diff --git a/components/gitpod-db/src/typeorm/entity/db-workspace-instance.ts b/components/gitpod-db/src/typeorm/entity/db-workspace-instance.ts
index f5c6c0fdb95d36..3afa156176040d 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-db/src/typeorm/entity/db-workspace-instance.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-db/src/typeorm/entity/db-workspace-instance.ts
@@ -96,4 +96,10 @@ export class DBWorkspaceInstance implements WorkspaceInstance {
 
     @Column("simple-json", { nullable: true })
     imageBuildInfo?: ImageBuildInfo;
+
+    @Column({
+        default: "",
+        transformer: Transformer.MAP_EMPTY_STR_TO_UNDEFINED,
+    })
+    workspaceClass?: string;
 }
diff --git a/components/gitpod-db/src/typeorm/migration/1654264374619-WorkspaceClass.ts b/components/gitpod-db/src/typeorm/migration/1654264374619-WorkspaceClass.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..cfc2462cd4b707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/gitpod-db/src/typeorm/migration/1654264374619-WorkspaceClass.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+import { columnExists } from "./helper/helper";
+
+const TABLE_NAME = "d_b_workspace_instance";
+const COLUMN_NAME = "workspaceClass";
+
+export class WorkspaceClass1654264374619 implements MigrationInterface {
+    public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        if (!(await columnExists(queryRunner, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME))) {
+            await queryRunner.query(
+                `ALTER TABLE ${TABLE_NAME} ADD COLUMN ${COLUMN_NAME} varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', ALGORITHM=INPLACE, LOCK=NONE`,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+        if (await columnExists(queryRunner, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME)) {
+            await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE ${TABLE_NAME} DROP COLUMN ${COLUMN_NAME}`);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/gitpod-db/src/workspace-db.spec.db.ts b/components/gitpod-db/src/workspace-db.spec.db.ts
index cf49bd6fc375e3..6bc546942b1971 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-db/src/workspace-db.spec.db.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-db/src/workspace-db.spec.db.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class WorkspaceDBSpec {
         id: "123",
         ideUrl: "example.org",
         region: "unknown",
+        workspaceClass: undefined,
         workspaceImage: "abc.io/test/image:123",
         creationTime: this.timeBefore,
         startedTime: undefined,
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ class WorkspaceDBSpec {
         id: "1234",
         ideUrl: "example.org",
         region: "unknown",
+        workspaceClass: undefined,
         workspaceImage: "abc.io/test/image:123",
         creationTime: this.timeAfter,
         startedTime: undefined,
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ class WorkspaceDBSpec {
         id: "4",
         ideUrl: "example.org",
         region: "unknown",
+        workspaceClass: undefined,
         workspaceImage: "abc.io/test/image:123",
         creationTime: this.timeBefore,
         startedTime: undefined,
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ class WorkspaceDBSpec {
         id: "3_1",
         ideUrl: "example.org",
         region: "unknown",
+        workspaceClass: undefined,
         workspaceImage: "abc.io/test/image:123",
         creationTime: this.timeBefore,
         startedTime: undefined,
diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/workspace-instance.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/workspace-instance.ts
index 7992f656986f9a..ea5e28f6ef1c4b 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/workspace-instance.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/workspace-instance.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ export interface WorkspaceInstance {
      * Contains information about the image build, if there was any
      */
     imageBuildInfo?: ImageBuildInfo;
+
+    /**
+     * workspace class, also known as workspace size, determines the type of
+     * resources that are provided to the workspace.
+     */
+    workspaceClass?: string;
 }
 
 // WorkspaceInstanceStatus describes the current state of a workspace instance
diff --git a/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.ts b/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.ts
index 27f028604f4166..91f7872ff201e5 100644
--- a/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.ts
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ export class WorkspaceStarter {
 
                 instance.status.phase = "pending";
                 instance.region = installation;
+                instance.workspaceClass = startRequest.getSpec()!.getClass();
                 await this.workspaceDb.trace(ctx).storeInstance(instance);
                 try {
                     await this.messageBus.notifyOnInstanceUpdate(workspace.ownerId, instance);