diff --git a/operator/controllers/execution/scans/parse_reconciler.go b/operator/controllers/execution/scans/parse_reconciler.go
index 8b7c4ff242..bd2df9d975 100644
--- a/operator/controllers/execution/scans/parse_reconciler.go
+++ b/operator/controllers/execution/scans/parse_reconciler.go
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ func (r *ScanReconciler) startParser(scan *executionv1.Scan) error {
 			},
 		},
 	}
+	job.Spec.Template.Labels = util.MergeStringMaps(job.Spec.Template.Labels, scan.ObjectMeta.DeepCopy().Labels)
 
 	// Merge Env from ParserTemplate
 	job.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env = append(
diff --git a/operator/controllers/execution/scans/scan_reconciler.go b/operator/controllers/execution/scans/scan_reconciler.go
index e4a4870b4a..f90c6a8d20 100644
--- a/operator/controllers/execution/scans/scan_reconciler.go
+++ b/operator/controllers/execution/scans/scan_reconciler.go
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ func (r *ScanReconciler) constructJobForScan(scan *executionv1.Scan, scanTypeSpe
 		Spec: *scanTypeSpec.JobTemplate.Spec.DeepCopy(),
 	}
 
+	job.Spec.Template.Labels = util.MergeStringMaps(job.Spec.Template.Labels, scan.ObjectMeta.DeepCopy().Labels)
+
 	//add recommend kubernetes "managed by" label, to tell the SCB container autodiscovery to ignore the scan pod
 	podLabels := job.Spec.Template.Labels
 	if podLabels == nil {
diff --git a/operator/utils/string_maps_merge.go b/operator/utils/string_maps_merge.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41177b9a89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/utils/string_maps_merge.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: the secureCodeBox authors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package utils
+
+func MergeStringMaps(maps ...map[string]string) map[string]string {
+	result := map[string]string{}
+	for _, m := range maps {
+		for key, value := range m {
+			result[key] = value
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
diff --git a/operator/utils/string_maps_merge_test.go b/operator/utils/string_maps_merge_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cddf23c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/utils/string_maps_merge_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: the secureCodeBox authors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type testDataMaps struct {
+	inOne map[string]string
+	inTwo map[string]string
+	out   map[string]string
+}
+
+func TestStringMapsMerge(t *testing.T) {
+	var tests = []testDataMaps{
+		{
+			inOne: map[string]string{"foo": "1", "bar": "2"},
+			inTwo: map[string]string{"x": "3", "y": "4"},
+			out:   map[string]string{"foo": "1", "bar": "2", "x": "3", "y": "4"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		actual := MergeStringMaps(test.inOne, test.inTwo)
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, test.out) {
+			t.Error(fmt.Errorf("mergeStringMaps(\"%s\", \"%s\") returned \"%s\", expected \"%s\"", test.inOne, test.inTwo, actual, test.out))
+		}
+	}
+}