diff --git a/src/main/java/build/buildfarm/instance/shard/RedisShardBackplane.java b/src/main/java/build/buildfarm/instance/shard/RedisShardBackplane.java
index ceafdd114b..aaeecf5ed6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/build/buildfarm/instance/shard/RedisShardBackplane.java
+++ b/src/main/java/build/buildfarm/instance/shard/RedisShardBackplane.java
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ private void startSubscriptionThread() {
     dequeueService = BuildfarmExecutors.getDequeuePool();
     subscriber =
         new RedisShardSubscriber(
-            watchers, storageWorkers, configs.getBackplane().getWorkerChannel(), subscriberService);
+            watchers, storageWorkers, WorkerType.STORAGE.getNumber(), configs.getBackplane().getWorkerChannel(), subscriberService);
 
     operationSubscription =
         new RedisShardSubscription(
@@ -624,13 +624,18 @@ public void observe(Operation operation) {
   public void addWorker(ShardWorker shardWorker) throws IOException {
     String json = JsonFormat.printer().print(shardWorker);
     Timestamp effectiveAt = Timestamps.fromMillis(shardWorker.getFirstRegisteredAt());
+    WorkerChange.Add add =
+        WorkerChange.Add.newBuilder()
+            .setEffectiveAt(effectiveAt)
+            .setWorkerType(shardWorker.getWorkerType())
+            .build();
     String workerChangeJson =
         JsonFormat.printer()
             .print(
                 WorkerChange.newBuilder()
                     .setEffectiveAt(toTimestamp(Instant.now()))
                     .setName(shardWorker.getEndpoint())
-                    .setAdd(WorkerChange.Add.newBuilder().setEffectiveAt(effectiveAt).build())
+                    .setAdd(add)
                     .build());
     client.call(
         jedis -> {
diff --git a/src/main/java/build/buildfarm/instance/shard/RedisShardSubscriber.java b/src/main/java/build/buildfarm/instance/shard/RedisShardSubscriber.java
index edd2bfdfae..01096b440f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/build/buildfarm/instance/shard/RedisShardSubscriber.java
+++ b/src/main/java/build/buildfarm/instance/shard/RedisShardSubscriber.java
@@ -62,16 +62,19 @@ void complete() {
 
   private final ListMultimap<String, TimedWatchFuture> watchers;
   private final Map<String, ShardWorker> workers;
+  private final int workerChangeTypeMask;
   private final String workerChannel;
   private final Executor executor;
 
   RedisShardSubscriber(
       ListMultimap<String, TimedWatchFuture> watchers,
       Map<String, ShardWorker> workers,
+      int workerChangeTypeMask,
       String workerChannel,
       Executor executor) {
     this.watchers = watchers;
     this.workers = workers;
+    this.workerChangeTypeMask = workerChangeTypeMask;
     this.workerChannel = workerChannel;
     this.executor = executor;
   }
@@ -232,13 +235,16 @@ void onWorkerChange(WorkerChange workerChange) {
   }
 
   void addWorker(WorkerChange workerChange) {
-    synchronized (workers) {
-      workers.put(
-          workerChange.getName(),
-          ShardWorker.newBuilder()
-              .setEndpoint(workerChange.getName())
-              .setFirstRegisteredAt(Timestamps.toMillis(workerChange.getAdd().getEffectiveAt()))
-              .build());
+    if ((workerChange.getAdd().getWorkerType() & workerChangeTypeMask) != 0) {
+      synchronized (workers) {
+        workers.put(
+            workerChange.getName(),
+            ShardWorker.newBuilder()
+                .setEndpoint(workerChange.getName())
+                .setWorkerType(workerChange.getAdd().getWorkerType())
+                .setFirstRegisteredAt(Timestamps.toMillis(workerChange.getAdd().getEffectiveAt()))
+                .build());
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/protobuf/build/buildfarm/v1test/buildfarm.proto b/src/main/protobuf/build/buildfarm/v1test/buildfarm.proto
index a47f691438..96650ff927 100644
--- a/src/main/protobuf/build/buildfarm/v1test/buildfarm.proto
+++ b/src/main/protobuf/build/buildfarm/v1test/buildfarm.proto
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ message ShardWorker {
 message WorkerChange {
   message Add {
     google.protobuf.Timestamp effectiveAt = 1;
+
+    int32 worker_type = 2;
   }
 
   message Remove {
diff --git a/src/test/java/build/buildfarm/instance/shard/RedisShardSubscriberTest.java b/src/test/java/build/buildfarm/instance/shard/RedisShardSubscriberTest.java
index 8169b01c69..1ac97373ce 100644
--- a/src/test/java/build/buildfarm/instance/shard/RedisShardSubscriberTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/build/buildfarm/instance/shard/RedisShardSubscriberTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 
 import build.buildfarm.instance.shard.RedisShardSubscriber.TimedWatchFuture;
 import build.buildfarm.v1test.OperationChange;
+import build.buildfarm.v1test.ShardWorker;
+import build.buildfarm.v1test.WorkerChange;
+import build.buildfarm.v1test.WorkerType;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
@@ -39,9 +42,13 @@
 import com.google.common.truth.Correspondence;
 import com.google.longrunning.Operation;
 import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
+import com.google.protobuf.util.JsonFormat;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
@@ -177,7 +184,7 @@ public void flush() {
 
   RedisShardSubscriber createSubscriber(
       ListMultimap<String, TimedWatchFuture> watchers, Executor executor) {
-    return new RedisShardSubscriber(watchers, /* workers= */ null, "worker-channel", executor);
+    return new RedisShardSubscriber(watchers, /* workers= */ null, WorkerType.NONE.getNumber(), "worker-channel", executor);
   }
 
   RedisShardSubscriber createSubscriber(ListMultimap<String, TimedWatchFuture> watchers) {
@@ -393,4 +400,40 @@ public void invalidOperationChangeIsIgnored() {
 
     operationSubscriber.onMessage("invalid-operation-change", "not-json!#?");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void addSupportedWorkerTypeOnWorkerChange() throws IOException {
+    Map<String, ShardWorker> workers = new HashMap<>();
+    int storageWorkerType = WorkerType.STORAGE.getNumber();
+    String workerChannel = "worker-channel";
+    RedisShardSubscriber operationSubscriber =
+      new RedisShardSubscriber(/* watchers */ null, workers, storageWorkerType, workerChannel, directExecutor());
+    String workerChangeJson =
+        JsonFormat.printer()
+            .print(
+                WorkerChange.newBuilder()
+                    .setName("execute-worker")
+                    .setAdd(WorkerChange.Add.newBuilder().setWorkerType(storageWorkerType).build())
+                    .build());
+    operationSubscriber.onMessage(workerChannel, workerChangeJson);
+    assertThat(workers.size()).isEqualTo(1);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void ignoreUnsupportedWorkerTypeOnWorkerChange() throws IOException {
+    Map<String, ShardWorker> workers = new HashMap<>();
+    int workerType = WorkerType.STORAGE.getNumber();
+    String workerChannel = "worker-channel";
+    RedisShardSubscriber operationSubscriber =
+      new RedisShardSubscriber(/* watchers */ null, workers, workerType, workerChannel, directExecutor());
+    String workerChangeJson =
+        JsonFormat.printer()
+            .print(
+                WorkerChange.newBuilder()
+                    .setName("execute-worker")
+                    .setAdd(WorkerChange.Add.newBuilder().setWorkerType(WorkerType.EXECUTE.getNumber()).build())
+                    .build());
+    operationSubscriber.onMessage(workerChannel, workerChangeJson);
+    assertThat(workers.isEmpty()).isTrue();
+  }
 }