diff --git a/cmd/fpga_plugin/fpga_plugin.go b/cmd/fpga_plugin/fpga_plugin.go
index 523ba9d9..687bd076 100644
--- a/cmd/fpga_plugin/fpga_plugin.go
+++ b/cmd/fpga_plugin/fpga_plugin.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const (
 	// Device plugin settings.
 	pluginEndpointPrefix = "intel-fpga"
 	resourceNamePrefix   = "intel.com/fpga"
+	annotationName       = "com.intel.fpga.mode"
 )
 
 // deviceManager manages Intel FPGA devices.
@@ -47,14 +48,16 @@ type deviceManager struct {
 	srv     deviceplugin.Server
 	fpgaID  string
 	name    string
+	mode    string
 	ch      chan map[string]deviceplugin.DeviceInfo
 	devices map[string]deviceplugin.DeviceInfo
 }
 
-func newDeviceManager(resourceName string, fpgaID string, ch chan map[string]deviceplugin.DeviceInfo) *deviceManager {
+func newDeviceManager(resourceName string, fpgaID string, mode string, ch chan map[string]deviceplugin.DeviceInfo) *deviceManager {
 	return &deviceManager{
 		fpgaID:  fpgaID,
 		name:    resourceName,
+		mode:    mode,
 		ch:      ch,
 		devices: make(map[string]deviceplugin.DeviceInfo),
 	}
@@ -86,7 +89,16 @@ func (dm *deviceManager) ListAndWatch(empty *pluginapi.Empty, stream pluginapi.D
 }
 
 func (dm *deviceManager) Allocate(ctx context.Context, rqt *pluginapi.AllocateRequest) (*pluginapi.AllocateResponse, error) {
-	return deviceplugin.MakeAllocateResponse(rqt, dm.devices)
+	response, err := deviceplugin.MakeAllocateResponse(rqt, dm.devices)
+	// Set container annotations when programming is allowed
+	if dm.mode == devicecache.RegionMode {
+		for _, containerResponse := range response.GetContainerResponses() {
+			containerResponse.Annotations = map[string]string{
+				annotationName: fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", resourceNamePrefix, dm.mode),
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return response, err
 }
 
 func (dm *deviceManager) PreStartContainer(ctx context.Context, rqt *pluginapi.PreStartContainerRequest) (*pluginapi.PreStartContainerResponse, error) {
@@ -101,13 +113,13 @@ func startDeviceManager(dm *deviceManager, pluginPrefix string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func handleUpdate(dms map[string]*deviceManager, updateInfo devicecache.UpdateInfo, start func(*deviceManager, string)) {
+func handleUpdate(dms map[string]*deviceManager, updateInfo devicecache.UpdateInfo, start func(*deviceManager, string), mode string) {
 	glog.V(2).Info("Received dev updates: ", updateInfo)
 	for fpgaID, devices := range updateInfo.Added {
 		devCh := make(chan map[string]deviceplugin.DeviceInfo, 1)
 		resourceName := resourceNamePrefix + "-" + fpgaID
 		pPrefix := pluginEndpointPrefix + "-" + fpgaID
-		dms[fpgaID] = newDeviceManager(resourceName, fpgaID, devCh)
+		dms[fpgaID] = newDeviceManager(resourceName, fpgaID, mode, devCh)
 		go start(dms[fpgaID], pPrefix)
 		devCh <- devices
 	}
@@ -180,6 +192,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	dms := make(map[string]*deviceManager)
 	for updateInfo := range updatesCh {
-		handleUpdate(dms, updateInfo, startDeviceManager)
+		handleUpdate(dms, updateInfo, startDeviceManager, mode)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/fpga_plugin/fpga_plugin_test.go b/cmd/fpga_plugin/fpga_plugin_test.go
index 9e9e8cd9..fc1120a0 100644
--- a/cmd/fpga_plugin/fpga_plugin_test.go
+++ b/cmd/fpga_plugin/fpga_plugin_test.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func TestListAndWatch(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tcases {
 		devCh := make(chan map[string]deviceplugin.DeviceInfo, len(tt.updates))
-		testDM := newDeviceManager("intel.com/fpgatest-fpgaID", "fpgaID", devCh)
+		testDM := newDeviceManager("intel.com/fpgatest-fpgaID", "fpgaID", devicecache.AfMode, devCh)
 
 		server := &listAndWatchServerStub{
 			testDM:      testDM,
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func TestListAndWatch(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAllocate(t *testing.T) {
-	testDM := newDeviceManager("", "", nil)
+	testDM := newDeviceManager("", "", devicecache.RegionMode, nil)
 	if testDM == nil {
 		t.Fatal("Failed to create a deviceManager")
 	}
@@ -164,6 +164,20 @@ func TestAllocate(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(resp.ContainerResponses[0].Devices) != 1 {
 		t.Fatal("Allocated wrong number of devices")
 	}
+
+	if len(resp.ContainerResponses[0].Annotations) != 1 {
+		t.Fatal("Set wrong number of annotations")
+	}
+
+	annotation, ok := resp.ContainerResponses[0].Annotations[annotationName]
+	if ok == false {
+		t.Fatalf("%s annotation is not set", annotationName)
+	}
+
+	expectedAnnotationValue := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", resourceNamePrefix, devicecache.RegionMode)
+	if annotation != expectedAnnotationValue {
+		t.Fatalf("Set wrong %s annotation value %s, should be %s", resourceNamePrefix, annotation, expectedAnnotationValue)
+	}
 }
 
 func startDeviceManagerStub(dm *deviceManager, pluginPrefix string) {
@@ -238,7 +252,7 @@ func TestHandleUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 		if tt.dms == nil {
 			tt.dms = make(map[string]*deviceManager)
 		}
-		handleUpdate(tt.dms, tt.updateInfo, startDeviceManagerStub)
+		handleUpdate(tt.dms, tt.updateInfo, startDeviceManagerStub, devicecache.AfMode)
 		if len(tt.dms) != tt.expectedDMs {
 			t.Errorf("Test case '%s': expected %d runnig device managers, but got %d",
 				tt.name, tt.expectedDMs, len(tt.dms))