diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 22727fe760..378616ddc1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Usage:
 * Fix #2470: Add configuration option for overriding buildpack builder image
 * Fix #2662: Sanitize VCS remote URL used in `jkube.eclipse.org/git-url` annotation
 * Fix #2860: Correctly pass Docker build-arg from the build configuration to the Openshift build strategy
+* Fix #2885: Provide a way to set labels on images defined by Generators
 * Fix #2901: Ensure Docker build arguments from properties are used during images pre-pulling
 
 ### 1.16.2 (2024-03-27)
diff --git a/jkube-kit/doc/src/main/asciidoc/inc/generator/_options_common.adoc b/jkube-kit/doc/src/main/asciidoc/inc/generator/_options_common.adoc
index 6d58940670..00c82f9776 100644
--- a/jkube-kit/doc/src/main/asciidoc/inc/generator/_options_common.adoc
+++ b/jkube-kit/doc/src/main/asciidoc/inc/generator/_options_common.adoc
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ or already added by a generator which has been run previously.
   The mode takes only effect when running in OpenShift mode.
 | `jkube.generator.fromMode`
 
+| *labels*
+| A comma separated list of additional labels you want to set on your image with
+| `jkube.generator.labels`
+
 | *name*
 | The Docker image name used when doing Docker builds. For OpenShift S2I builds its the name of the image stream. This
   can be a pattern as described in <<image-name, Name Placeholders>>. The default is `%g/%a:%l`. Note that this flag would only work
diff --git a/jkube-kit/generator/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/generator/api/support/BaseGenerator.java b/jkube-kit/generator/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/generator/api/support/BaseGenerator.java
index 07c21b54d1..4be4af3815 100644
--- a/jkube-kit/generator/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/generator/api/support/BaseGenerator.java
+++ b/jkube-kit/generator/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/generator/api/support/BaseGenerator.java
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ enum Config implements Configs.Config {
         FROM_MODE("fromMode", null),
         BUILDPACKS_BUILDER_IMAGE("buildpacksBuilderImage", null),
 
+        // Labels
+        LABELS("labels", null),
+
         // Optional registry
         REGISTRY("registry", null),
 
@@ -254,6 +257,18 @@ private boolean containsBuildConfiguration(List<ImageConfiguration> configs) {
         return false;
     }
 
+
+    protected void addLabelsFromConfig(Map<String, String> labels) {
+        String commaSeparatedLabels = getConfigWithFallback(Config.LABELS, "jkube.generator.labels", null);
+        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(commaSeparatedLabels)) {
+            Map<String,String> configLabels = Arrays.stream(commaSeparatedLabels.split(","))
+                    .map(envNameValue -> envNameValue.split("="))
+                    .filter(e -> e.length == 2)
+                    .collect(Collectors.toMap(e -> e[0].trim(), e -> e[1].trim()));
+            labels.putAll(configLabels);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected void addSchemaLabels(BuildConfiguration.BuildConfigurationBuilder buildBuilder, PrefixedLogger log) {
         final JavaProject project = getProject();
         String docURL = project.getDocumentationUrl();
@@ -274,6 +289,8 @@ protected void addSchemaLabels(BuildConfiguration.BuildConfigurationBuilder buil
         labels.put(BuildLabelAnnotations.VERSION.value(), project.getVersion());
         labels.put(BuildLabelAnnotations.SCHEMA_VERSION.value(), LABEL_SCHEMA_VERSION);
 
+        addLabelsFromConfig(labels);
+
         try {
             Repository repository = GitUtil.getGitRepository(project.getBaseDirectory());
             if (repository != null) {
diff --git a/jkube-kit/generator/api/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/generator/api/support/BaseGeneratorTest.java b/jkube-kit/generator/api/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/generator/api/support/BaseGeneratorTest.java
index 67cbf7b5d7..13dce83ed5 100644
--- a/jkube-kit/generator/api/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/generator/api/support/BaseGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/jkube-kit/generator/api/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/generator/api/support/BaseGeneratorTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
 import org.eclipse.jkube.generator.api.FromSelector;
@@ -420,6 +422,23 @@ void addTagsFromProperty() {
         .containsExactlyInAnyOrder("tag-1", "tag-2", "other-tag");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @DisplayName("add labels from property")
+  void addLabelsFromProperty() {
+    when(ctx.getProject()).thenReturn(project);
+    BuildConfiguration.BuildConfigurationBuilder builder = BuildConfiguration.builder();
+    properties.put("jkube.generator.labels", " label-1=a, label-2=b , invalid-label");
+    Map<String, String> extractedLabels = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+    BaseGenerator generator = createGenerator(null);
+    generator.addLabelsFromConfig(extractedLabels);
+    assertThat(extractedLabels)
+        .hasSize(2)
+        .contains(
+                entry("label-1", "a"),
+                entry("label-2", "b")
+        );
+  }
+
   private void inKubernetes() {
     when(ctx.getRuntimeMode()).thenReturn(RuntimeMode.KUBERNETES);
   }