diff --git a/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/build.properties b/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/build.properties
index 56c3b7fd..3b081deb 100644
--- a/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/build.properties
+++ b/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/build.properties
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ output.. = bin/
 bin.includes = META-INF/,\
                .,\
                about.html,\
-               plugin.properties
+               plugin.properties,\
+               plugin.xml,\
+               ico/
+src.includes = ico/
diff --git a/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/ico/gc.png b/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/ico/gc.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fa42b81
Binary files /dev/null and b/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/ico/gc.png differ
diff --git a/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/ico/gc@4x.png b/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/ico/gc@4x.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2531fc9
Binary files /dev/null and b/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/ico/gc@4x.png differ
diff --git a/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/plugin.xml b/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/plugin.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..265e506e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/plugin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?eclipse version="3.4"?>
+<plugin>
+   <extension
+         point="org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.analysis.xml.core.files">
+      <xmlfile
+            file="src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/internal/jifa/core/gclog/xmlanalysis/gc_analysis.xml">
+      </xmlfile>
+   </extension>
+   <extension
+         point="org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.core.tracetype">
+      <type
+            event_type="org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.event.TmfEvent"
+            id="org.eclipse.tracecompass.jifa.gclog"
+            isDirectory="false"
+            name="Java GC Log"
+            trace_type="org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.internal.jifa.core.gclog.GCTrace">
+      </type>
+   </extension>
+   <extension
+         point="org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.ui.tracetypeui">
+      <type
+            icon="ico/gc.png"
+            tracetype="org.eclipse.tracecompass.jifa.gclog">
+      </type>
+   </extension>
+
+</plugin>
diff --git a/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/internal/jifa/core/gclog/GCTrace.java b/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/internal/jifa/core/gclog/GCTrace.java
index cfadfcfa..95e5d223 100644
--- a/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/internal/jifa/core/gclog/GCTrace.java
+++ b/tracetypes/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.jifa.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/internal/jifa/core/gclog/GCTrace.java
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
  */
 public class GCTrace extends TmfTrace {
 
+    /**
+     * The Trace ID
+     */
+    public static final String ID = "org.eclipse.tracecompass.jifa.gclog";  //$NON-NLS-1$
     private @Nullable GCModel fModel;
     private TmfLongLocation fLocation = new TmfLongLocation(0L);
     private final @NonNull List<ITmfEventAspect<?>> fAspects = new ArrayList<>();