diff --git a/builder/googlecompute/driver.go b/builder/googlecompute/driver.go
index 60707ac84..70815c8cd 100644
--- a/builder/googlecompute/driver.go
+++ b/builder/googlecompute/driver.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 type Driver interface {
 	// CreateImage creates an image from the given disk in Google Compute
 	// Engine.
-	CreateImage(name, description, family, zone, disk string) (<-chan *Image, <-chan error)
+	CreateImage(name, description, family, zone, disk string, labels map[string]string) (<-chan *Image, <-chan error)
 
 	// DeleteImage deletes the image with the given name.
 	DeleteImage(name string) <-chan error
diff --git a/builder/googlecompute/driver_gce.go b/builder/googlecompute/driver_gce.go
index 0df21eba6..432c0c333 100644
--- a/builder/googlecompute/driver_gce.go
+++ b/builder/googlecompute/driver_gce.go
@@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ func NewDriverGCE(ui packer.Ui, p string, a *AccountFile) (Driver, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (d *driverGCE) CreateImage(name, description, family, zone, disk string) (<-chan *Image, <-chan error) {
+func (d *driverGCE) CreateImage(name, description, family, zone, disk string, labels map[string]string) (<-chan *Image, <-chan error) {
 	gce_image := &compute.Image{
 		Description: description,
 		Name:        name,
 		Family:      family,
+		Labels:      labels,
 		SourceDisk:  fmt.Sprintf("%s%s/zones/%s/disks/%s", d.service.BasePath, d.projectId, zone, disk),
 		SourceType:  "RAW",
 	}
diff --git a/builder/googlecompute/step_create_image.go b/builder/googlecompute/step_create_image.go
index 13339d82f..ec287ae16 100644
--- a/builder/googlecompute/step_create_image.go
+++ b/builder/googlecompute/step_create_image.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (s *StepCreateImage) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 
 	imageCh, errCh := driver.CreateImage(
 		config.ImageName, config.ImageDescription, config.ImageFamily, config.Zone,
-		config.DiskName)
+		config.DiskName, config.Labels)
 	var err error
 	select {
 	case err = <-errCh:
diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/googlecompute.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/googlecompute.html.md
index dda8841dd..70001947d 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/googlecompute.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/googlecompute.html.md
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ builder.
     this must be unique. Defaults to `"packer-{{uuid}}"`.
 
 -   `labels` (object of key/value strings) - Key/value pair labels to apply to
-    the launched instance.
+    the launched instance and the created image.
 
 -   `machine_type` (string) - The machine type. Defaults to `"n1-standard-1"`.