diff --git a/helmchart/single-sign-on/templates/deployment-userbackend.yaml b/helmchart/single-sign-on/templates/deployment-userbackend.yaml
index fc2e391b1d32c50d209a695403c2a7ce1c54f334..fe1852c04a3b06be97929aa562ed56c425061a10 100644
--- a/helmchart/single-sign-on/templates/deployment-userbackend.yaml
+++ b/helmchart/single-sign-on/templates/deployment-userbackend.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "single-sign-on.fullname" . }}-userbackend
   labels:
-    {{ include "single-sign-on.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-    {{ .Values.userbackend.deploymentLabels | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- include "single-sign-on.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- toYaml .Values.userbackend.deploymentLabels | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "single-sign-on.name" . }}-userbackend
+        {{- toYaml .Values.userbackend.podLabels | nindent 8 }}
       annotations:
         {{- toYaml .Values.userbackend.podAnnotations | nindent 8 }}
     spec:
diff --git a/helmchart/single-sign-on/values.yaml b/helmchart/single-sign-on/values.yaml
index da907937f5b70f0c907beccbbc1b53066ad5ed6c..76787c9fb264f012009a29330a85408fe0e52e7a 100644
--- a/helmchart/single-sign-on/values.yaml
+++ b/helmchart/single-sign-on/values.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ userbackend:
     storageClass: "-"
     annotations: {}
   deploymentLabels: {}
+  podLabels: {}
   podAnnotations: {}
 
 hydra: