diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b849c7c31..ccc27daa0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+Add "traces" as legal event type. [#656](https://github.com/elastic/package-registry/pull/656)
+
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Known Issue
diff --git a/testdata/generated/categories-experimental.json b/testdata/generated/categories-experimental.json
index 9447670a3..7cce414ff 100644
--- a/testdata/generated/categories-experimental.json
+++ b/testdata/generated/categories-experimental.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   {
     "id": "monitoring",
     "title": "Monitoring",
-    "count": 1
+    "count": 2
   },
   {
     "id": "web",
diff --git a/testdata/generated/package/traces/1.0.0/index.json b/testdata/generated/package/traces/1.0.0/index.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8cee136a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/generated/package/traces/1.0.0/index.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "name": "fakeapm",
+  "title": "Not actually APM",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "release": "experimental",
+  "description": "Not actually APM",
+  "type": "integration",
+  "download": "/epr/fakeapm/fakeapm-1.0.0.zip",
+  "path": "/package/fakeapm/1.0.0",
+  "format_version": "1.0.0",
+  "readme": "/package/fakeapm/1.0.0/docs/README.md",
+  "license": "basic",
+  "categories": [
+    "monitoring"
+  ],
+  "conditions": {
+    "kibana.version": "~7.x.x"
+  },
+  "assets": [
+    "/package/fakeapm/1.0.0/manifest.yml",
+    "/package/fakeapm/1.0.0/docs/README.md",
+    "/package/fakeapm/1.0.0/data_stream/traces/manifest.yml",
+    "/package/fakeapm/1.0.0/data_stream/traces/fields/base-fields.yml"
+  ],
+  "data_streams": [
+    {
+      "type": "traces",
+      "dataset": "fakeapm.traces",
+      "title": "notapmtraces",
+      "release": "experimental",
+      "package": "fakeapm",
+      "path": "traces"
+    }
+  ],
+  "owner": {
+    "github": "github.com/elastic/not-apm"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testdata/generated/search-package-experimental.json b/testdata/generated/search-package-experimental.json
index 2277645d0..adaf073e6 100644
--- a/testdata/generated/search-package-experimental.json
+++ b/testdata/generated/search-package-experimental.json
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
     "download": "/epr/experimental/experimental-0.0.1.zip",
     "path": "/package/experimental/0.0.1"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "fakeapm",
+    "title": "Not actually APM",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "release": "experimental",
+    "description": "Not actually APM",
+    "type": "integration",
+    "download": "/epr/fakeapm/fakeapm-1.0.0.zip",
+    "path": "/package/fakeapm/1.0.0"
+  },
   {
     "name": "foo",
     "title": "Foo",
diff --git a/testdata/package/traces/1.0.0/data_stream/traces/fields/base-fields.yml b/testdata/package/traces/1.0.0/data_stream/traces/fields/base-fields.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c40df14f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/package/traces/1.0.0/data_stream/traces/fields/base-fields.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+- name: data_stream.type
+  type: constant_keyword
+  description: >
+    Data stream type.
+- name: data_stream.dataset
+  type: constant_keyword
+  description: >
+    Data stream dataset.
+- name: data_stream.namespace
+  type: constant_keyword
+  description: >
+    Data stream namespace.
+- name: "@timestamp"
+  type: date
+  description: >
+    Event timestamp.
diff --git a/testdata/package/traces/1.0.0/data_stream/traces/manifest.yml b/testdata/package/traces/1.0.0/data_stream/traces/manifest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbb50ed5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/package/traces/1.0.0/data_stream/traces/manifest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+title: notapmtraces
+type: traces
diff --git a/testdata/package/traces/1.0.0/docs/README.md b/testdata/package/traces/1.0.0/docs/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..464090415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/package/traces/1.0.0/docs/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# TODO
diff --git a/testdata/package/traces/1.0.0/manifest.yml b/testdata/package/traces/1.0.0/manifest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff3051729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/package/traces/1.0.0/manifest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+format_version: 1.0.0
+name: fakeapm
+description: Not actually APM
+version: 1.0.0
+title: Not actually APM
+categories: ["monitoring"]
+type: integration
+release: experimental
+owner.github: "github.com/elastic/not-apm"
+conditions:
+  kibana.version: "~7.x.x"
diff --git a/util/data_stream.go b/util/data_stream.go
index 1dbaba5c7..30e31e9d2 100644
--- a/util/data_stream.go
+++ b/util/data_stream.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const (
 var validTypes = map[string]string{
 	"logs":    "Logs",
 	"metrics": "Metrics",
+	"traces":  "Traces",
 }
 
 type DataStream struct {