diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fcd740dd..888230a4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
 # --- Stage 2: runtime --------------------------------------------------------
 FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS runtime
 
+# Ownership-verification label for the MCP Registry: when this image is
+# published as an MCP server entry, the registry requires this label to
+# match the server name in server.json.
+LABEL io.modelcontextprotocol.server.name="io.github.api7/aisix"
+
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates tini \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \