diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver.manifest
index 52b0089a003..0e286beb931 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-apiserver/kube-apiserver.manifest
@@ -109,7 +109,11 @@
 "kind": "Pod",
 "metadata": {
   "name":"kube-apiserver",
-  "namespace": "kube-system"
+  "namespace": "kube-system",
+  "labels": {
+    "tier": "control-plane",
+    "component": "kube-apiserver"
+  }
 },
 "spec":{
 "hostNetwork": true,
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest
index 3e857ac887a..31a79ca757a 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-controller-manager/kube-controller-manager.manifest
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@
 "kind": "Pod",
 "metadata": {
   "name":"kube-controller-manager",
-  "namespace": "kube-system"
+  "namespace": "kube-system",
+  "labels": {
+    "tier": "control-plane",
+    "component": "kube-controller-manager"
+  }
 },
 "spec":{
 "hostNetwork": true,
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-proxy/kube-proxy.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-proxy/kube-proxy.manifest
index ff462473c5c..4a87c62dd83 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-proxy/kube-proxy.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-proxy/kube-proxy.manifest
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ kind: Pod
 metadata:
   name: kube-proxy
   namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    tier: node
+    component: kube-proxy
 spec:
   hostNetwork: true
   containers:
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-scheduler/kube-scheduler.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-scheduler/kube-scheduler.manifest
index 7ae312a3d6f..45fe64572e4 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-scheduler/kube-scheduler.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-scheduler/kube-scheduler.manifest
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@
 "kind": "Pod",
 "metadata": {
   "name":"kube-scheduler",
-  "namespace": "kube-system"
+  "namespace": "kube-system",
+  "labels": {
+    "tier": "control-plane",
+    "component": "kube-scheduler"
+  }
 },
 "spec":{
 "hostNetwork": true,