diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
index 817059af2..65236e08c 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ Kubernetes: `>=1.20.0-0`
 | controller.metrics.prometheusRule.rules | list | `[]` |  |
 | controller.metrics.service.annotations | object | `{}` |  |
 | controller.metrics.service.externalIPs | list | `[]` | List of IP addresses at which the stats-exporter service is available # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/services/#external-ips # |
+| controller.metrics.service.labels | object | `{}` | Labels to be added to the metrics service resource |
 | controller.metrics.service.loadBalancerSourceRanges | list | `[]` |  |
 | controller.metrics.service.servicePort | int | `10254` |  |
 | controller.metrics.service.type | string | `"ClusterIP"` |  |
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index a6df47694..215ce509d 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -704,6 +704,8 @@ controller:
       annotations: {}
       # prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
       # prometheus.io/port: "10254"
+      # -- Labels to be added to the metrics service resource
+      labels: {}
 
       # clusterIP: ""