diff --git a/src/gfxstream/guest/vulkan_enc/ResourceTracker.cpp b/src/gfxstream/guest/vulkan_enc/ResourceTracker.cpp
index 3b15e3e5125..df516f1aa24 100644
--- a/src/gfxstream/guest/vulkan_enc/ResourceTracker.cpp
+++ b/src/gfxstream/guest/vulkan_enc/ResourceTracker.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@
 #define GFXSTREAM_TRACE_DEFAULT_CATEGORY "gfxstream.default"
 
 PERFETTO_DEFINE_CATEGORIES(
-    perfetto::Category(GFXSTREAM_TRACE_DEFAULT_CATEGORY));
+    perfetto::Category(GFXSTREAM_TRACE_DEFAULT_CATEGORY)
+                       .SetDescription("Default events")
+                       .SetTags("default"));
 
 #endif // HAVE_PERFETTO