diff --git a/lib/Issue.js b/lib/Issue.js
index d5c03d4a..07fa2b1a 100644
--- a/lib/Issue.js
+++ b/lib/Issue.js
@@ -190,6 +190,17 @@ class Issue extends Requestable {
    deleteMilestone(milestone, cb) {
       return this._request('DELETE', `/repos/${this.__repository}/milestones/${milestone}`, null, cb);
    }
+
+   /**
+    * Create a new label
+    * @see https://developer.github.com/v3/issues/labels/#create-a-label
+    * @param {Object} labelData - the label definition
+    * @param {Requestable.callback} [cb] - will receive the object representing the label
+    * @return {Promise} - the promise for the http request
+    */
+   createLabel(labelData, cb) {
+      return this._request('POST', `/repos/${this.__repository}/labels`, labelData, cb);
+   }
 }
 
 module.exports = Issue;