diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e5497c..b7de005 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ steps:
       fail-on-denial: true
       additional-approved-words: ''
       additional-denied-words: ''
+      labels: ''
 ```
 
 * `approvers` is a comma-delimited list of all required approvers. An approver can either be a user or an org team. (*Note: Required approvers must have the ability to be set as approvers in the repository. If you add an approver that doesn't have this permission then you would receive an HTTP/402 Validation Failed error when running this action*)
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ steps:
 * `fail-on-denial` is a boolean that indicates if the workflow should fail if any approver denies the approval. This is optional and defaults to `true`. Set this to `false` to allow the workflow to continue if any approver denies the approval.
 * `additional-approved-words` is a comma separated list of strings to expand the dictionary of words that indicate approval. This is optional and defaults to an empty string.
 * `additional-denied-words` is a comma separated list of strings to expand the dictionary of words that indicate denial. This is optional and defaults to an empty string.
+* `labels` is a comma separated list of strings to set labels of issue. This is optional and defaults to an empty string.
 
 > [!Note]
 > 1. If You are using issue-body-file-path then please make sure the file is reachable; for example, if the file is in your repo, then please checkout to your repo in the same job as the approval issue.
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index a8b661b..01437d6 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ inputs:
     description: Whether or not to fail the workflow if the approval is denied
     required: false
     default: 'true'
+  labels:
+    description: Issue labels
+    default: ''
 outputs:
   issue-number:
     description: The number of the issue created
diff --git a/approval.go b/approval.go
index 6391ad2..184b016 100644
--- a/approval.go
+++ b/approval.go
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ type approvalEnvironment struct {
 	issueBody           string
 	issueApprovers      []string
 	minimumApprovals    int
+	labels              []string
 	targetRepoOwner     string
 	targetRepoName      string
 	failOnDenial        bool
 }
 
-func newApprovalEnvironment(client *github.Client, repoFullName, repoOwner string, runID int, approvers []string, minimumApprovals int, issueTitle, issueBody string, targetRepoOwner string, targetRepoName string, failOnDenial bool) (*approvalEnvironment, error) {
+func newApprovalEnvironment(client *github.Client, repoFullName, repoOwner string, runID int, approvers []string, minimumApprovals int, issueTitle, issueBody string, targetRepoOwner string, targetRepoName string, failOnDenial bool, labels []string) (*approvalEnvironment, error) {
 	repoOwnerAndName := strings.Split(repoFullName, "/")
 	if len(repoOwnerAndName) != 2 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("repo owner and name in unexpected format: %s", repoFullName)
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ func newApprovalEnvironment(client *github.Client, repoFullName, repoOwner strin
 		minimumApprovals: minimumApprovals,
 		issueTitle:       issueTitle,
 		issueBody:        issueBody,
+		labels:           labels,
 		targetRepoOwner:  targetRepoOwner,
 		targetRepoName:   targetRepoName,
 		failOnDenial:     failOnDenial,
@@ -89,17 +91,21 @@ func (a *approvalEnvironment) createApprovalIssue(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	var err error
 	fmt.Printf(
-		"Creating issue in repo %s/%s with the following content:\nTitle: %s\nApprovers: %s\nBody:\n%s\n",
+		"Creating issue in repo %s/%s with the following content:\nTitle: %s\nApprovers: %s\nLabels: %s\nBody:\n%s\n",
+		a.repoOwner,
+		a.repo,
 		a.targetRepoOwner,
 		a.targetRepoName,
 		issueTitle,
 		a.issueApprovers,
+		a.labels,
 		issueBody,
 	)
 	a.approvalIssue, _, err = a.client.Issues.Create(ctx, a.targetRepoOwner, a.targetRepoName, &github.IssueRequest{
 		Title:     &issueTitle,
 		Body:      &issueBody,
 		Assignees: &a.issueApprovers,
+		Labels:    &a.labels,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/constants.go b/constants.go
index 88867e3..07f330a 100644
--- a/constants.go
+++ b/constants.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const (
 	envVarExcludeWorkflowInitiatorAsApprover string = "INPUT_EXCLUDE-WORKFLOW-INITIATOR-AS-APPROVER"
 	envVarAdditionalApprovedWords            string = "INPUT_ADDITIONAL-APPROVED-WORDS"
 	envVarAdditionalDeniedWords              string = "INPUT_ADDITIONAL-DENIED-WORDS"
+	envVarLabels                             string = "INPUT_LABELS"
 	envVarFailOnDenial                       string = "INPUT_FAIL-ON-DENIAL"
 	envVarTargetRepoOwner                    string = "INPUT_TARGET-REPOSITORY-OWNER"
 	envVarTargetRepo                         string = "INPUT_TARGET-REPOSITORY"
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e18a395..2386076 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ func main() {
 	} else {
 		issueBody = os.Getenv(envVarIssueBody)
 	}
+
+	labels := os.Getenv(envVarLabels)
+  
 	minimumApprovalsRaw := os.Getenv(envVarMinimumApprovals)
 	minimumApprovals := 0
 	if minimumApprovalsRaw != "" {
@@ -220,7 +223,8 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	apprv, err := newApprovalEnvironment(client, repoFullName, repoOwner, runID, approvers, minimumApprovals, issueTitle, issueBody, targetRepoOwner, targetRepoName, failOnDenial)
+	apprv, err := newApprovalEnvironment(client, repoFullName, repoOwner, runID, approvers, minimumApprovals, issueTitle, issueBody, targetRepoOwner, targetRepoName, failOnDenial, strings.Split(labels, ","))
+
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("error creating approval environment: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)