diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8c9709..41e443e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Full functional examples are located in the [examples](./examples/) directory.
 | health\_check | Health check to determine whether instances are responsive and able to do work | <pre>object({<br>    check_interval_sec  = number<br>    healthy_threshold   = number<br>    timeout_sec         = number<br>    unhealthy_threshold = number<br>    port                = number<br>    request_path        = string<br>    host                = string<br>  })</pre> | <pre>{<br>  "check_interval_sec": null,<br>  "healthy_threshold": null,<br>  "host": null,<br>  "port": null,<br>  "request_path": null,<br>  "timeout_sec": null,<br>  "unhealthy_threshold": null<br>}</pre> | no |
 | ip\_address | IP address of the external load balancer, if empty one will be assigned. | `any` | `null` | no |
 | ip\_protocol | The IP protocol for the frontend forwarding rule and firewall rule. TCP, UDP, ESP, AH, SCTP or ICMP. | `string` | `"TCP"` | no |
+| labels | The labels to attach to resources created by this module. | `map(string)` | `{}` | no |
 | name | Name for the forwarding rule and prefix for supporting resources. | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | network | Name of the network to create resources in. | `string` | `"default"` | no |
 | project | The project to deploy to, if not set the default provider project is used. | `string` | `""` | no |
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 29c45b8..35aa5bf 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ locals {
 }
 
 resource "google_compute_forwarding_rule" "default" {
+  provider              = google-beta
   project               = var.project
   name                  = var.name
   target                = google_compute_target_pool.default.self_link
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ resource "google_compute_forwarding_rule" "default" {
   region                = var.region
   ip_address            = var.ip_address
   ip_protocol           = var.ip_protocol
+  labels                = var.labels
 }
 
 resource "google_compute_target_pool" "default" {
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index c4c0007..4d15ac6 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -107,5 +107,10 @@ variable "allowed_ips" {
   description = "The IP address ranges which can access the load balancer."
   default     = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
   type        = list(string)
+}
 
+variable "labels" {
+  description = "The labels to attach to resources created by this module."
+  default     = {}
+  type        = map(string)
 }
diff --git a/versions.tf b/versions.tf
index f77c117..45e5305 100644
--- a/versions.tf
+++ b/versions.tf
@@ -17,15 +17,22 @@
 terraform {
   required_version = ">= 0.13"
   required_providers {
-
     google = {
       source  = "hashicorp/google"
       version = ">= 3.53, < 5.0"
     }
+
+    google-beta = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/google-beta"
+      version = ">= 3.53, < 5.0"
+    }
   }
 
   provider_meta "google" {
     module_name = "blueprints/terraform/terraform-google-lb/v3.1.0"
   }
 
+  provider_meta "google-beta" {
+    module_name = "blueprints/terraform/terraform-google-lb/v3.1.0"
+  }
 }