diff --git a/templates/gitea/deployment.yaml b/templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
index 247a560..ca1bdd9 100644
--- a/templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ metadata:
     {{- end }}
   labels:
     {{- include "gitea.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- if .Values.deployment.labels }}
+    {{- toYaml .Values.deployment.labels | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   strategy:
@@ -397,4 +400,4 @@ spec:
   {{- else if not .Values.persistence.enabled }}
         - name: data
           emptyDir: {}
-  {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/unittests/deployment/basic.yaml b/unittests/deployment/basic.yaml
index 64b7cf7..c18fc36 100644
--- a/unittests/deployment/basic.yaml
+++ b/unittests/deployment/basic.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,17 @@ tests:
           kind: Deployment
           apiVersion: apps/v1
           name: gitea-unittests
+  - it: deployment labels are set
+    template: templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
+    set:
+      deployment.labels:
+        hello: world
+    asserts:
+      - isSubset:
+          path: metadata.labels
+          content:
+            hello: world
+      - isSubset:
+          path: spec.template.metadata.labels
+          content:
+            hello: world