diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4383846760..f15cd25a26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   - Bumped `dio` min verion to `5.2.0`
 - Log a warning when dropping envelope items ([#3165](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dart/pull/3165))
 - Call options.log for structured logs ([#3187](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dart/pull/3187))
+- Tag all spans during app start with start type info ([#3190](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dart/pull/3190))
 
 ### Dependencies
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/integrations/native_app_start_handler.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/integrations/native_app_start_handler.dart
index b4f9288991..4eda35c0e7 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/integrations/native_app_start_handler.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/integrations/native_app_start_handler.dart
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class NativeAppStartHandler {
     } else {
       return;
     }
+    sentryTracer.setData("app_start_type", appStartInfo.type.name);
 
     // We need to add the measurements before we add the child spans
     // If the child span finish the transaction will finish and then we cannot add measurements
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ class NativeAppStartHandler {
       traceId: transactionTraceId,
       startTimestamp: appStartInfo.start,
       endTimestamp: appStartEnd,
+      appStartType: appStartInfo.type.name,
     );
 
     await _attachNativeSpans(appStartInfo, transaction, appStartSpan);
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ class NativeAppStartHandler {
       traceId: transactionTraceId,
       startTimestamp: appStartInfo.start,
       endTimestamp: appStartInfo.pluginRegistration,
+      appStartType: appStartInfo.type.name,
     );
 
     final sentrySetupSpan = await _createAndFinishSpan(
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ class NativeAppStartHandler {
       traceId: transactionTraceId,
       startTimestamp: appStartInfo.pluginRegistration,
       endTimestamp: appStartInfo.sentrySetupStart,
+      appStartType: appStartInfo.type.name,
     );
 
     final firstFrameRenderSpan = await _createAndFinishSpan(
@@ -175,6 +179,7 @@ class NativeAppStartHandler {
       traceId: transactionTraceId,
       startTimestamp: appStartInfo.sentrySetupStart,
       endTimestamp: appStartEnd,
+      appStartType: appStartInfo.type.name,
     );
 
     transaction.children.addAll([
@@ -201,6 +206,7 @@ class NativeAppStartHandler {
           traceId: transaction.context.traceId,
           startTimestamp: timeSpan.start,
           endTimestamp: timeSpan.end,
+          appStartType: appStartInfo.type.name,
         );
         span.data.putIfAbsent('native', () => true);
         transaction.children.add(span);
@@ -219,6 +225,7 @@ class NativeAppStartHandler {
     required SentryId traceId,
     required DateTime startTimestamp,
     required DateTime endTimestamp,
+    required String appStartType,
   }) async {
     final span = SentrySpan(
       tracer,
@@ -231,6 +238,7 @@ class NativeAppStartHandler {
       _hub,
       startTimestamp: startTimestamp,
     );
+    span.setData("app_start_type", appStartType);
     await span.finish(endTimestamp: endTimestamp);
     return span;
   }
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/integrations/native_app_start_handler_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/integrations/native_app_start_handler_test.dart
index a7a5632ad6..e2a953c0a2 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/integrations/native_app_start_handler_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/integrations/native_app_start_handler_test.dart
@@ -240,6 +240,13 @@ void main() {
       expect(fixture.scope.span, isA<SentryTracer>());
     });
 
+    test('added transaction has app_start_type data', () async {
+      await fixture.call(
+        appStartEnd: DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(10),
+      );
+      expect(fixture._enrichedTransaction?.data["app_start_type"], 'cold');
+    });
+
     test('added transaction is not bound to scope if already set', () async {
       final alreadySet = MockSentryTracer();
       fixture.scope.span = alreadySet;
@@ -404,6 +411,14 @@ void main() {
       expect(firstFrameRenderSpan, isNotNull);
     });
 
+    test('have app_start_type data set', () async {
+      // Verify that app start spans have the app_start_type data set
+      expect(coldStartSpan?.data["app_start_type"], "cold");
+      expect(pluginRegistrationSpan?.data["app_start_type"], "cold");
+      expect(sentrySetupSpan?.data["app_start_type"], "cold");
+      expect(firstFrameRenderSpan?.data["app_start_type"], "cold");
+    });
+
     test('have correct op', () async {
       const op = 'app.start.cold';
       expect(coldStartSpan?.context.operation, op);