diff --git a/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/ApplyRecalibration.java b/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/ApplyRecalibration.java
index 7de0c7e60..e15b99824 100644
--- a/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/ApplyRecalibration.java
+++ b/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/ApplyRecalibration.java
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ public class ApplyRecalibration extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> implements T
         hInfo.add(VCFStandardHeaderLines.getInfoLine(VCFConstants.END_KEY));
         hInfo.add(new VCFInfoHeaderLine(VariantRecalibrator.VQS_LOD_KEY, 1, VCFHeaderLineType.Float, "Log odds ratio of being a true variant versus being false under the trained gaussian mixture model"));
         hInfo.add(new VCFInfoHeaderLine(VariantRecalibrator.CULPRIT_KEY, 1, VCFHeaderLineType.String, "The annotation which was the worst performing in the Gaussian mixture model, likely the reason why the variant was filtered out"));
+        hInfo.add(new VCFInfoHeaderLine(VariantRecalibrator.POSITIVE_LABEL_KEY, 1, VCFHeaderLineType.Flag, "This variant was used to build the positive training set of good variants"));
+        hInfo.add(new VCFInfoHeaderLine(VariantRecalibrator.NEGATIVE_LABEL_KEY, 1, VCFHeaderLineType.Flag, "This variant was used to build the negative training set of bad variants"));
     }
 
     //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -243,6 +245,10 @@ public class ApplyRecalibration extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> implements T
                 // Annotate the new record with its VQSLOD and the worst performing annotation
                 builder.attribute(VariantRecalibrator.VQS_LOD_KEY, lod);
                 builder.attribute(VariantRecalibrator.CULPRIT_KEY, recalDatum.getAttribute(VariantRecalibrator.CULPRIT_KEY));
+                if ( recalDatum.hasAttribute(VariantRecalibrator.POSITIVE_LABEL_KEY))
+                    builder.attribute(VariantRecalibrator.POSITIVE_LABEL_KEY, true);
+                if ( recalDatum.hasAttribute(VariantRecalibrator.NEGATIVE_LABEL_KEY))
+                    builder.attribute(VariantRecalibrator.NEGATIVE_LABEL_KEY, true);
 
                 for( int i = tranches.size() - 1; i >= 0; i-- ) {
                     final Tranche tranche = tranches.get(i);
diff --git a/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/VariantDataManager.java b/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/VariantDataManager.java
index 3f6b6ed09..a830a801e 100644
--- a/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/VariantDataManager.java
+++ b/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/VariantDataManager.java
@@ -335,19 +335,17 @@ public class VariantDataManager {
             }} );
 
         // create dummy alleles to be used
-        final List<Allele> alleles = new ArrayList<Allele>(2);
-        alleles.add(Allele.create("N", true));
-        alleles.add(Allele.create("<VQSR>", false));
-
-        // to be used for the important INFO tags
-        final HashMap<String, Object> attributes = new HashMap<String, Object>(3);
+        final List<Allele> alleles = Arrays.asList(Allele.create("N", true), Allele.create("<VQSR>", false));
 
         for( final VariantDatum datum : data ) {
-            attributes.put(VCFConstants.END_KEY, datum.loc.getStop());
-            attributes.put(VariantRecalibrator.VQS_LOD_KEY, String.format("%.4f", datum.lod));
-            attributes.put(VariantRecalibrator.CULPRIT_KEY, (datum.worstAnnotation != -1 ? annotationKeys.get(datum.worstAnnotation) : "NULL"));
+            VariantContextBuilder builder = new VariantContextBuilder("VQSR", datum.loc.getContig(), datum.loc.getStart(), datum.loc.getStop(), alleles);
+            builder.attribute(VCFConstants.END_KEY, datum.loc.getStop());
+            builder.attribute(VariantRecalibrator.VQS_LOD_KEY, String.format("%.4f", datum.lod));
+            builder.attribute(VariantRecalibrator.CULPRIT_KEY, (datum.worstAnnotation != -1 ? annotationKeys.get(datum.worstAnnotation) : "NULL"));
+
+            if ( datum.atTrainingSite ) builder.attribute(VariantRecalibrator.POSITIVE_LABEL_KEY, true);
+            if ( datum.atAntiTrainingSite ) builder.attribute(VariantRecalibrator.NEGATIVE_LABEL_KEY, true);
 
-            VariantContextBuilder builder = new VariantContextBuilder("VQSR", datum.loc.getContig(), datum.loc.getStart(), datum.loc.getStop(), alleles).attributes(attributes);
             recalWriter.add(builder.make());
         }
     }
diff --git a/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/VariantRecalibrator.java b/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/VariantRecalibrator.java
index 320328ab1..b0970cce2 100644
--- a/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/VariantRecalibrator.java
+++ b/protected/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/VariantRecalibrator.java
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ public class VariantRecalibrator extends RodWalker<ExpandingArrayList<VariantDat
 
     public static final String VQS_LOD_KEY = "VQSLOD"; // Log odds ratio of being a true variant versus being false under the trained gaussian mixture model
     public static final String CULPRIT_KEY = "culprit"; // The annotation which was the worst performing in the Gaussian mixture model, likely the reason why the variant was filtered out
+    public static final String NEGATIVE_LABEL_KEY = "NEGATIVE_TRAIN_SITE"; // this variant was used in the negative training set
+    public static final String POSITIVE_LABEL_KEY = "POSITIVE_TRAIN_SITE"; // this variant was used in the positive traning set
     private static final String PLOT_TRANCHES_RSCRIPT = "plot_Tranches.R";
 
     @ArgumentCollection private VariantRecalibratorArgumentCollection VRAC = new VariantRecalibratorArgumentCollection();
diff --git a/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/VariantRecalibrationWalkersIntegrationTest.java b/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/VariantRecalibrationWalkersIntegrationTest.java
index a3fbbf68b..7fddc63c8 100644
--- a/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/VariantRecalibrationWalkersIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantrecalibration/VariantRecalibrationWalkersIntegrationTest.java
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ public class VariantRecalibrationWalkersIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
 
     VRTest lowPass = new VRTest(validationDataLocation + "phase1.projectConsensus.chr20.raw.snps.vcf",
             "4d08c8eee61dd1bdea8c5765f34e41f0",  // tranches
-            "ce396fe4045e020b61471f6737dff36e",  // recal file
-            "4f59bd61be900b25c6ecedaa68b9c8de"); // cut VCF
+            "83756d1058ee3c816edf643148ae20df",  // recal file
+            "06353a59fa4857135b5a63ea0791b035"); // cut VCF
 
     @DataProvider(name = "VRTest")
     public Object[][] createData1() {
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ public class VariantRecalibrationWalkersIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
 
     VRTest bcfTest = new VRTest(privateTestDir + "vqsr.bcf_test.snps.unfiltered.bcf",
             "6a1eef4d02857dbb117a15420b5c0ce9",  // tranches
-            "238366af66b05b6d21749e799c25353d",  // recal file
-            "3928d6bc5007becf52312ade70f14c42"); // cut VCF
+            "ea85f0293e9c016bd1bbe3c2977905d8",  // recal file
+            "4cab4a11130e2f84bd5fe4f9981811bd"); // cut VCF
 
     @DataProvider(name = "VRBCFTest")
     public Object[][] createVRBCFTest() {
@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@ public class VariantRecalibrationWalkersIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
     VRTest indelUnfiltered = new VRTest(
             validationDataLocation + "combined.phase1.chr20.raw.indels.unfiltered.sites.vcf", // all FILTERs as .
             "b7589cd098dc153ec64c02dcff2838e4",  // tranches
-            "a04a9001f62eff43d363f4d63769f3ee",  // recal file
-            "b2c6827be592c24a4692b1753edc7d23"); // cut VCF
+            "6091d44e5c750620c6d5493864eeb160",  // recal file
+            "ef4c7931f134c1c860864772d69dd89c"); // cut VCF
 
     VRTest indelFiltered = new VRTest(
             validationDataLocation + "combined.phase1.chr20.raw.indels.filtered.sites.vcf", // all FILTERs as PASS
             "b7589cd098dc153ec64c02dcff2838e4",  // tranches
-            "a04a9001f62eff43d363f4d63769f3ee",  // recal file
-            "5d483fe1ba2ef36ee9e6c14cbd654706"); // cut VCF
+            "6091d44e5c750620c6d5493864eeb160",  // recal file
+            "f8decee61f409b6041856c5a20e3865d"); // cut VCF
 
     @DataProvider(name = "VRIndelTest")
     public Object[][] createTestVariantRecalibratorIndel() {
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public class VariantRecalibrationWalkersIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                         " -o %s" +
                         " -tranchesFile " + privateTestDir + "VQSR.mixedTest.tranches" +
                         " -recalFile " + privateTestDir + "VQSR.mixedTest.recal",
-                Arrays.asList("018b3a5cc7cf0cb5468c6a0c80ccaa8b"));
+                Arrays.asList("8d2e886523c050e0ea2952cbbde4cc26"));
         executeTest("testApplyRecalibrationSnpAndIndelTogether", spec);
     }
 }