diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/task_runner.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/task_runner.go
index 9b94e1c7539..f5dc3be415e 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/task_runner.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/task_runner.go
@@ -980,7 +980,11 @@ func (tr *TaskRunner) buildTaskConfig() *drivers.TaskConfig {
 		ID:            fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", alloc.ID, task.Name, invocationid),
 		Name:          task.Name,
 		JobName:       alloc.Job.Name,
+		JobID:         alloc.Job.ID,
 		TaskGroupName: alloc.TaskGroup,
+		Namespace:     alloc.Namespace,
+		NodeName:      alloc.NodeName,
+		NodeID:        alloc.NodeID,
 		Resources: &drivers.Resources{
 			NomadResources: taskResources,
 			LinuxResources: &drivers.LinuxResources{
diff --git a/drivers/docker/config.go b/drivers/docker/config.go
index a62607d3b31..9f956c90532 100644
--- a/drivers/docker/config.go
+++ b/drivers/docker/config.go
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ var (
 			"ca":   hclspec.NewAttr("ca", "string", false),
 		})),
 
+		// extra docker labels, globs supported
+		"extra_labels": hclspec.NewAttr("extra_labels", "list(string)", false),
+
 		// garbage collection options
 		// default needed for both if the gc {...} block is not set and
 		// if the default fields are missing
@@ -612,6 +615,7 @@ type DriverConfig struct {
 	DisableLogCollection          bool          `codec:"disable_log_collection"`
 	PullActivityTimeout           string        `codec:"pull_activity_timeout"`
 	pullActivityTimeoutDuration   time.Duration `codec:"-"`
+	ExtraLabels                   []string      `codec:"extra_labels"`
 
 	AllowRuntimesList []string            `codec:"allow_runtimes"`
 	allowRuntimes     map[string]struct{} `codec:"-"`
diff --git a/drivers/docker/driver.go b/drivers/docker/driver.go
index 36a917407a7..2fa3cc24db7 100644
--- a/drivers/docker/driver.go
+++ b/drivers/docker/driver.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/plugins/base"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/plugins/drivers"
 	pstructs "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/plugins/shared/structs"
+	"github.com/ryanuber/go-glob"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -70,7 +71,14 @@ var (
 )
 
 const (
-	dockerLabelAllocID = "com.hashicorp.nomad.alloc_id"
+	dockerLabelAllocID       = "com.hashicorp.nomad.alloc_id"
+	dockerLabelJobName       = "com.hashicorp.nomad.job_name"
+	dockerLabelJobID         = "com.hashicorp.nomad.job_id"
+	dockerLabelTaskGroupName = "com.hashicorp.nomad.task_group_name"
+	dockerLabelTaskName      = "com.hashicorp.nomad.task_name"
+	dockerLabelNamespace     = "com.hashicorp.nomad.namespace"
+	dockerLabelNodeName      = "com.hashicorp.nomad.node_name"
+	dockerLabelNodeID        = "com.hashicorp.nomad.node_id"
 )
 
 type Driver struct {
@@ -1114,7 +1122,34 @@ func (d *Driver) createContainerConfig(task *drivers.TaskConfig, driverConfig *T
 	for k, v := range driverConfig.Labels {
 		labels[k] = v
 	}
+	// main mandatory label
 	labels[dockerLabelAllocID] = task.AllocID
+
+	//optional labels, as configured in plugin configuration
+	for _, configurationExtraLabel := range d.config.ExtraLabels {
+		if glob.Glob(configurationExtraLabel, "job_name") {
+			labels[dockerLabelJobName] = task.JobName
+		}
+		if glob.Glob(configurationExtraLabel, "job_id") {
+			labels[dockerLabelJobID] = task.JobID
+		}
+		if glob.Glob(configurationExtraLabel, "task_group_name") {
+			labels[dockerLabelTaskGroupName] = task.TaskGroupName
+		}
+		if glob.Glob(configurationExtraLabel, "task_name") {
+			labels[dockerLabelTaskName] = task.Name
+		}
+		if glob.Glob(configurationExtraLabel, "namespace") {
+			labels[dockerLabelNamespace] = task.Namespace
+		}
+		if glob.Glob(configurationExtraLabel, "node_name") {
+			labels[dockerLabelNodeName] = task.NodeName
+		}
+		if glob.Glob(configurationExtraLabel, "node_id") {
+			labels[dockerLabelNodeID] = task.NodeID
+		}
+	}
+
 	config.Labels = labels
 	logger.Debug("applied labels on the container", "labels", config.Labels)
 
diff --git a/drivers/docker/driver_test.go b/drivers/docker/driver_test.go
index a3d9cda38bb..8f810580a35 100644
--- a/drivers/docker/driver_test.go
+++ b/drivers/docker/driver_test.go
@@ -799,13 +799,50 @@ func TestDockerDriver_Labels(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// expect to see 1 additional standard labels
+	// expect to see 1 additional standard labels (allocID)
 	require.Equal(t, len(cfg.Labels)+1, len(container.Config.Labels))
 	for k, v := range cfg.Labels {
 		require.Equal(t, v, container.Config.Labels[k])
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDockerDriver_ExtraLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	if !tu.IsCI() {
+		t.Parallel()
+	}
+	testutil.DockerCompatible(t)
+
+	task, cfg, ports := dockerTask(t)
+	defer freeport.Return(ports)
+
+	require.NoError(t, task.EncodeConcreteDriverConfig(cfg))
+
+	dockerClientConfig := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	dockerClientConfig["extra_labels"] = []string{"task*", "job_name"}
+	client, d, handle, cleanup := dockerSetup(t, task, dockerClientConfig)
+	defer cleanup()
+	require.NoError(t, d.WaitUntilStarted(task.ID, 5*time.Second))
+
+	container, err := client.InspectContainer(handle.containerID)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	expectedLabels := map[string]string{
+		"com.hashicorp.nomad.alloc_id":        task.AllocID,
+		"com.hashicorp.nomad.task_name":       task.Name,
+		"com.hashicorp.nomad.task_group_name": task.TaskGroupName,
+		"com.hashicorp.nomad.job_name":        task.JobName,
+	}
+
+	// expect to see 4 labels (allocID by default, task_name and task_group_name due to task*, and job_name)
+	require.Equal(t, 4, len(container.Config.Labels))
+	for k, v := range expectedLabels {
+		require.Equal(t, v, container.Config.Labels[k])
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDockerDriver_ForcePull(t *testing.T) {
 	if !tu.IsCI() {
 		t.Parallel()
@@ -1065,7 +1102,7 @@ func TestDockerDriver_CreateContainerConfig_Labels(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedLabels := map[string]string{
 		// user provided labels
 		"user_label": "user_value",
-		// default labels
+		// default label
 		"com.hashicorp.nomad.alloc_id": task.AllocID,
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/drivers/driver.go b/plugins/drivers/driver.go
index c2d040eedd5..8c586036e65 100644
--- a/plugins/drivers/driver.go
+++ b/plugins/drivers/driver.go
@@ -237,8 +237,12 @@ func (c *DNSConfig) Copy() *DNSConfig {
 type TaskConfig struct {
 	ID               string
 	JobName          string
+	JobID            string
 	TaskGroupName    string
 	Name             string
+	Namespace        string
+	NodeName         string
+	NodeID           string
 	Env              map[string]string
 	DeviceEnv        map[string]string
 	Resources        *Resources
diff --git a/website/content/docs/drivers/docker.mdx b/website/content/docs/drivers/docker.mdx
index fbd803f7044..024715952ee 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/drivers/docker.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/drivers/docker.mdx
@@ -774,6 +774,8 @@ plugin "docker" {
       ca   = "/etc/nomad/nomad.cert"
     }
 
+    extra_labels = ["job_name", "job_id", "task_group_name", "task_name", "namespace", "node_name", "node_id"]
+
     gc {
       image       = true
       image_delay = "3m"
@@ -866,6 +868,10 @@ plugin "docker" {
   capabilities and exclusively use host based log aggregation, you may consider
   this option to disable nomad log collection overhead.
 
+- `extra_labels` - Extra labels to add to Docker containers. 
+   Available options are `job_name`, `job_id`, `task_group_name`, `task_name`,
+   `namespace`, `node_name`, `node_id`. Globs are supported (e.g. `task*`)
+
 - `gc` stanza:
 
   - `image` - Defaults to `true`. Changing this to `false` will prevent Nomad