diff --git a/src/ImageRunModal.jsx b/src/ImageRunModal.jsx
index 7ba047199..01b1c1162 100644
--- a/src/ImageRunModal.jsx
+++ b/src/ImageRunModal.jsx
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ export class ImageRunModal extends React.Component {
     }
 
     getCreateConfig() {
-        const createConfig = {};
+        const createConfig = { annotations: { created_by: "cockpit" } };
 
         if (this.props.pod) {
             createConfig.pod = this.props.pod.Id;
diff --git a/test/check-application b/test/check-application
index 3704388ed..34d7adca5 100755
--- a/test/check-application
+++ b/test/check-application
@@ -1543,6 +1543,8 @@ class TestApplication(testlib.MachineCase):
                            state='Running', owner="system" if auth else "admin")
         hasTTY = self.execute(auth, "podman inspect --format '{{.Config.Tty}}' busybox-with-tty").strip()
         self.assertEqual(hasTTY, 'true')
+        annotated = self.execute(auth, "podman inspect --format '{{.Config.Annotations.created_by}}' busybox-with-tty").strip()
+        self.assertEqual(annotated, 'cockpit')
         # Only works with CGroupsV2
         if auth or self.has_cgroupsV2:
             memory = self.execute(auth, "podman inspect --format '{{.HostConfig.Memory}}' busybox-with-tty").strip()