diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ffe894b..0076cbb6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Periodic jobs now have a `"periodic": true` attribute set in their metadata to make them more easily distinguishable from other types of jobs. [PR #728](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/728).
+
 ## [0.15.0] - 2024-12-26
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/internal/maintenance/periodic_job_enqueuer.go b/internal/maintenance/periodic_job_enqueuer.go
index 68b4a987..232d3c6a 100644
--- a/internal/maintenance/periodic_job_enqueuer.go
+++ b/internal/maintenance/periodic_job_enqueuer.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/tidwall/sjson"
+
 	"github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver"
 	"github.com/riverqueue/river/rivershared/baseservice"
 	"github.com/riverqueue/river/rivershared/startstop"
@@ -371,6 +373,11 @@ func (s *PeriodicJobEnqueuer) insertParamsFromConstructor(ctx context.Context, c
 		insertParams.ScheduledAt = &scheduledAt
 	}
 
+	if insertParams.Metadata, err = sjson.SetBytes(insertParams.Metadata, "periodic", true); err != nil {
+		s.Logger.ErrorContext(ctx, s.Name+": Error setting periodic metadata", "error", err.Error())
+		return nil, false
+	}
+
 	return insertParams, true
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/maintenance/periodic_job_enqueuer_test.go b/internal/maintenance/periodic_job_enqueuer_test.go
index a10ead11..ca79ccc4 100644
--- a/internal/maintenance/periodic_job_enqueuer_test.go
+++ b/internal/maintenance/periodic_job_enqueuer_test.go
@@ -173,6 +173,44 @@ func TestPeriodicJobEnqueuer(t *testing.T) {
 		requireNJobs(t, bundle.exec, "periodic_job_1500ms", 1)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("SetsPeriodicMetadataAttribute", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		svc, bundle := setup(t)
+
+		jobConstructorWithMetadata := func(name string, metadata []byte) func() (*rivertype.JobInsertParams, error) {
+			return func() (*rivertype.JobInsertParams, error) {
+				params, err := jobConstructorFunc(name, false)()
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				params.Metadata = metadata
+				return params, nil
+			}
+		}
+
+		svc.AddMany([]*PeriodicJob{
+			{ScheduleFunc: periodicIntervalSchedule(500 * time.Millisecond), ConstructorFunc: jobConstructorWithMetadata("p_md_nil", nil)},
+			{ScheduleFunc: periodicIntervalSchedule(500 * time.Millisecond), ConstructorFunc: jobConstructorWithMetadata("p_md_empty_string", []byte(""))},
+			{ScheduleFunc: periodicIntervalSchedule(500 * time.Millisecond), ConstructorFunc: jobConstructorWithMetadata("p_md_empty_obj", []byte("{}"))},
+			{ScheduleFunc: periodicIntervalSchedule(500 * time.Millisecond), ConstructorFunc: jobConstructorWithMetadata("p_md_existing", []byte(`{"key": "value"}`))},
+		})
+
+		startService(t, svc)
+
+		svc.TestSignals.InsertedJobs.WaitOrTimeout()
+
+		assertMetadata := func(name string, expected string) {
+			job := requireNJobs(t, bundle.exec, name, 1)[0]
+			require.JSONEq(t, expected, string(job.Metadata))
+		}
+
+		assertMetadata("p_md_nil", `{"periodic": true}`)
+		assertMetadata("p_md_empty_string", `{"periodic": true}`)
+		assertMetadata("p_md_empty_obj", `{"periodic": true}`)
+		assertMetadata("p_md_existing", `{"key": "value", "periodic": true}`)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("SetsScheduledAtAccordingToExpectedNextRunAt", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()