed: %w", err)
 		}
+		// one capability corresponds to one trait only
+		if len(ts) == 1 {
+			ts[0].SetLabels(map[string]string{oam.TraitTypeLabel: traitType})
+		}
 		for _, t := range ts {
 			traits = append(traits, v1alpha2.ComponentTrait{
 				Trait: runtime.RawExtension{
@@ -244,7 +250,6 @@ func evalTraits(raw string, ctxValues, userValues interface{}) ([]*unstructured.
 		}
 		return renderAllOutputs(outputField)
 	}
-
 	u, err := renderOneOutput(appValue)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/appfile/service_test.go b/pkg/appfile/service_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1c55bbb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/appfile/service_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package appfile
diff --git a/pkg/application/app_test.go b/pkg/application/app_test.go
index b5e33dcd5..ea1faa669 100644
--- a/pkg/application/app_test.go
+++ b/pkg/application/app_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+
+	"github.com/crossplane/oam-kubernetes-runtime/apis/core/v1alpha2"
+	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/pkg/appfile"
+
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -136,3 +143,45 @@ services:
 		assert.Equal(t, c.ExpTraits, traits, caseName)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAddWorkloadTypeLabel(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		comps    []*v1alpha2.Component
+		services map[string]appfile.Service
+		expect   []*v1alpha2.Component
+	}{
+		"empty case": {
+			comps:    []*v1alpha2.Component{},
+			services: map[string]appfile.Service{},
+			expect:   []*v1alpha2.Component{},
+		},
+		"add type to labels normal case": {
+			comps: []*v1alpha2.Component{
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Name: "mycomp"},
+					Spec:       v1alpha2.ComponentSpec{Workload: runtime.RawExtension{Object: &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]interface{}{}}}},
+				},
+			},
+			services: map[string]appfile.Service{
+				"mycomp": {"type": "kubewatch"},
+			},
+			expect: []*v1alpha2.Component{
+				{
+					ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{Name: "mycomp"},
+					Spec: v1alpha2.ComponentSpec{
+						Workload: runtime.RawExtension{
+							Object: &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]interface{}{
+								"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
+									"labels": map[string]interface{}{
+										"workload.oam.dev/type": "kubewatch",
+									}}}}},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for key, ca := range tests {
+		addWorkloadTypeLabel(ca.comps, ca.services)
+		assert.Equal(t, ca.expect, ca.comps, key)
+	}
+}