diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index d9512c06c322345680f956302e2bd02d78737436..13aac30a27af2aa068a01ac6478dcc551b798f2c 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: Bug report 
 about: Report a bug in the core of Spack (command not working as expected, etc.) 
-
+labels: bug
 ---
 
 
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/build_error.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/build_error.md
index ae47b2338d6aa4658c013e6c4e3c4292c5fda64e..3f36cf93cb1d889777ae4ac95f8912ea881671e0 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/build_error.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/build_error.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: Build error 
 about: Some package in Spack didn't build correctly  
-
+labels: "build-error"
 ---
 
 *Thanks for taking the time to report this build failure. To proceed with the
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
index d1c44df48c39ff16f101b5c875c12c78d42bc446..35481fecb724f9e7b46090f068764234b7c417f6 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: Feature request 
 about: Suggest adding a feature that is not yet in Spack  
+labels: feature
 
 ---