diff --git a/Chart.yaml b/Chart.yaml
index a4638b2..76b50df 100644
--- a/Chart.yaml
+++ b/Chart.yaml
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ type: library
 
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
-version: 1.2.0
+version: 1.3.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1cb43a2..9059191 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1056,6 +1056,7 @@ It also uses the following configuration from the `$pod`:
 | `$pod.nodeSelector `      | Node labels for pod assignment                           |
 | `$pod.affinity `          | Expressions for affinity                                 |
 | `$pod.tolerations `       | Toleration labels for pod assignment                     |
+| `$pod.podLabels`          | Pod extra labels                                         |
 
 Underneath the hood, it invokes [`common.container`](#commoncontainer) template with `$pod` to populate the `PodSpec`'s container list.
 
diff --git a/templates/_pod.tpl b/templates/_pod.tpl
index 5fb3d15..95fb1ef 100644
--- a/templates/_pod.tpl
+++ b/templates/_pod.tpl
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ metadata:
   {{- end }}
   labels:
     {{- include "common.selectorLabels" $top | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- with $pod.podLabels }}
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
 spec:
   {{- with $pod.imagePullSecrets }}
   imagePullSecrets: