diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 64067b99562da..cd1cd7d16a8ca 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
         <kotlin.coroutine.version>1.8.1</kotlin.coroutine.version>
         <azure.toolkit-lib.version>0.27.0</azure.toolkit-lib.version>
         <kotlin-serialization.version>1.7.1</kotlin-serialization.version>
-        <dekorate.version>4.1.3</dekorate.version> <!-- Please check with Java Operator SDK team before updating -->
+        <dekorate.version>4.1.4</dekorate.version> <!-- Please check with Java Operator SDK team before updating -->
         <maven-invoker.version>3.2.0</maven-invoker.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.2.1</awaitility.version>
         <jboss-logmanager.version>3.0.6.Final</jboss-logmanager.version>
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/OpenshiftProcessor.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/OpenshiftProcessor.java
index 129735aeb5e88..30585f805ab80 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/OpenshiftProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/OpenshiftProcessor.java
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ public List<DecoratorBuildItem> createDecorators(ApplicationInfoBuildItem applic
                 result.add(new DecoratorBuildItem(OPENSHIFT,
                         new AddAnnotationDecorator(name, annotation.getKey(), annotation.getValue(), ROUTE)));
             }
+
+            for (Map.Entry<String, String> label : config.route.labels.entrySet()) {
+                result.add(new DecoratorBuildItem(OPENSHIFT,
+                        new AddLabelDecorator(name, label.getKey(), label.getValue(), ROUTE)));
+            }
         }
 
         if (config.getReplicas() != 1) {
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/RouteConfig.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/RouteConfig.java
index dd8b2f4de974f..1c257da7739e3 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/RouteConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/RouteConfig.java
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ public class RouteConfig {
     @ConfigDocMapKey("annotation-name")
     Map<String, String> annotations;
 
+    /**
+     * Custom labels to add to exposition (route or ingress) resources
+     */
+    @ConfigItem
+    @ConfigDocMapKey("label-name")
+    Map<String, String> labels;
+
     /**
      * The TLS configuration for the route.
      */
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/OpenshiftWithCustomRouteResourceTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/OpenshiftWithCustomRouteResourceTest.java
index 93e7595de9b74..a3571cebce636 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/OpenshiftWithCustomRouteResourceTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/OpenshiftWithCustomRouteResourceTest.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
                     assertThat(m.getLabels()).contains(entry("foo", "bar"));
                     assertThat(m.getAnnotations()).contains(entry("bar", "baz"));
                     assertThat(m.getAnnotations()).contains(entry("kubernetes.io/tls-acme", "true"));
+                    assertThat(m.getLabels()).contains(entry("test-label", "test-value"));
                 });
                 assertThat(r.getSpec().getPort().getTargetPort().getStrVal()).isEqualTo("http");
                 assertThat(r.getSpec().getTo().getKind()).isEqualTo("Service");
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/openshift-with-custom-route-resource.properties b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/openshift-with-custom-route-resource.properties
index 0bdb619c64a98..75d5a3a3968e7 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/openshift-with-custom-route-resource.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/openshift-with-custom-route-resource.properties
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ quarkus.openshift.labels.foo=bar
 quarkus.openshift.annotations.bar=baz
 
 quarkus.openshift.route.annotations."kubernetes.io/tls-acme"=true
+quarkus.openshift.route.labels."test-label"=test-value