diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/macros/src/set.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/macros/src/set.rs
index 054735c858653..5baff378c5759 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/macros/src/set.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/macros/src/set.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use proc_macro::TokenStream;
-use quote::{format_ident, quote, ToTokens};
+use quote::{quote, ToTokens};
 use syn::parse::{Parse, ParseStream};
 
+use crate::bevy_ecs_path;
+
 pub static SYSTEM_SET_ATTRIBUTE_NAME: &str = "system_set";
 pub static BASE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME: &str = "base";
 
@@ -12,13 +14,7 @@ pub static BASE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME: &str = "base";
 /// - `input`: The [`syn::DeriveInput`] for the struct that we want to derive the set trait for
 /// - `trait_path`: The [`syn::Path`] to the set trait
 pub fn derive_set(input: syn::DeriveInput, trait_path: &syn::Path) -> TokenStream {
-    let mut base_trait_path = trait_path.clone();
-    let ident = &mut base_trait_path.segments.last_mut().unwrap().ident;
-    *ident = format_ident!("Base{ident}");
-
-    let mut free_trait_path = trait_path.clone();
-    let ident = &mut free_trait_path.segments.last_mut().unwrap().ident;
-    *ident = format_ident!("Free{ident}");
+    let path = bevy_ecs_path();
 
     let ident = input.ident;
 
@@ -73,14 +69,10 @@ pub fn derive_set(input: syn::DeriveInput, trait_path: &syn::Path) -> TokenStrea
         .unwrap(),
     );
 
-    let marker_impl = if is_base {
-        quote! {
-            impl #impl_generics #base_trait_path for #ident #ty_generics #where_clause {}
-        }
+    let kind = if is_base {
+        quote! { #path::schedule::BaseSystemSetMarker }
     } else {
-        quote! {
-            impl #impl_generics #free_trait_path for #ident #ty_generics #where_clause {}
-        }
+        quote! { #path::schedule::FreeSystemSetMarker }
     };
 
     (quote! {
@@ -94,7 +86,9 @@ pub fn derive_set(input: syn::DeriveInput, trait_path: &syn::Path) -> TokenStrea
             }
         }
 
-        #marker_impl
+        impl #impl_generics #path::schedule::KindedSystemSet for #ident #ty_generics #where_clause {
+            type Kind = #kind;
+        }
     })
     .into()
 }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/set.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/set.rs
index 23058a3de9fbc..45ad281a75319 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/set.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/set.rs
@@ -37,19 +37,42 @@ pub trait SystemSet: DynHash + Debug + Send + Sync + 'static {
     fn dyn_clone(&self) -> Box<dyn SystemSet>;
 }
 
-/// A marker trait for `SystemSet` types where [`is_base`] returns `true`.
-/// This should only be implemented for types that satisfy this requirement.
-/// It is automatically implemented for base set types by `#[derive(SystemSet)]`.
+/// Supertrait for [`BaseSystemSet`] and [`FreeSystemSet`].
+pub trait KindedSystemSet: SystemSet {
+    /// Whether this is a [`BaseSystemSet`] or [`FreeSystemSet`].
+    ///
+    /// If [`SystemSet::is_base`] returns true, this should be `BaseSystemSetMarker`.
+    /// If it returns `false`, this should be `FreeSystemSetMarker`.
+    type Kind: sealed::SystemSetKind;
+}
+
+mod sealed {
+    pub trait SystemSetKind {}
+}
+
+/// Marker for [`BaseSystemSet`] when using [`KindedSystemSet`].
+pub struct BaseSystemSetMarker;
+
+/// Marker for [`FreeSystemSet`] when using [`KindedSystemSet`].
+pub struct FreeSystemSetMarker;
+
+impl sealed::SystemSetKind for BaseSystemSetMarker {}
+impl sealed::SystemSetKind for FreeSystemSetMarker {}
+
+/// A system set that is never contained in another set.
+/// Systems and other system sets may only belong to one base set.
 ///
-/// [`is_base`]: SystemSet::is_base
-pub trait BaseSystemSet: SystemSet {}
+/// [`SystemSet::is_base`] always returns `true` for these types.
+pub trait BaseSystemSet: KindedSystemSet<Kind = BaseSystemSetMarker> {}
 
-/// A marker trait for `SystemSet` types where [`is_base`] returns `false`.
-/// This should only be implemented for types that satisfy this requirement.
-/// It is automatically implemented for non-base set types by `#[derive(SystemSet)]`.
+/// System sets that are not base sets.
+/// They have no extra restrictions on ordering in the schedule.
 ///
-/// [`is_base`]: SystemSet::is_base
-pub trait FreeSystemSet: SystemSet {}
+/// [`SystemSet::is_base`] always returns `false` for these types.
+pub trait FreeSystemSet: KindedSystemSet<Kind = FreeSystemSetMarker> {}
+
+impl<T: KindedSystemSet<Kind = BaseSystemSetMarker>> BaseSystemSet for T {}
+impl<T: KindedSystemSet<Kind = FreeSystemSetMarker>> FreeSystemSet for T {}
 
 impl PartialEq for dyn SystemSet {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {