diff --git a/controllers/workspace/provision/routing.go b/controllers/workspace/provision/routing.go
index 9f0b62836..3483d79e0 100644
--- a/controllers/workspace/provision/routing.go
+++ b/controllers/workspace/provision/routing.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package provision
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	devworkspace "github.com/devfile/api/pkg/apis/workspaces/v1alpha2"
 	"github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator/apis/controller/v1alpha1"
@@ -147,6 +148,14 @@ func getSpecRouting(
 		annotations[config.WorkspaceRestrictedAccessAnnotation] = val
 	}
 
+	// copy the annotations for the specific routingClass from the workspace object to the routing
+	expectedAnnotationPrefix := workspace.Spec.RoutingClass + config.RoutingAnnotationInfix
+	for k, v := range workspace.GetAnnotations() {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(k, expectedAnnotationPrefix) {
+			annotations[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+
 	routing := &v1alpha1.WorkspaceRouting{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      fmt.Sprintf("routing-%s", workspace.Status.WorkspaceId),
diff --git a/pkg/config/constants.go b/pkg/config/constants.go
index beefa02d2..5f8ac3a5e 100644
--- a/pkg/config/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/config/constants.go
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ const (
 
 	// PVCCleanupPodMemoryLimit is the memory limit used for PVC clean up pods
 	PVCCleanupPodMemoryLimit = "32Mi"
+
+	// RoutingAnnotationInfix is the infix of the annotations of DevWorkspace that are passed down as annotation to the WorkspaceRouting objects.
+	// The full annotation name is supposed to be "<routingClass>.routing.controller.devfile.io/<anything>"
+	RoutingAnnotationInfix = ".routing.controller.devfile.io/"
 )
 
 // Constants for che-rest-apis