diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
index 9e2b98514..b5007282b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@
 @import "static-pages/error-pages";
 
 @import "multi-step";
+
+@import "beta-label";
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/beta-label.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/beta-label.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85522e627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/beta-label.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+.beta-label {
+  clear: both;
+  margin:0;
+  @include copy-16;
+
+  span.beta {
+    display: inline-block;
+    background: #f47738;
+    color: #fff;
+    @include bold-16;
+    line-height:1;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    padding: 5px 5px 2px 6px;
+    margin-right:10px;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/views/root/beta_label.html.erb b/app/views/root/beta_label.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..742e47646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/root/beta_label.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<div class="beta-label"><span class="beta">beta</span> This part of GOV.UK is being rebuilt &ndash; <a href="/help/beta">find out what this means</a></div>