diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39cbd194..b595a7a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ The `createPullRequest()` method creates a GitHub Pull request with the files gi
 |   message     	|   `string`	| The commit message for the changes. Default is `'code suggestions'`. We recommend following [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/).|
 |   force	        |   `boolean`	| Whether or not to force push the reference even if the ancestor commits differs. Default is `false`. |
 |   fork	        |   `boolean`	| Whether or not code suggestion should be made from a fork, defaults to `true` (_Note: forking does not work when using `secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN` in an action_). |
+|   labels        |   `string[]`| The list of labels to add to the pull request. Default is none. |
 
 #### `logger`
 *[Logger](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@types/pino)* <br>
@@ -231,6 +232,10 @@ Whether or not to force push a reference with different commit history before th
 *boolean* <br>
 Whether or not to attempt forking to a separate repository. Default value is: `true`.
 
+#### `--labels`
+*array* <br>
+The list of labels to add to the pull request. Default is none.
+
 ### Example
 ```
 code-suggester pr -o foo -r bar -d 'description' -t 'title' -m 'message' --git-dir=.
@@ -328,6 +333,10 @@ Whether or not maintainers can modify the pull request. Default value is: `true`
 *boolean* <br>
 Whether or not to attempt forking to a separate repository. Default value is: `true`.
 
+#### `labels`
+*array* <br>
+The list of labels to add to the pull request. Default is none.
+
 #### Example
 
 The following example is a `.github/workflows/main.yaml` file in repo `Octocat/HelloWorld`. This would add a LICENSE folder to the root `HelloWorld` repo on every pull request if it is not already there.
@@ -356,6 +365,9 @@ jobs:
           message: 'chore(license): add license file'
           branch: my-branch
           git_dir: '.'
+          labels: |
+            bug
+            priority: p1
 ```
 
 ### Review a Pull Request
diff --git a/src/bin/code-suggester.ts b/src/bin/code-suggester.ts
index 110d1cfa..230bd915 100644
--- a/src/bin/code-suggester.ts
+++ b/src/bin/code-suggester.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ yargs
       default: true,
       type: 'boolean',
     },
+    labels: {
+      describe:
+        'The list of labels to add to the pull request. Default is none.',
+      default: [],
+      type: 'array',
+    },
   })
   .command(REVIEW_PR_COMMAND, 'Review an open pull request', {
     'upstream-repo': {
diff --git a/src/bin/workflow.ts b/src/bin/workflow.ts
index 561ce3e8..bc9357d0 100644
--- a/src/bin/workflow.ts
+++ b/src/bin/workflow.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export function coerceUserCreatePullRequestOptions(): CreatePullRequestUserOptio
     primary: yargs.argv.primary as string,
     maintainersCanModify: yargs.argv.maintainersCanModify as boolean,
     fork: yargs.argv.fork as boolean,
+    labels: yargs.argv.labels as string[],
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/github-handler/index.ts b/src/github-handler/index.ts
index 617fd3dc..d5701367 100644
--- a/src/github-handler/index.ts
+++ b/src/github-handler/index.ts
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ export {branch} from './branch-handler';
 export {commitAndPush} from './commit-and-push-handler';
 export * from './pull-request-handler';
 export * from './comment-handler';
+export * from './issue-handler';
diff --git a/src/github-handler/issue-handler.ts b/src/github-handler/issue-handler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..391e4ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/github-handler/issue-handler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+import {BranchDomain, RepoDomain} from '../types';
+import {Octokit} from '@octokit/rest';
+import {logger} from '../logger';
+
+/**
+ * Create a GitHub PR on the upstream organization's repo
+ * Throws an error if the GitHub API fails
+ * @param {Octokit} octokit The authenticated octokit instance
+ * @param {RepoDomain} upstream The upstream repository
+ * @param {BranchDomain} origin The remote origin information that contains the origin branch
+ * @param {number} issue_number The issue number to add labels to. Can also be a PR number
+ * @param {string[]} labels The list of labels to apply to the issue/pull request. Default is []. the funciton will no-op.
+ * @returns {Promise<string[]>} The list of resulting labels after the addition of the given labels
+ */
+async function addLabels(
+  octokit: Octokit,
+  upstream: RepoDomain,
+  origin: BranchDomain,
+  issue_number: number,
+  labels?: string[]
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  if (!labels || labels.length === 0) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const labelsResponseData = (
+    await octokit.issues.addLabels({
+      owner: upstream.owner,
+      repo: origin.repo,
+      issue_number: issue_number,
+      labels: labels,
+    })
+  ).data;
+  logger.info(`Successfully added labels ${labels} to issue: ${issue_number}`);
+  return labelsResponseData.map(l => l.name);
+}
+
+export {addLabels};
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 2fe5ac4c..fe89eb92 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -176,6 +176,16 @@ async function createPullRequest(
     gitHubConfigs.primary
   );
   logger.info(`Successfully opened pull request: ${prNumber}.`);
+
+  // addLabels will no-op if options.labels is undefined or empty.
+  await handler.addLabels(
+    octokit,
+    upstream,
+    originBranch,
+    prNumber,
+    options.labels
+  );
+
   return prNumber;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/types/index.ts b/src/types/index.ts
index 6bc5853a..f7300dd7 100644
--- a/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/index.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ export interface CreatePullRequestUserOptions {
   primary?: string;
   // Whether or not maintainers can modify the PR. Default is true. (optional)
   maintainersCanModify?: boolean;
+  // The list of labels to apply to the newly created PR. Default is empty. (optional)
+  labels?: string[];
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/cli.ts b/test/cli.ts
index 4d9e7513..5453d2ca 100644
--- a/test/cli.ts
+++ b/test/cli.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ describe('Mapping pr yargs to create PR options', () => {
       primary: 'primary',
       maintainersCanModify: true,
       fork: true,
+      labels: ['automerge'],
     };
 
     sandbox.stub(yargs, 'argv').value({_: ['pr'], ...options});
diff --git a/test/fixtures/add-labels-response.json b/test/fixtures/add-labels-response.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1664348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/add-labels-response.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[
+    {
+      "id": 208045946,
+      "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
+      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
+      "name": "bug",
+      "description": "Something isn't working",
+      "color": "f29513",
+      "default": true
+    },
+    {
+      "id": 208045947,
+      "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDc=",
+      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/enhancement",
+      "name": "enhancement",
+      "description": "New feature or request",
+      "color": "a2eeef",
+      "default": false
+    }
+]
diff --git a/test/issues.ts b/test/issues.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56524d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issues.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+import {expect} from 'chai';
+import {describe, it, before, afterEach} from 'mocha';
+import {octokit, setup} from './util';
+import * as sinon from 'sinon';
+import {addLabels} from '../src/github-handler/issue-handler';
+
+before(() => {
+  setup();
+});
+
+describe('Adding labels', async () => {
+  const sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();
+  const upstream = {owner: 'upstream-owner', repo: 'upstream-repo'};
+  const origin = {
+    owner: 'origin-owner',
+    repo: 'origin-repo',
+    branch: 'issues-test-branch',
+  };
+  const issue_number = 1;
+  const labels = ['enhancement'];
+  afterEach(() => {
+    sandbox.restore();
+  });
+
+  it('Invokes octokit issues add labels on an existing pull request', async () => {
+    // setup
+    const responseAddLabelsData = await import(
+      './fixtures/add-labels-response.json'
+    );
+    const addLabelsResponse = {
+      headers: {},
+      status: 200,
+      url: 'http://fake-url.com',
+      data: responseAddLabelsData,
+    };
+    const stub = sandbox
+      .stub(octokit.issues, 'addLabels')
+      .resolves(addLabelsResponse);
+    // tests
+    const resultingLabels = await addLabels(
+      octokit,
+      upstream,
+      origin,
+      issue_number,
+      labels
+    );
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnceWithExactly(stub, {
+      owner: upstream.owner,
+      repo: origin.repo,
+      issue_number: issue_number,
+      labels: labels,
+    });
+    expect(resultingLabels).to.deep.equal(['bug', 'enhancement']);
+  });
+
+  it('No-op undefined labels', async () => {
+    // setup
+    const stub = sandbox.stub(octokit.issues, 'addLabels').resolves();
+    // tests
+    const resultingLabels = await addLabels(
+      octokit,
+      upstream,
+      origin,
+      issue_number
+    );
+    sandbox.assert.neverCalledWith(stub, sinon.match.any);
+    expect(resultingLabels).to.deep.equal([]);
+  });
+
+  it('No-op with empty labels', async () => {
+    // setup
+    const stub = sandbox.stub(octokit.issues, 'addLabels').resolves();
+    // tests
+    const resultingLabels = await addLabels(
+      octokit,
+      upstream,
+      origin,
+      issue_number,
+      []
+    );
+    sandbox.assert.neverCalledWith(stub, sinon.match.any);
+    expect(resultingLabels).to.deep.equal([]);
+  });
+
+  it('Passes up the error message with a throw when octokit issues add labels fails', async () => {
+    // setup
+    const errorMsg = 'Error message';
+    sandbox.stub(octokit.issues, 'addLabels').rejects(Error(errorMsg));
+    try {
+      await addLabels(octokit, upstream, origin, issue_number, labels);
+      expect.fail();
+    } catch (err) {
+      expect(err.message).to.equal(errorMsg);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/main-make-pr.ts b/test/main-make-pr.ts
index d76ef50e..3e4055f1 100644
--- a/test/main-make-pr.ts
+++ b/test/main-make-pr.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ describe('Make PR main function', () => {
   const primary = 'custom-primary';
   const originRepo = 'Hello-World';
   const originOwner = 'octocat';
+  const labelsToAdd = ['automerge'];
   const options: CreatePullRequestUserOptions = {
     upstreamOwner,
     upstreamRepo,
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ describe('Make PR main function', () => {
     force,
     message,
     primary,
+    labels: labelsToAdd,
   };
   const oldHeadSha = '7fd1a60b01f91b314f59955a4e4d4e80d8edf11d';
   const changes: Changes = new Map();
@@ -116,6 +118,20 @@ describe('Make PR main function', () => {
         expect(testMaintainersCanModify).equals(maintainersCanModify);
         expect(testPrimary).equals(primary);
       },
+      addLabels: (
+        octokit: Octokit,
+        upstream: {owner: string; repo: string},
+        originBranch: {owner: string; repo: string; branch: string},
+        issue_number: number,
+        labels: string[]
+      ) => {
+        expect(originBranch.owner).equals(originOwner);
+        expect(originBranch.repo).equals(originRepo);
+        expect(originBranch.branch).equals(branch);
+        expect(upstream.owner).equals(upstreamOwner);
+        expect(upstream.repo).equals(upstreamRepo);
+        expect(labels).equals(labelsToAdd);
+      },
     };
     const stubMakePr = proxyquire.noCallThru()('../src/', {
       './github-handler': stubHelperHandlers,
@@ -171,6 +187,20 @@ describe('Make PR main function', () => {
         expect(testMaintainersCanModify).equals(maintainersCanModify);
         expect(testPrimary).equals(primary);
       },
+      addLabels: (
+        octokit: Octokit,
+        upstream: {owner: string; repo: string},
+        originBranch: {owner: string; repo: string; branch: string},
+        issue_number: number,
+        labels: string[]
+      ) => {
+        expect(originBranch.owner).equals(upstreamOwner);
+        expect(originBranch.repo).equals(upstreamRepo);
+        expect(originBranch.branch).equals(branch);
+        expect(upstream.owner).equals(upstreamOwner);
+        expect(upstream.repo).equals(upstreamRepo);
+        expect(labels).equals(labelsToAdd);
+      },
     };
     const stubMakePr = proxyquire.noCallThru()('../src/', {
       './github-handler': stubHelperHandlers,