diff --git a/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder.go b/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder.go
index f6e54b29..49bdcac0 100644
--- a/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder.go
+++ b/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder.go
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ func (b *resourceBuilder) newAutoScalingListener(autoscalingRunnerSet *v1alpha1.
 		effectiveMinRunners = *autoscalingRunnerSet.Spec.MinRunners
 	}
 
-	labels := map[string]string{
+	labels := mergeLabels(autoscalingRunnerSet.Labels, map[string]string{
 		LabelKeyGitHubScaleSetNamespace: autoscalingRunnerSet.Namespace,
 		LabelKeyGitHubScaleSetName:      autoscalingRunnerSet.Name,
 		LabelKeyKubernetesPartOf:        labelValueKubernetesPartOf,
 		LabelKeyKubernetesComponent:     "runner-scale-set-listener",
 		LabelKeyKubernetesVersion:       autoscalingRunnerSet.Labels[LabelKeyKubernetesVersion],
-	}
+	})
 
 	annotations := map[string]string{
 		annotationKeyRunnerSpecHash: autoscalingRunnerSet.ListenerSpecHash(),
@@ -411,10 +411,10 @@ func (b *resourceBuilder) newScaleSetListenerServiceAccount(autoscalingListener
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      scaleSetListenerServiceAccountName(autoscalingListener),
 			Namespace: autoscalingListener.Namespace,
-			Labels: map[string]string{
+			Labels: mergeLabels(autoscalingListener.Labels, map[string]string{
 				LabelKeyGitHubScaleSetNamespace: autoscalingListener.Spec.AutoscalingRunnerSetNamespace,
 				LabelKeyGitHubScaleSetName:      autoscalingListener.Spec.AutoscalingRunnerSetName,
-			},
+			}),
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -426,13 +426,13 @@ func (b *resourceBuilder) newScaleSetListenerRole(autoscalingListener *v1alpha1.
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      scaleSetListenerRoleName(autoscalingListener),
 			Namespace: autoscalingListener.Spec.AutoscalingRunnerSetNamespace,
-			Labels: map[string]string{
+			Labels: mergeLabels(autoscalingListener.Labels, map[string]string{
 				LabelKeyGitHubScaleSetNamespace: autoscalingListener.Spec.AutoscalingRunnerSetNamespace,
 				LabelKeyGitHubScaleSetName:      autoscalingListener.Spec.AutoscalingRunnerSetName,
 				labelKeyListenerNamespace:       autoscalingListener.Namespace,
 				labelKeyListenerName:            autoscalingListener.Name,
 				"role-policy-rules-hash":        rulesHash,
-			},
+			}),
 		},
 		Rules: rules,
 	}
@@ -460,14 +460,14 @@ func (b *resourceBuilder) newScaleSetListenerRoleBinding(autoscalingListener *v1
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      scaleSetListenerRoleName(autoscalingListener),
 			Namespace: autoscalingListener.Spec.AutoscalingRunnerSetNamespace,
-			Labels: map[string]string{
+			Labels: mergeLabels(autoscalingListener.Labels, map[string]string{
 				LabelKeyGitHubScaleSetNamespace: autoscalingListener.Spec.AutoscalingRunnerSetNamespace,
 				LabelKeyGitHubScaleSetName:      autoscalingListener.Spec.AutoscalingRunnerSetName,
 				labelKeyListenerNamespace:       autoscalingListener.Namespace,
 				labelKeyListenerName:            autoscalingListener.Name,
 				"role-binding-role-ref-hash":    roleRefHash,
 				"role-binding-subject-hash":     subjectHash,
-			},
+			}),
 		},
 		RoleRef:  roleRef,
 		Subjects: subjects,
@@ -483,11 +483,11 @@ func (b *resourceBuilder) newScaleSetListenerSecretMirror(autoscalingListener *v
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      scaleSetListenerSecretMirrorName(autoscalingListener),
 			Namespace: autoscalingListener.Namespace,
-			Labels: map[string]string{
+			Labels: mergeLabels(autoscalingListener.Labels, map[string]string{
 				LabelKeyGitHubScaleSetNamespace: autoscalingListener.Spec.AutoscalingRunnerSetNamespace,
 				LabelKeyGitHubScaleSetName:      autoscalingListener.Spec.AutoscalingRunnerSetName,
 				"secret-data-hash":              dataHash,
-			},
+			}),
 		},
 		Data: secret.DeepCopy().Data,
 	}
@@ -502,13 +502,13 @@ func (b *resourceBuilder) newEphemeralRunnerSet(autoscalingRunnerSet *v1alpha1.A
 	}
 	runnerSpecHash := autoscalingRunnerSet.RunnerSetSpecHash()
 
-	labels := map[string]string{
+	labels := mergeLabels(autoscalingRunnerSet.Labels, map[string]string{
 		LabelKeyKubernetesPartOf:        labelValueKubernetesPartOf,
 		LabelKeyKubernetesComponent:     "runner-set",
 		LabelKeyKubernetesVersion:       autoscalingRunnerSet.Labels[LabelKeyKubernetesVersion],
 		LabelKeyGitHubScaleSetName:      autoscalingRunnerSet.Name,
 		LabelKeyGitHubScaleSetNamespace: autoscalingRunnerSet.Namespace,
-	}
+	})
 
 	if err := applyGitHubURLLabels(autoscalingRunnerSet.Spec.GitHubConfigUrl, labels); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to apply GitHub URL labels: %v", err)
@@ -547,18 +547,14 @@ func (b *resourceBuilder) newEphemeralRunnerSet(autoscalingRunnerSet *v1alpha1.A
 
 func (b *resourceBuilder) newEphemeralRunner(ephemeralRunnerSet *v1alpha1.EphemeralRunnerSet) *v1alpha1.EphemeralRunner {
 	labels := make(map[string]string)
-	for _, key := range commonLabelKeys {
-		switch key {
-		case LabelKeyKubernetesComponent:
-			labels[key] = "runner"
-		default:
-			v, ok := ephemeralRunnerSet.Labels[key]
-			if !ok {
-				continue
-			}
-			labels[key] = v
+	for k, v := range ephemeralRunnerSet.Labels {
+		if k == LabelKeyKubernetesComponent {
+			labels[k] = "runner"
+		} else {
+			labels[k] = v
 		}
 	}
+
 	annotations := make(map[string]string)
 	for key, val := range ephemeralRunnerSet.Annotations {
 		annotations[key] = val
@@ -751,3 +747,17 @@ func trimLabelValue(val string) string {
 	}
 	return val
 }
+
+func mergeLabels(base, overwrite map[string]string) map[string]string {
+	mergedLabels := map[string]string{}
+
+	for k, v := range base {
+		mergedLabels[k] = v
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range overwrite {
+		mergedLabels[k] = v
+	}
+
+	return mergedLabels
+}
diff --git a/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder_test.go b/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder_test.go
index 9039de95..52ab19b4 100644
--- a/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder_test.go
+++ b/controllers/actions.github.com/resourcebuilder_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ func TestLabelPropagation(t *testing.T) {
 			Labels: map[string]string{
 				LabelKeyKubernetesPartOf:  labelValueKubernetesPartOf,
 				LabelKeyKubernetesVersion: "0.2.0",
+				"arbitrary-label":         "random-value",
 			},
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
 				runnerScaleSetIdAnnotationKey:         "1",
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func TestLabelPropagation(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "repo", ephemeralRunnerSet.Labels[LabelKeyGitHubRepository])
 	assert.Equal(t, autoscalingRunnerSet.Annotations[AnnotationKeyGitHubRunnerGroupName], ephemeralRunnerSet.Annotations[AnnotationKeyGitHubRunnerGroupName])
 	assert.Equal(t, autoscalingRunnerSet.Annotations[AnnotationKeyGitHubRunnerScaleSetName], ephemeralRunnerSet.Annotations[AnnotationKeyGitHubRunnerScaleSetName])
+	assert.Equal(t, autoscalingRunnerSet.Labels["arbitrary-label"], ephemeralRunnerSet.Labels["arbitrary-label"])
 
 	listener, err := b.newAutoScalingListener(&autoscalingRunnerSet, ephemeralRunnerSet, autoscalingRunnerSet.Namespace, "test:latest", nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ func TestLabelPropagation(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "", listener.Labels[LabelKeyGitHubEnterprise])
 	assert.Equal(t, "org", listener.Labels[LabelKeyGitHubOrganization])
 	assert.Equal(t, "repo", listener.Labels[LabelKeyGitHubRepository])
+	assert.Equal(t, autoscalingRunnerSet.Labels["arbitrary-label"], listener.Labels["arbitrary-label"])
 
 	listenerServiceAccount := &corev1.ServiceAccount{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{