diff --git a/packages/client/test/client.test.js b/packages/client/test/client.test.js
index 00e627bb1..af1a3d7a9 100644
--- a/packages/client/test/client.test.js
+++ b/packages/client/test/client.test.js
@@ -857,7 +857,8 @@ describe('PercyClient', () => {
         consideredElementsData: consideredElementsData,
         domInfoSha: 'abcd=',
         metadata: {
-          windowHeight: 1947
+          windowHeight: 1947,
+          screenshotType: 'singlepage'
         }
       })).toBeResolved();
 
@@ -870,7 +871,8 @@ describe('PercyClient', () => {
             'consider-elements-data': consideredElementsData,
             'dom-info-sha': 'abcd=',
             metadata: {
-              windowHeight: 1947
+              windowHeight: 1947,
+              screenshotType: 'singlepage'
             }
           },
           relationships: {
@@ -1006,6 +1008,7 @@ describe('PercyClient', () => {
         externalDebugUrl: 'https://automate.browserstack.com/builds/acs',
         metadata: {
           windowHeight: 1947,
+          screenshotType: 'fullpage',
           abc: 123
         }
       };
diff --git a/packages/core/src/config.js b/packages/core/src/config.js
index 39a8f68ab..e0f3998cf 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/config.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/config.js
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@ export const comparisonSchema = {
           minimum: 0
         },
         cliScreenshotStartTime: { type: 'integer', default: 0 },
-        cliScreenshotEndTime: { type: 'integer', default: 0 }
+        cliScreenshotEndTime: { type: 'integer', default: 0 },
+        screenshotType: { type: 'string', default: 'singlepage' }
       }
     },
     tag: {
diff --git a/packages/webdriver-utils/src/providers/automateProvider.js b/packages/webdriver-utils/src/providers/automateProvider.js
index 9ffa6f3bf..5f84393d7 100644
--- a/packages/webdriver-utils/src/providers/automateProvider.js
+++ b/packages/webdriver-utils/src/providers/automateProvider.js
@@ -127,11 +127,12 @@ export default class AutomateProvider extends GenericProvider {
     if (!this.driver) throw new Error('Driver is null, please initialize driver with createDriver().');
     log.debug('Starting actual screenshotting phase');
     const dpr = await this.metaData.devicePixelRatio();
+    const screenshotType = this.options?.fullPage ? 'fullpage' : 'singlepage';
     const response = await TimeIt.run('percyScreenshot:screenshot', async () => {
       return await this.browserstackExecutor('percyScreenshot', {
         state: 'screenshot',
         percyBuildId: this.buildInfo.id,
-        screenshotType: this.options?.fullPage ? 'fullpage' : 'singlepage',
+        screenshotType: screenshotType,
         scaleFactor: dpr,
         options: this.options
       });
@@ -156,7 +157,9 @@ export default class AutomateProvider extends GenericProvider {
         sha: tileData.sha.split('-')[0] // drop build id
       }));
     }
-    const metadata = {};
+    const metadata = {
+      screenshotType: screenshotType
+    };
     return { tiles: tiles, domInfoSha: tileResponse.dom_sha, metadata: metadata };
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/webdriver-utils/test/providers/automateProvider.test.js b/packages/webdriver-utils/test/providers/automateProvider.test.js
index 103e35f94..37f0515f7 100644
--- a/packages/webdriver-utils/test/providers/automateProvider.test.js
+++ b/packages/webdriver-utils/test/providers/automateProvider.test.js
@@ -297,7 +297,9 @@ describe('AutomateProvider', () => {
             })
           ],
           domInfoSha: 'def',
-          metadata: {}
+          metadata: {
+            screenshotType: 'fullpage'
+          }
         };
         expect(browserstackExecutorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         expect(executeScriptSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -321,7 +323,9 @@ describe('AutomateProvider', () => {
             })
           ],
           domInfoSha: 'def',
-          metadata: {}
+          metadata: {
+            screenshotType: 'fullpage'
+          }
         };
         expect(browserstackExecutorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         expect(executeScriptSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -357,7 +361,9 @@ describe('AutomateProvider', () => {
             })
           ],
           domInfoSha: 'def',
-          metadata: {}
+          metadata: {
+            screenshotType: 'singlepage'
+          }
         };
         expect(browserstackExecutorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         expect(executeScriptSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);