diff --git a/proto-public/pbmesh/v2beta1/mesh_gateway.pb.go b/proto-public/pbmesh/v2beta1/mesh_gateway.pb.go
index f33d915e85..017796dfe6 100644
--- a/proto-public/pbmesh/v2beta1/mesh_gateway.pb.go
+++ b/proto-public/pbmesh/v2beta1/mesh_gateway.pb.go
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ type MeshGateway struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
+
+	// GatewayClassName is the name of the GatewayClass used by the MeshGateway
+	GatewayClassName string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=gateway_class_name,json=gatewayClassName,proto3" json:"gateway_class_name,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (x *MeshGateway) Reset() {
@@ -62,6 +65,13 @@ func (*MeshGateway) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
 	return file_pbmesh_v2beta1_mesh_gateway_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{0}
 }
 
+func (x *MeshGateway) GetGatewayClassName() string {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.GatewayClassName
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 var File_pbmesh_v2beta1_mesh_gateway_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor
 
 var file_pbmesh_v2beta1_mesh_gateway_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
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diff --git a/proto-public/pbmesh/v2beta1/mesh_gateway.proto b/proto-public/pbmesh/v2beta1/mesh_gateway.proto
index 312cac061d..09ed191354 100644
--- a/proto-public/pbmesh/v2beta1/mesh_gateway.proto
+++ b/proto-public/pbmesh/v2beta1/mesh_gateway.proto
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ import "pbresource/annotations.proto";
 
 message MeshGateway {
   option (hashicorp.consul.resource.spec) = {scope: SCOPE_PARTITION};
+
+  // GatewayClassName is the name of the GatewayClass used by the MeshGateway
+  string gateway_class_name = 1;
 }