diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
index 5084cd456cef..54af4fbc7292 100644
--- a/Tiltfile
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ providers = {
             "exp",
             "feature",
         ],
+        "label": "CAPI",
+        "manager_name": "capi-controller-manager",
     },
     "kubeadm-bootstrap": {
         "context": "bootstrap/kubeadm",
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ providers = {
             "../../go.mod",
             "../../go.sum",
         ],
+        "label": "CABPK",
+        "manager_name": "capi-kubeadm-bootstrap-controller-manager",
     },
     "kubeadm-control-plane": {
         "context": "controlplane/kubeadm",
@@ -69,6 +73,8 @@ providers = {
             "../../go.mod",
             "../../go.sum",
         ],
+        "label": "KCP",
+        "manager_name": "capi-kubeadm-control-plane-controller-manager",
     },
     "docker": {
         "context": "test/infrastructure/docker",
@@ -90,6 +96,8 @@ RUN wget -qO- https://dl.k8s.io/v1.21.2/kubernetes-client-linux-amd64.tar.gz | t
         "additional_docker_build_commands": """
 COPY --from=tilt-helper /go/kubernetes/client/bin/kubectl /usr/bin/kubectl
 """,
+        "label": "CAPD",
+        "manager_name": "capd-controller-manager",
     },
 }
 
@@ -153,6 +161,7 @@ def enable_provider(name):
 
     context = p.get("context")
     go_main = p.get("go_main", "main.go")
+    label = p.get("label", name)
 
     # Prefix each live reload dependency with context. For example, for if the context is
     # test/infra/docker and main.go is listed as a dep, the result is test/infra/docker/main.go. This adjustment is
@@ -164,9 +173,10 @@ def enable_provider(name):
     # Set up a local_resource build of the provider's manager binary. The provider is expected to have a main.go in
     # manager_build_path or the main.go must be provided via go_main option. The binary is written to .tiltbuild/manager.
     local_resource(
-        name + "_manager",
+        label.lower() + "_binary",
         cmd = "cd " + context + ';mkdir -p .tiltbuild;CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags \'-extldflags "-static"\' -o .tiltbuild/manager ' + go_main,
         deps = live_reload_deps,
+        labels = [label, "ALL.binaries"],
     )
 
     additional_docker_helper_commands = p.get("additional_docker_helper_commands", "")
@@ -210,6 +220,14 @@ def enable_provider(name):
         yaml = str(kustomize_with_envsubst(context + "/config/default"))
         k8s_yaml(blob(yaml))
 
+        manager_name = p.get("manager_name")
+        if manager_name:
+            k8s_resource(
+                workload = manager_name,
+                new_name = label.lower() + "_controller",
+                labels = [label, "ALL.controllers"],
+            )
+
 # Users may define their own Tilt customizations in tilt.d. This directory is excluded from git and these files will
 # not be checked in to version control.
 def include_user_tilt_files():
diff --git a/docs/book/src/developer/tilt.md b/docs/book/src/developer/tilt.md
index ea1ab057389a..93702a42d92a 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/developer/tilt.md
+++ b/docs/book/src/developer/tilt.md
@@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ Set to `false` if your provider does not have a ./config folder or you do not wa
 
 **go_main** (String, default="main.go"): The go main file if not located at the root of the folder
 
+**label** (String, default=provider name): The label to be used to group provider components in the tilt UI 
+in tilt version >= v0.22.2 (see https://blog.tilt.dev/2021/08/09/resource-grouping.html); as a convention,
+provider abbreviation should be used (CAPD, KCP etc.).
+
+**manager_name** (String): If provided, it will allow tilt to move the provider controller under the above label.
+
 ## Customizing Tilt
 
 If you need to customize Tilt's behavior, you can create files in cluster-api's `tilt.d` directory. This file is ignored