diff --git a/charts/core-dump-handler/templates/daemonset.yaml b/charts/core-dump-handler/templates/daemonset.yaml
index f61f473..cf94c85 100644
--- a/charts/core-dump-handler/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/core-dump-handler/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         name: {{ .Values.daemonset.label }}
+        {{- with .Values.daemonset.labels }}
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
       annotations:
         kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container: "coredump-container"
         {{- with .Values.daemonset.podAnnotations }}
diff --git a/charts/core-dump-handler/values.yaml b/charts/core-dump-handler/values.yaml
index 05f8213..7081ed2 100644
--- a/charts/core-dump-handler/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/core-dump-handler/values.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ daemonset:
   podAnnotations: {}
   name: "core-dump-handler"
   label: "core-dump-ds"
+  labels: {}
   hostDirectory: "/var/mnt/core-dump-handler"
   coreDirectory: "/var/mnt/core-dump-handler/cores"
   eventDirectory: "/var/mnt/core-dump-handler/events"