diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d2152ab..a036f28 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,12 +27,30 @@ This also isn't limited to Github Action yaml files - another use case could be
 | `AUTO_CREATE_NEW_BRANCH` | ***false*** | Auto create new brach in a repository if the branch dose not exists |
 | `COMMIT_EACH_FILE` | ***false*** | if you need to keep track of each file's commit history separate then set it to true |
 | `PULL_REQUEST` | **false** | Set to `true` if you want the changes to be pushed via pull request. |
+| `PULL_REQUEST_LABELS` | - | Labels to apply to the created pull request. Separate multiple values using a comma. |
 | `SKIP_CI` | **false** | Set to `true` if you want skip all automations inside target repository. |
 | `COMMIT_MESSAGE` | **false** | You can provide your custom commit message. |
 | `RETRY_MODE` | **true** | Enable retry and throttling octokit plugins to avoid secondary rate limits on github content creation. |
 
 ### Personal Access Token Scope
-#### [Github Personal Token](https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?description=gh-workflow-sync)  <small> Is required with the below scope </small>
+
+A personal access token is required to use this action. Create either a fine-grained or classic token with the following scopes:
+
+#### [Github Personal Token (fine-grained)](https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens/new)
+
+For public repositories, choose `Public repositories` for the repository access.
+
+For private repositories, choose either `All repositories` or `Only select repositories` with the following permissions:
+
+| Permission    | Access         | Notes                                      |
+|---------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------|
+| Content       | Read and write |                                            |
+| Issues        | Read and write | Only required when adding labels to the PR |
+| Metadata      | Read-only      |                                            |
+| Pull requests | Read and write | Only required when creating a PR           |
+| Workflows     | Read and write |                                            |
+
+#### [Github Personal Token (classic)](https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?description=gh-workflow-sync)
 
 ![https://cdn.svarun.dev/gh/varunsridharan/action-github-workflow-sync/scope.jpg](https://cdn.svarun.dev/gh/varunsridharan/action-github-workflow-sync/scope.jpg)
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 9f4119d..70686b8 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ inputs:
     description: "Whether or not you want to do a pull request. Only works when branch name is provided. Default false"
     required: false
     default: 'false'
+  PULL_REQUEST_LABELS:
+    description: "Comma separated list of labels to add to the pull request. Default empty"
+    required: false
   SKIP_CI:
     description: "Adds [skip ci] to commit message which will avoid running github actions in targer repository"
     required: false
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 9ab75ee..2b88567 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ async function run() {
 	let REPOSITORIES           = require( './variables' ).REPOSITORIES;
 	let WORKFLOW_FILES         = require( './variables' ).WORKFLOW_FILES;
 	let PULL_REQUEST           = require( './variables' ).PULL_REQUEST;
+	let PULL_REQUEST_LABELS     = require( './variables' ).PULL_REQUEST_LABELS;
 	let SKIP_CI                = require( './variables' ).SKIP_CI;
 	let COMMIT_MESSAGE         = require( './variables' ).COMMIT_MESSAGE;
 	let RETRY_MODE             = require( './variables' ).RETRY_MODE;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ async function run() {
 	toolkit.log( `  * AUTO_CREATE_NEW_BRANCH     : ${AUTO_CREATE_NEW_BRANCH}` );
 	toolkit.log( `  * COMMIT_EACH_FILE           : ${COMMIT_EACH_FILE}` );
 	toolkit.log( `  * PULL_REQUEST               : ${PULL_REQUEST}` );
+	toolkit.log( `  * PULL_REQUEST_LABELS        : ${PULL_REQUEST_LABELS}` );
 	toolkit.log( `  * DRY_RUN                    : ${DRY_RUN}` );
 	toolkit.log( `  * WORKFLOW_FILES_DIR         : ${WORKFLOW_FILES_DIR}` );
 	toolkit.log( `  * WORKSPACE                  : ${WORKSPACE}` );
@@ -202,6 +204,14 @@ async function run() {
 							if (pull_request_resp) {
 								toolkit.log.green( `Pull Request Created : #${pull_request_resp.data.number}` );
 								toolkit.log( `${pull_request_resp.data.html_url}` );
+								if (PULL_REQUEST_LABELS) {
+									toolkit.log(`Adding labels [${PULL_REQUEST_LABELS}] to pull request`);
+									await finalOctokit.request(`POST /repos/${owner}/${repository}/issues/${pull_request_resp.data.number}/labels`, {
+										labels: PULL_REQUEST_LABELS.split(',').map(label => label.trim()),
+									}).catch((error) => {
+										toolkit.log.error(`Error on adding labels to pull request: ${error.status}: ${JSON.stringify(error.response.data)}`);
+									});
+								}
 							}
 						}
 
diff --git a/src/variables.js b/src/variables.js
index 5ba2f34..3dfc2d5 100644
--- a/src/variables.js
+++ b/src/variables.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const AUTO_CREATE_NEW_BRANCH = toolkit.input.tobool( core.getInput( 'AUTO_CREATE
 const COMMIT_EACH_FILE       = toolkit.input.tobool( core.getInput( 'COMMIT_EACH_FILE' ) );
 const DRY_RUN                = toolkit.input.tobool( core.getInput( 'DRY_RUN' ) );
 const PULL_REQUEST           = toolkit.input.tobool( core.getInput( 'PULL_REQUEST' ) );
+const PULL_REQUEST_LABELS    = core.getInput( 'PULL_REQUEST_LABELS' );
 const SKIP_CI                = toolkit.input.tobool( core.getInput( 'SKIP_CI' ) );
 const GITHUB_TOKEN           = core.getInput( 'GITHUB_TOKEN' );
 const GIT_URL                = core.getInput( 'GIT_URL' );
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ module.exports = {
 	GIT_URL,
 	RAW_REPOSITORIES,
 	PULL_REQUEST,
+	PULL_REQUEST_LABELS,
 	RAW_WORKFLOW_FILES,
 	WORKFLOW_FILES_DIR,
 	REPOSITORIES,