diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go b/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go
index 258c3fa8f..df6964d4d 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/tracing"
 )
 
+const (
+	deschedulerGlobalName    = "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler"
+	reasonAnnotationKey      = "reason"
+	requestedByAnnotationKey = "requested-by"
+)
+
 var (
 	assumedEvictionRequestTimeoutSeconds uint          = 10 * 60 // 10 minutes
 	evictionRequestsCacheResyncPeriod    time.Duration = 10 * time.Minute
@@ -522,7 +528,7 @@ func (pe *PodEvictor) EvictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, opts EvictOptio
 		return err
 	}
 
-	ignore, err := pe.evictPod(ctx, pod)
+	ignore, err := pe.evictPod(ctx, pod, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		// err is used only for logging purposes
 		span.AddEvent("Eviction Failed", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("node", pod.Spec.NodeName), attribute.String("err", err.Error())))
@@ -569,7 +575,7 @@ func (pe *PodEvictor) EvictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, opts EvictOptio
 }
 
 // return (ignore, err)
-func (pe *PodEvictor) evictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod) (bool, error) {
+func (pe *PodEvictor) evictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, opts EvictOptions) (bool, error) {
 	deleteOptions := &metav1.DeleteOptions{
 		GracePeriodSeconds: pe.gracePeriodSeconds,
 	}
@@ -582,6 +588,10 @@ func (pe *PodEvictor) evictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod) (bool, error) {
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      pod.Name,
 			Namespace: pod.Namespace,
+			Annotations: map[string]string{
+				"reason":       fmt.Sprintf("triggered by %v/%v: %v", opts.ProfileName, opts.StrategyName, opts.Reason),
+				"requested-by": deschedulerGlobalName,
+			},
 		},
 		DeleteOptions: deleteOptions,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions_test.go b/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions_test.go
index b210ad0eb..4feb71f5c 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ func TestEvictPod(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("Unexpected error when creating a pod evictor: %v", err)
 			}
 
-			_, got := podEvictor.evictPod(ctx, test.evictedPod)
+			_, got := podEvictor.evictPod(ctx, test.evictedPod, EvictOptions{})
 			if got != test.wantErr {
 				t.Errorf("Test error for Desc: %s. Expected %v pod eviction to be %v, got %v", test.description, test.evictedPod.Name, test.wantErr, got)
 			}
@@ -418,7 +419,11 @@ func TestEvictionRequestsCacheCleanup(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			if eviction, matched := createAct.Object.(*policy.Eviction); matched {
 				podName := eviction.GetName()
-				if podName == "p1" || podName == "p2" {
+				annotations := eviction.GetAnnotations()
+				if (podName == "p1" || podName == "p2") && annotations[requestedByAnnotationKey] == deschedulerGlobalName && strings.HasPrefix(
+					annotations[reasonAnnotationKey],
+					"triggered by",
+				) {
 					return true, nil, &apierrors.StatusError{
 						ErrStatus: metav1.Status{
 							Reason:  metav1.StatusReasonTooManyRequests,