diff --git a/deploy/crds/kustomize/kustomization.yaml b/deploy/crds/kustomize/kustomization.yaml
index e7b590bb..e4e64764 100644
--- a/deploy/crds/kustomize/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deploy/crds/kustomize/kustomization.yaml
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ patches:
     version: v1
     kind: CustomResourceDefinition
     name: configurationpolicies.policy.open-cluster-management.io
+- path: template-label.json
+  target:
+    group: apiextensions.k8s.io
+    version: v1
+    kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+    name: configurationpolicies.policy.open-cluster-management.io
diff --git a/deploy/crds/kustomize/template-label.json b/deploy/crds/kustomize/template-label.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d9cc120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/crds/kustomize/template-label.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+    {
+        "op":"add",
+        "path":"/metadata/labels",
+        "value": {"policy.open-cluster-management.io/policy-type": "template"}
+    }
+]
diff --git a/deploy/crds/policy.open-cluster-management.io_configurationpolicies.yaml b/deploy/crds/policy.open-cluster-management.io_configurationpolicies.yaml
index 3fe794b7..5512abf2 100644
--- a/deploy/crds/policy.open-cluster-management.io_configurationpolicies.yaml
+++ b/deploy/crds/policy.open-cluster-management.io_configurationpolicies.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.6.1
   creationTimestamp: null
+  labels:
+    policy.open-cluster-management.io/policy-type: template
   name: configurationpolicies.policy.open-cluster-management.io
 spec:
   group: policy.open-cluster-management.io