diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/testCaseView.spec.tsx b/packages/html-reporter/src/testCaseView.spec.tsx
index 38951c1730..6b44514900 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/testCaseView.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/testCaseView.spec.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const result: TestResult = {
   errors: [],
   steps: [{
     title: 'Outer step',
+    category: 'test.step',
     startTime: new Date(100).toUTCString(),
     duration: 10,
     location: { file: 'test.spec.ts', line: 62, column: 0 },
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ const result: TestResult = {
     steps: [{
       title: 'Inner step',
       startTime: new Date(200).toUTCString(),
+      category: 'test.step',
       duration: 10,
       location: { file: 'test.spec.ts', line: 82, column: 0 },
       steps: [],
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ const resultWithAttachment: TestResult = {
   errors: [],
   steps: [{
     title: 'Outer step',
+    category: 'test.step',
     startTime: new Date(100).toUTCString(),
     duration: 10,
     location: { file: 'test.spec.ts', line: 62, column: 0 },
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/types.ts b/packages/html-reporter/src/types.ts
index 7a99184739..7322106753 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/types.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ export type TestResult = {
 
 export type TestStep = {
   title: string;
+  category: 'hook' | 'fixture' | 'test.step' | 'expect' | 'attach' | string;
   startTime: string;
   duration: number;
   location?: Location;
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/html.ts b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/html.ts
index b48f3af256..7403985bcb 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/html.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/html.ts
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ class HtmlBuilder {
     const { step, duration, count } = dedupedStep;
     const testStep: TestStep = {
       title: step.title,
+      category: step.category,
       startTime: step.startTime.toISOString(),
       duration,
       steps: dedupeSteps(step.steps).map(s => this._createTestStep(s, result)),