diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0ad57a..fd8759d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ steps:
       minimum-approvals: 1
       issue-title: "Deploying v1.3.5 to prod from staging"
       issue-body: "Please approve or deny the deployment of version v1.3.5."
+      issue-labels: "deployment"
       exclude-workflow-initiator-as-approver: false
       fail-on-denial: true
       additional-approved-words: ''
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ steps:
 * `minimum-approvals` is an integer that sets the minimum number of approvals required to progress the workflow. Defaults to ALL approvers.
 * `issue-title` is a string that will be appended to the title of the issue.
 * `issue-body` is a string that will be prepended to the body of the issue.
+* `issue-labels` is a comma separated list of strings that will be added as labels to the issue.
 * `exclude-workflow-initiator-as-approver` is a boolean that indicates if the workflow initiator (determined by the `GITHUB_ACTOR` environment variable) should be filtered from the final list of approvers. This is optional and defaults to `false`. Set this to `true` to prevent users in the `approvers` list from being able to self-approve workflows.
 * `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.
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 0126c0a..cc7e2ca 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ inputs:
   issue-body:
     description: The custom body for the issue
     required: false
+  issue-labels:
+    description: Labels to add to the issue
+    required: false
   exclude-workflow-initiator-as-approver:
     description: Whether or not to filter out the user who initiated the workflow as an approver if they are in the approvers list
     required: false
diff --git a/approval.go b/approval.go
index 6391ad2..0df44ce 100644
--- a/approval.go
+++ b/approval.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type approvalEnvironment struct {
 	approvalIssueNumber int
 	issueTitle          string
 	issueBody           string
+	issueLabels         []string
 	issueApprovers      []string
 	minimumApprovals    int
 	targetRepoOwner     string
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ type approvalEnvironment struct {
 	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, issueLabels []string) (*approvalEnvironment, error) {
 	repoOwnerAndName := strings.Split(repoFullName, "/")
 	if len(repoOwnerAndName) != 2 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("repo owner and name in unexpected format: %s", repoFullName)
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func newApprovalEnvironment(client *github.Client, repoFullName, repoOwner strin
 		targetRepoOwner:  targetRepoOwner,
 		targetRepoName:   targetRepoName,
 		failOnDenial:     failOnDenial,
+		issueLabels:      issueLabels,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ func (a *approvalEnvironment) createApprovalIssue(ctx context.Context) error {
 		Title:     &issueTitle,
 		Body:      &issueBody,
 		Assignees: &a.issueApprovers,
+		Labels:    &a.issueLabels,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/constants.go b/constants.go
index 027aafa..cc1a852 100644
--- a/constants.go
+++ b/constants.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const (
 	envVarMinimumApprovals                   string = "INPUT_MINIMUM-APPROVALS"
 	envVarIssueTitle                         string = "INPUT_ISSUE-TITLE"
 	envVarIssueBody                          string = "INPUT_ISSUE-BODY"
+	envVarIssueLabels                        string = "INPUT_ISSUE-LABELS"
 	envVarExcludeWorkflowInitiatorAsApprover string = "INPUT_EXCLUDE-WORKFLOW-INITIATOR-AS-APPROVER"
 	envVarAdditionalApprovedWords            string = "INPUT_ADDITIONAL-APPROVED-WORDS"
 	envVarAdditionalDeniedWords              string = "INPUT_ADDITIONAL-DENIED-WORDS"
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e439961..c3d37b7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	issueTitle := os.Getenv(envVarIssueTitle)
 	issueBody := os.Getenv(envVarIssueBody)
+	issueLabels := strings.Split(strings.ReplaceAll(os.Getenv(envVarIssueLabels), " ", ""), ",")
+
 	minimumApprovalsRaw := os.Getenv(envVarMinimumApprovals)
 	minimumApprovals := 0
 	if minimumApprovalsRaw != "" {
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ 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, issueLabels)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("error creating approval environment: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)