diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 87bf879..cce236f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
         <grpc.version>1.42.1</grpc.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <javax.annotation-api.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation-api.version>
+
         <envoy-api.version>1.0.36</envoy-api.version>
 
         <!-- Test libs -->
@@ -117,6 +118,12 @@
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.envoyproxy.controlplane</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api</artifactId>
+            <version>${envoy-api.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/opensergo/ConfigKind.java b/src/main/java/io/opensergo/ConfigKind.java
index 80330ed..f661391 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/opensergo/ConfigKind.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/opensergo/ConfigKind.java
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ public enum ConfigKind {
             "ConcurrencyLimitStrategy"),
     CIRCUIT_BREAKER_STRATEGY("fault-tolerance.opensergo.io/v1alpha1/CircuitBreakerStrategy", "CircuitBreakerStrategy"),
 
-    TRAFFIC_ROUTER_STRATEGY("traffic.opensergo.io/v1alpha1/TrafficRouter", "TrafficRouter");
+    TRAFFIC_ROUTER_STRATEGY("traffic.opensergo.io/v1alpha1/TrafficRouter", "TrafficRouter"),
+
+    VIRTUAL_WORKLOAD_STRATEGY("traffic.opensergo.io/v1alpha1/VirtualWorkload", "VirtualWorkload");
+
 
     private final String kindName;
     private final String simpleKindName;
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/opensergo/OpenSergoConfigKindRegistry.java b/src/main/java/io/opensergo/OpenSergoConfigKindRegistry.java
index ef2492f..e7ac8ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/opensergo/OpenSergoConfigKindRegistry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/opensergo/OpenSergoConfigKindRegistry.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
 import io.envoyproxy.envoy.config.route.v3.RouteConfiguration;
+import io.envoyproxy.envoy.service.discovery.v3.DiscoveryResponse;
 import io.opensergo.proto.fault_tolerance.v1.CircuitBreakerStrategy;
 import io.opensergo.proto.fault_tolerance.v1.ConcurrencyLimitStrategy;
 import io.opensergo.proto.fault_tolerance.v1.FaultToleranceRule;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public final class OpenSergoConfigKindRegistry {
         // domain: traffic
         // NOTE: here we've reused a few parts of xDS proto (e.g. route proto)
         registerConfigKind(ConfigKind.TRAFFIC_ROUTER_STRATEGY, RouteConfiguration.class);
+        registerConfigKind(ConfigKind.VIRTUAL_WORKLOAD_STRATEGY, DiscoveryResponse.class);
     }
 
     public static ConfigKindMetadata getKindMetadata(ConfigKind kind) {