diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-role.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-role.yaml
index 5d29a2d..a2b457c 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-role.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/default-backend-role.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   labels:
     {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
     app.kubernetes.io/component: default-backend
+    {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.labels }}
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
   name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.fullname" . }}-backend
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 rules: