diff --git a/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/main/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/trace/TraceSegment.java b/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/main/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/trace/TraceSegment.java
index f41c7c5f7c4fe855f3c6e324d6510f4a96e9ae07..fde9e445f57bd7f2c6164019e36a6c3323e9bc62 100644
--- a/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/main/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/trace/TraceSegment.java
+++ b/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/main/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/trace/TraceSegment.java
@@ -55,14 +55,23 @@ public class TraceSegment implements ISerializable<SegmentMessage> {
      */
     private List<Span> spans;
 
+    /**
+     * The <code>applicationCode</code> represents a name of current application/JVM and indicates which is business
+     * role in the cluster.
+     *
+     * e.g. account_app, billing_app
+     */
+    private String applicationCode;
+
     /**
      * Create a trace segment, by given segmentId.
      * This segmentId is generated by TraceSegmentRef, AKA, from tracer/agent module.
      *
      * @param segmentId {@link #traceSegmentId}
      */
-    public TraceSegment(String segmentId) {
+    public TraceSegment(String segmentId, String applicationCode) {
         this.traceSegmentId = segmentId;
+        this.applicationCode = applicationCode;
         this.startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         this.spans = new LinkedList<Span>();
     }
@@ -72,7 +81,7 @@ public class TraceSegment implements ISerializable<SegmentMessage> {
      *
      * @param message from another {@link TraceSegment#serialize()}
      */
-    public TraceSegment(SegmentMessage message){
+    public TraceSegment(SegmentMessage message) {
         deserialize(message);
     }
 
@@ -138,6 +147,10 @@ public class TraceSegment implements ISerializable<SegmentMessage> {
         return Collections.unmodifiableList(spans);
     }
 
+    public String getApplicationCode() {
+        return applicationCode;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "TraceSegment{" +
@@ -154,6 +167,7 @@ public class TraceSegment implements ISerializable<SegmentMessage> {
         segmentBuilder.setTraceSegmentId(traceSegmentId);
         segmentBuilder.setStartTime(startTime);
         segmentBuilder.setEndTime(endTime);
+        segmentBuilder.setApplicationCode(applicationCode);
         segmentBuilder.setPrimaryRef(primaryRef.serialize());
         for (TraceSegmentRef ref : refs) {
             segmentBuilder.addRefs(ref.serialize());
@@ -169,9 +183,10 @@ public class TraceSegment implements ISerializable<SegmentMessage> {
         traceSegmentId = message.getTraceSegmentId();
         startTime = message.getStartTime();
         endTime = message.getEndTime();
+        applicationCode = message.getApplicationCode();
         (primaryRef = new TraceSegmentRef()).deserialize(message.getPrimaryRef());
         List<SegmentRefMessage> refsList = message.getRefsList();
-        if(refsList != null){
+        if (refsList != null) {
             this.refs = new LinkedList<TraceSegmentRef>();
             for (SegmentRefMessage refMessage : refsList) {
                 TraceSegmentRef ref = new TraceSegmentRef();
@@ -181,7 +196,7 @@ public class TraceSegment implements ISerializable<SegmentMessage> {
         }
 
         List<SpanMessage> spansList = message.getSpansList();
-        if(spansList != null){
+        if (spansList != null) {
             this.spans = new LinkedList<Span>();
             for (SpanMessage spanMessage : spansList) {
                 spans.add(new Span(spanMessage));
diff --git a/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/main/proto/trace.proto b/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/main/proto/trace.proto
index 8a7642b219e6f4e08a5f309ed204d86fa7a9bb8b..c9a175a00d5d2b9947650241eb739233c3b547cb 100644
--- a/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/main/proto/trace.proto
+++ b/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/main/proto/trace.proto
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ message SegmentMessage {
     string traceSegmentId = 1;
     int64 startTime = 2;
     int64 endTime = 3;
-    SegmentRefMessage primaryRef = 4;
-    repeated SegmentRefMessage refs = 5;
-    repeated SpanMessage spans = 6;
+    string applicationCode = 4;
+    SegmentRefMessage primaryRef = 5;
+    repeated SegmentRefMessage refs = 6;
+    repeated SpanMessage spans = 7;
 }
 
 message SegmentRefMessage {
diff --git a/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/test/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/trace/SpanTestCase.java b/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/test/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/trace/SpanTestCase.java
index 72ce1369d97ea2e1254075d74da33ae228df6bc1..f1b05855b1f236f213aeb777b58152bd1998e9a9 100644
--- a/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/test/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/trace/SpanTestCase.java
+++ b/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/test/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/trace/SpanTestCase.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class SpanTestCase {
 
     @Test
     public void testFinish() {
-        TraceSegment owner = new TraceSegment("trace_1");
+        TraceSegment owner = new TraceSegment("trace_1", "billing_app");
 
         Span span1 = new Span(0, "serviceA");
 
diff --git a/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/test/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/trace/TraceSegmentTestCase.java b/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/test/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/trace/TraceSegmentTestCase.java
index 8cb632d8c0bcfb72e7b1f850b6fc0ad4a04694ff..cd8596221849645c3b39ba81194cb025f168edcf 100644
--- a/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/test/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/trace/TraceSegmentTestCase.java
+++ b/skywalking-commons/skywalking-trace/src/test/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/trace/TraceSegmentTestCase.java
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 public class TraceSegmentTestCase {
     @Test
     public void testConstructor() {
-        TraceSegment segment = new TraceSegment("trace_1");
+        TraceSegment segment = new TraceSegment("trace_1", "billing_app");
 
         Assert.assertEquals("trace_1", segment.getTraceSegmentId());
         Assert.assertTrue(segment.getStartTime() > 0);
+        Assert.assertEquals("billing_app", segment.getApplicationCode());
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testRef() {
-        TraceSegment segment = new TraceSegment("trace_3");
+        TraceSegment segment = new TraceSegment("trace_3", "billing_app");
 
         TraceSegmentRef ref1 = new TraceSegmentRef();
         ref1.setTraceSegmentId("parent_trace_0");
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public class TraceSegmentTestCase {
 
     @Test
     public void testArchiveSpan() {
-        TraceSegment segment = new TraceSegment("trace_1");
+        TraceSegment segment = new TraceSegment("trace_1", "billing_app");
         Span span1 = new Span(1, "/serviceA");
         segment.archive(span1);
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public class TraceSegmentTestCase {
 
     @Test
     public void testFinish() {
-        TraceSegment segment = new TraceSegment("trace_1");
+        TraceSegment segment = new TraceSegment("trace_1", "billing_app");
 
         Assert.assertTrue(segment.getEndTime() == 0);
         segment.finish();
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ public class TraceSegmentTestCase {
 
     @Test
     public void testSerialize() {
-        TraceSegment segment = new TraceSegment("trace_3");
+        TraceSegment segment = new TraceSegment("trace_3", "billing_app");
 
         TraceSegmentRef ref1 = new TraceSegmentRef();
         ref1.setTraceSegmentId("parent_trace_0");
diff --git a/skywalking-sniffer/skywalking-api/src/main/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/api/context/TracerContext.java b/skywalking-sniffer/skywalking-api/src/main/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/api/context/TracerContext.java
index c7d77eedb8efd6d965bac2d73786a9502b8e1f88..1b3edbe92665a9bb099418bbb58b0f1f4f4587fc 100644
--- a/skywalking-sniffer/skywalking-api/src/main/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/api/context/TracerContext.java
+++ b/skywalking-sniffer/skywalking-api/src/main/java/com/a/eye/skywalking/api/context/TracerContext.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.a.eye.skywalking.api.context;
 
+import com.a.eye.skywalking.api.conf.Config;
 import com.a.eye.skywalking.trace.Span;
 import com.a.eye.skywalking.trace.TraceSegment;
 import com.a.eye.skywalking.api.util.TraceIdGenerator;
@@ -28,8 +29,11 @@ public final class TracerContext {
 
     private int spanIdGenerator;
 
+    /**
+     * Create a {@link TraceSegment} and init {@link #spanIdGenerator} as 0;
+     */
     TracerContext() {
-        this.segment = new TraceSegment(TraceIdGenerator.generate());
+        this.segment = new TraceSegment(TraceIdGenerator.generate(), Config.SkyWalking.APPLICATION_CODE);
         this.spanIdGenerator = 0;
     }