diff --git a/pkg/kotsadm/types/constants.go b/pkg/kotsadm/types/constants.go
index 4f65b299df..45618c6896 100644
--- a/pkg/kotsadm/types/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/kotsadm/types/constants.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package types
 
+import "github.com/replicatedhq/kots/pkg/util"
+
 const KotsadmKey = "kots.io/kotsadm"
 const KotsadmLabelValue = "true"
 
@@ -13,6 +15,9 @@ const ExcludeValue = "true"
 const BackupLabel = "kots.io/backup"
 const BackupLabelValue = "velero"
 
+const DisasterRecoveryLabel = "replicated.com/disaster-recovery"
+const DisasterRecoveryLabelValue = "infra"
+
 const TroubleshootKey = "troubleshoot.sh/kind"
 const TroubleshootValue = "support-bundle"
 
@@ -26,6 +31,10 @@ func GetKotsadmLabels(additionalLabels ...map[string]string) map[string]string {
 		BackupLabel: BackupLabelValue,
 	}
 
+	if util.IsEmbeddedCluster() {
+		labels[DisasterRecoveryLabel] = DisasterRecoveryLabelValue
+	}
+
 	for _, l := range additionalLabels {
 		labels = MergeLabels(labels, l)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kotsadm/types/constants_test.go b/pkg/kotsadm/types/constants_test.go
index 296d998a9f..5cdac0e479 100644
--- a/pkg/kotsadm/types/constants_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kotsadm/types/constants_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ func Test_getKotsadmLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name         string
 		labels       []map[string]string
+		env          map[string]string
 		expectLabels map[string]string
 	}{
 		{
@@ -19,16 +20,37 @@ func Test_getKotsadmLabels(t *testing.T) {
 					"foo": "foo",
 				},
 			},
+			env: map[string]string{},
 			expectLabels: map[string]string{
 				"kots.io/kotsadm": "true",
 				"kots.io/backup":  "velero",
 				"foo":             "foo",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "pass case with additional labels in embedded-cluster",
+			labels: []map[string]string{
+				{
+					"foo": "foo",
+				},
+			},
+			env: map[string]string{
+				"EMBEDDED_CLUSTER_ID": "foo",
+			},
+			expectLabels: map[string]string{
+				"kots.io/kotsadm":                  "true",
+				"kots.io/backup":                   "velero",
+				"replicated.com/disaster-recovery": "infra",
+				"foo":                              "foo",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			for k, v := range test.env {
+				t.Setenv(k, v)
+			}
 			labels := GetKotsadmLabels(test.labels...)
 			assert.Equal(t, test.expectLabels, labels)
 		})