diff --git a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/asset_face_create_dto.dart b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/asset_face_create_dto.dart
index 29e8244a96..d25a5d8b82 100644
--- a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/asset_face_create_dto.dart
+++ b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/asset_face_create_dto.dart
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class AssetFaceCreateDto {
     required this.imageHeight,
     required this.imageWidth,
     required this.personId,
+    this.sourceType = SourceType.manual,
     required this.width,
     required this.x,
     required this.y,
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ class AssetFaceCreateDto {
 
   String personId;
 
+  SourceType sourceType;
+
   int width;
 
   int x;
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ class AssetFaceCreateDto {
     other.imageHeight == imageHeight &&
     other.imageWidth == imageWidth &&
     other.personId == personId &&
+    other.sourceType == sourceType &&
     other.width == width &&
     other.x == x &&
     other.y == y;
@@ -58,12 +62,13 @@ class AssetFaceCreateDto {
     (imageHeight.hashCode) +
     (imageWidth.hashCode) +
     (personId.hashCode) +
+    (sourceType.hashCode) +
     (width.hashCode) +
     (x.hashCode) +
     (y.hashCode);
 
   @override
-  String toString() => 'AssetFaceCreateDto[assetId=$assetId, height=$height, imageHeight=$imageHeight, imageWidth=$imageWidth, personId=$personId, width=$width, x=$x, y=$y]';
+  String toString() => 'AssetFaceCreateDto[assetId=$assetId, height=$height, imageHeight=$imageHeight, imageWidth=$imageWidth, personId=$personId, sourceType=$sourceType, width=$width, x=$x, y=$y]';
 
   Map<String, dynamic> toJson() {
     final json = <String, dynamic>{};
@@ -72,6 +77,7 @@ class AssetFaceCreateDto {
       json[r'imageHeight'] = this.imageHeight;
       json[r'imageWidth'] = this.imageWidth;
       json[r'personId'] = this.personId;
+      json[r'sourceType'] = this.sourceType;
       json[r'width'] = this.width;
       json[r'x'] = this.x;
       json[r'y'] = this.y;
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ class AssetFaceCreateDto {
         imageHeight: mapValueOfType<int>(json, r'imageHeight')!,
         imageWidth: mapValueOfType<int>(json, r'imageWidth')!,
         personId: mapValueOfType<String>(json, r'personId')!,
+        sourceType: SourceType.fromJson(json[r'sourceType'])!,
         width: mapValueOfType<int>(json, r'width')!,
         x: mapValueOfType<int>(json, r'x')!,
         y: mapValueOfType<int>(json, r'y')!,
@@ -147,6 +154,7 @@ class AssetFaceCreateDto {
     'imageHeight',
     'imageWidth',
     'personId',
+    'sourceType',
     'width',
     'x',
     'y',
diff --git a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/source_type.dart b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/source_type.dart
index 13c450b010..4da5aba495 100644
--- a/mobile/openapi/lib/model/source_type.dart
+++ b/mobile/openapi/lib/model/source_type.dart
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ class SourceType {
 
   static const machineLearning = SourceType._(r'machine-learning');
   static const exif = SourceType._(r'exif');
+  static const manual = SourceType._(r'manual');
 
   /// List of all possible values in this [enum][SourceType].
   static const values = <SourceType>[
     machineLearning,
     exif,
+    manual,
   ];
 
   static SourceType? fromJson(dynamic value) => SourceTypeTypeTransformer().decode(value);
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ class SourceTypeTypeTransformer {
       switch (data) {
         case r'machine-learning': return SourceType.machineLearning;
         case r'exif': return SourceType.exif;
+        case r'manual': return SourceType.manual;
         default:
           if (!allowNull) {
             throw ArgumentError('Unknown enum value to decode: $data');
diff --git a/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json b/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json
index 6a57001085..aeafc27ee6 100644
--- a/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json
+++ b/open-api/immich-openapi-specs.json
@@ -8301,6 +8301,14 @@
             "format": "uuid",
             "type": "string"
           },
+          "sourceType": {
+            "allOf": [
+              {
+                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SourceType"
+              }
+            ],
+            "default": "manual"
+          },
           "width": {
             "type": "integer"
           },
@@ -8317,6 +8325,7 @@
           "imageHeight",
           "imageWidth",
           "personId",
+          "sourceType",
           "width",
           "x",
           "y"
@@ -11952,7 +11961,8 @@
       "SourceType": {
         "enum": [
           "machine-learning",
-          "exif"
+          "exif",
+          "manual"
         ],
         "type": "string"
       },
diff --git a/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts b/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts
index 7786c09d9a..7237e0aac3 100644
--- a/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts
+++ b/open-api/typescript-sdk/src/fetch-client.ts
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ export type AssetFaceCreateDto = {
     imageHeight: number;
     imageWidth: number;
     personId: string;
+    sourceType: SourceType;
     width: number;
     x: number;
     y: number;
@@ -3453,7 +3454,8 @@ export enum AlbumUserRole {
 }
 export enum SourceType {
     MachineLearning = "machine-learning",
-    Exif = "exif"
+    Exif = "exif",
+    Manual = "manual"
 }
 export enum AssetTypeEnum {
     Image = "IMAGE",
diff --git a/server/src/db.d.ts b/server/src/db.d.ts
index 4a2adc917f..bc88d7de3c 100644
--- a/server/src/db.d.ts
+++ b/server/src/db.d.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export type JsonPrimitive = boolean | number | string | null;
 
 export type JsonValue = JsonArray | JsonObject | JsonPrimitive;
 
-export type Sourcetype = 'exif' | 'machine-learning';
+export type Sourcetype = 'exif' | 'machine-learning' | 'manual';
 
 export type Timestamp = ColumnType<Date, Date | string, Date | string>;
 
diff --git a/server/src/dtos/person.dto.ts b/server/src/dtos/person.dto.ts
index 0778c35b8f..c4d3018be2 100644
--- a/server/src/dtos/person.dto.ts
+++ b/server/src/dtos/person.dto.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ApiProperty, ApiPropertyOptional } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import { Type } from 'class-transformer';
-import { IsArray, IsInt, IsNotEmpty, IsNumber, IsString, Max, Min, ValidateNested } from 'class-validator';
+import { IsArray, IsEnum, IsInt, IsNotEmpty, IsNumber, IsString, Max, Min, ValidateNested } from 'class-validator';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 import { PropertyLifecycle } from 'src/decorators';
 import { AuthDto } from 'src/dtos/auth.dto';
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ export class AssetFaceCreateDto extends AssetFaceUpdateItem {
   @IsNotEmpty()
   @IsNumber()
   height!: number;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ type: 'string', enum: SourceType, enumName: 'SourceType' })
+  @IsEnum(SourceType)
+  sourceType: SourceType = SourceType.MANUAL;
 }
 
 export class AssetFaceDeleteDto {
diff --git a/server/src/enum.ts b/server/src/enum.ts
index 7bf4ca3dcf..676e1d27db 100644
--- a/server/src/enum.ts
+++ b/server/src/enum.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ export enum AssetStatus {
 export enum SourceType {
   MACHINE_LEARNING = 'machine-learning',
   EXIF = 'exif',
+  MANUAL = 'manual',
 }
 
 export enum ManualJobName {
diff --git a/server/src/migrations/1740619600996-AddManualSourceType.ts b/server/src/migrations/1740619600996-AddManualSourceType.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd53312ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/migrations/1740619600996-AddManualSourceType.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from 'typeorm';
+
+export class AddManualSourceType1740619600996 implements MigrationInterface {
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TYPE sourceType ADD VALUE 'manual'`);
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+    // Prior to this migration, manually tagged pictures had the 'machine-learning' type
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `UPDATE "asset_faces" SET "sourceType" = 'machine-learning' WHERE "sourceType" = 'manual';`,
+    );
+
+    // Postgres doesn't allow removing values from enums, we have to recreate the type
+    await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TYPE sourceType RENAME TO oldSourceType`);
+    await queryRunner.query(`CREATE TYPE sourceType AS ENUM ('machine-learning', 'exif');`);
+
+    await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "asset_faces" ALTER COLUMN "sourceType" DROP DEFAULT;`);
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE "asset_faces" ALTER COLUMN "sourceType" TYPE sourceType USING "sourceType"::text::sourceType;`,
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(
+      `ALTER TABLE "asset_faces" ALTER COLUMN "sourceType" SET DEFAULT 'machine-learning'::sourceType;`,
+    );
+    await queryRunner.query(`DROP TYPE oldSourceType;`);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/services/person.service.ts b/server/src/services/person.service.ts
index dd998cc0fe..62bf55a78c 100644
--- a/server/src/services/person.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/person.service.ts
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@ export class PersonService extends BaseService {
       boundingBoxX2: dto.x + dto.width,
       boundingBoxY1: dto.y,
       boundingBoxY2: dto.y + dto.height,
+      sourceType: dto.sourceType,
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/asset-viewer/face-editor/face-editor.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/asset-viewer/face-editor/face-editor.svelte
index afe45331e4..bcc9ee6875 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/asset-viewer/face-editor/face-editor.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/asset-viewer/face-editor/face-editor.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   import { notificationController } from '$lib/components/shared-components/notification/notification';
   import { isFaceEditMode } from '$lib/stores/face-edit.svelte';
   import { getPeopleThumbnailUrl } from '$lib/utils';
-  import { getAllPeople, createFace, type PersonResponseDto } from '@immich/sdk';
+  import { getAllPeople, createFace, type PersonResponseDto, SourceType } from '@immich/sdk';
   import { Button } from '@immich/ui';
   import { Canvas, InteractiveFabricObject, Rect } from 'fabric';
   import { onMount } from 'svelte';
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@
         assetFaceCreateDto: {
           assetId,
           personId: person.id,
+          sourceType: SourceType.Manual,
           ...data,
         },
       });