diff --git a/server/container.go b/server/container.go
index 0107c118..b8b43ae7 100644
--- a/server/container.go
+++ b/server/container.go
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/oci"
 )
 
+const (
+	// containerTypeSandbox represents a pod sandbox container
+	containerTypeSandbox = "sandbox"
+	// containerTypeContainer represents a container running within a pod
+	containerTypeContainer = "container"
+)
+
 type containerRequest interface {
 	GetContainerId() string
 }
diff --git a/server/container_create.go b/server/container_create.go
index b7b8d154..9e8e1624 100644
--- a/server/container_create.go
+++ b/server/container_create.go
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ func (s *Server) createSandboxContainer(containerID string, containerName string
 
 	specgen.AddAnnotation("ocid/name", containerName)
 	specgen.AddAnnotation("ocid/sandbox_id", sb.id)
+	specgen.AddAnnotation("ocid/sandbox_name", sb.infraContainer.Name())
+	specgen.AddAnnotation("ocid/container_type", containerTypeContainer)
 	specgen.AddAnnotation("ocid/log_path", logPath)
 	specgen.AddAnnotation("ocid/tty", fmt.Sprintf("%v", containerConfig.GetTty()))
 
diff --git a/server/sandbox_run.go b/server/sandbox_run.go
index 891bace8..f776476d 100644
--- a/server/sandbox_run.go
+++ b/server/sandbox_run.go
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ func (s *Server) RunPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, req *pb.RunPodSandboxRequest
 	g.AddAnnotation("ocid/annotations", string(annotationsJSON))
 	g.AddAnnotation("ocid/log_path", logDir)
 	g.AddAnnotation("ocid/name", name)
+	g.AddAnnotation("ocid/container_type", containerTypeSandbox)
 	g.AddAnnotation("ocid/container_name", containerName)
 	g.AddAnnotation("ocid/container_id", containerID)