diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d247b98..d6015f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ Usage: x509-certificate-exporter [-hv] [-b value] [--debug] [-d value] [--exclud
      --expose-relative-metrics
                 expose additionnal metrics with relative durations instead
                 of absolute timestamps
+     --expose-secret-label=value
+                expose selected label from kube secrets as prometheus label
  -f, --watch-file=value
                 watch one or more x509 certificate file
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
diff --git a/cmd/x509-certificate-exporter/main.go b/cmd/x509-certificate-exporter/main.go
index b4b1656..76f281e 100644
--- a/cmd/x509-certificate-exporter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/x509-certificate-exporter/main.go
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ func main() {
 	kubeExcludeLabels := stringArrayFlag{}
 	getopt.FlagLong(&kubeExcludeLabels, "exclude-label", 0, "removes the kube secrets with the given label (or label value if specified) from the watch list (applied after --include-label)")
 
+	kubeSecretLabels := stringArrayFlag{}
+	getopt.FlagLong(&kubeSecretLabels, "expose-secret-label", 0, "expose selected label from kube secrets as prometheus label")
+
 	getopt.Parse()
 
 	if *help {
@@ -153,6 +156,7 @@ func main() {
 		KubeExcludeNamespaceLabels: kubeExcludeNamespaceLabels,
 		KubeIncludeLabels:          kubeIncludeLabels,
 		KubeExcludeLabels:          kubeExcludeLabels,
+		KubeSecretLabels:           kubeSecretLabels,
 	}
 
 	if getopt.Lookup("expose-labels").Seen() {
diff --git a/internal/certificate.go b/internal/certificate.go
index 0a0c855..163e549 100644
--- a/internal/certificate.go
+++ b/internal/certificate.go
@@ -62,13 +62,14 @@ var DefaultYamlPaths = []YAMLCertRef{
 }
 
 type certificateRef struct {
-	path          string
-	format        certificateFormat
-	certificates  []*parsedCertificate
-	yamlPaths     []YAMLCertRef
-	kubeSecret    v1.Secret
-	kubeConfigMap v1.ConfigMap
-	kubeSecretKey string
+	path               string
+	format             certificateFormat
+	certificates       []*parsedCertificate
+	yamlPaths          []YAMLCertRef
+	kubeSecret         v1.Secret
+	kubeConfigMap      v1.ConfigMap
+	kubeSecretKey      string
+	kubeSecretLabels   map[string]string
 }
 
 type parsedCertificate struct {
diff --git a/internal/exporter.go b/internal/exporter.go
index b603d40..90a6761 100644
--- a/internal/exporter.go
+++ b/internal/exporter.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ type Exporter struct {
 	KubeExcludeNamespaceLabels []string
 	KubeIncludeLabels          []string
 	KubeExcludeLabels          []string
+	KubeSecretLabels           []string
 
 	kubeClient      kubernetes.Interface
 	listener        net.Listener
@@ -395,6 +396,16 @@ func (exporter *Exporter) compareCertificates(
 	if leftCert.userID != rightCert.userID {
 		return false
 	}
+	if leftRef.format == certificateFormatKubeSecret {
+		if len(leftRef.kubeSecretLabels) != len(rightRef.kubeSecretLabels) {
+			return false
+		}
+		for key, leftValue := range leftRef.kubeSecretLabels {
+			if rightValue, exists := rightRef.kubeSecretLabels[key]; !exists || leftValue != rightValue {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	return true
 }
@@ -473,6 +484,10 @@ func (exporter *Exporter) getBaseLabels(ref *certificateRef) map[string]string {
 		labels["secret_name"] = filepath.Base(ref.path)
 		labels["secret_namespace"] = strings.Split(ref.path, "/")[1]
 		labels["secret_key"] = ref.kubeSecretKey
+		for key, value := range ref.kubeSecretLabels {
+			sanitizedKey := regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9_]`).ReplaceAllString(key, "_")
+			labels["secret_label_"+sanitizedKey] = value
+		}
 	}
 
 	return labels
diff --git a/internal/kubernetes.go b/internal/kubernetes.go
index 7be1245..de5aaef 100644
--- a/internal/kubernetes.go
+++ b/internal/kubernetes.go
@@ -47,11 +47,18 @@ func (exporter *Exporter) parseAllKubeObjects() ([]*certificateRef, []error) {
 	readCertificatesFromSecrets := func(secrets []v1.Secret) (outputs []*certificateRef) {
 		for _, secret := range secrets {
 			for key := range MatchingSecretKeys(exporter.KubeSecretTypes, &secret) {
+				filteredLabels := make(map[string]string)
+				for _, labelKey := range exporter.KubeSecretLabels {
+					if value, exists := secret.Labels[labelKey]; exists {
+						filteredLabels[labelKey] = value
+					}
+				}
 				output = append(output, &certificateRef{
 					path:          fmt.Sprintf("k8s/%s/%s", secret.GetNamespace(), secret.GetName()),
 					format:        certificateFormatKubeSecret,
 					kubeSecret:    secret,
 					kubeSecretKey: key,
+					kubeSecretLabels: filteredLabels,
 				})
 			}
 		}
@@ -265,6 +272,7 @@ func (exporter *Exporter) shrinkSecret(secret v1.Secret) v1.Secret {
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      secret.Name,
 			Namespace: secret.Namespace,
+			Labels:    secret.Labels,
 		},
 	}
 	for key := range MatchingSecretKeys(exporter.KubeSecretTypes, &secret) {