diff --git a/handlers/config.go b/handlers/config.go
index e363946..bbc484a 100644
--- a/handlers/config.go
+++ b/handlers/config.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type Container struct {
 	PullPolicy    k8sv1.PullPolicy    `json:"pull_policy"`
 	Env           []k8sv1.EnvVar      `json:"env"`
 	VolumesMounts []k8sv1.VolumeMount `json:"volumeMounts"`
+	Labels        map[string]string   `json:"labels"`
 	CPULimit      string              `json:"cpu-limit"`
 	MemoryLimit   string              `json:"memory-limit"`
 }
diff --git a/handlers/jobs.go b/handlers/jobs.go
index cb16ece..1c5bc7a 100644
--- a/handlers/jobs.go
+++ b/handlers/jobs.go
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ func createK8sJob(currentAction string, inputData string, accessFormat string, a
 	labels := make(map[string]string)
 	labels["app"] = "sowerjob"
 	labels["username"] = username
+	if len(conf.Container.Labels) != 0 {
+		for k, v := range conf.Container.Labels {
+			labels[k] = v
+		}
+	}
 
 	annotations := make(map[string]string)
 	annotations["gen3username"] = userName