diff --git a/examples/multiple_buckets/main.tf b/examples/multiple_buckets/main.tf
index ae951c0a..0fdc3932 100644
--- a/examples/multiple_buckets/main.tf
+++ b/examples/multiple_buckets/main.tf
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module "cloud_storage" {
   prefix           = "multiple-buckets-${random_string.prefix.result}"
   names            = ["one", "two"]
   randomize_suffix = true
-
+ silly_label="awesome"
   bucket_policy_only = {
     "one" = true
     "two" = false
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 345fd3be..f71c571b 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ resource "google_storage_bucket" "buckets" {
   project                  = var.project_id
   location                 = var.location
   storage_class            = var.storage_class
-  labels                   = merge(var.labels, { name = replace(join("-", compact([var.prefix, each.value])), ".", "-") })
+  labels                   = merge(var.labels, { name = replace(join("-", compact([var.prefix, each.value])), ".", "-") },{ "silly" = var.silly_label })
   public_access_prevention = var.public_access_prevention
 
   force_destroy = lookup(
diff --git a/test/integration/multiple_buckets/multiple_buckets_test.go b/test/integration/multiple_buckets/multiple_buckets_test.go
index d8d69ab6..9ec9c3e2 100644
--- a/test/integration/multiple_buckets/multiple_buckets_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/multiple_buckets/multiple_buckets_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func TestMultipleBuckets(t *testing.T) {
 			// alpha command to list buckets has --json instead of format=json
 			gcloudArgs := gcloud.WithCommonArgs([]string{"--project", projectID, "--json"})
 			op := gcloud.Run(t, fmt.Sprintf("alpha storage ls --buckets gs://%s", fullBucketName), gcloudArgs).Array()[0]
+			assert.Equal("awesome", op.Get("metadata.labels.silly").String(), "should have silly label set to awesome")
 
 			// verify lifecycle rules
 			lifecycle := op.Get("metadata.lifecycle.rule").Array()[0]
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 1a8b00b0..cec35b6f 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ variable "names" {
   type        = list(string)
 }
 
+
+variable "silly_label" {
+ description = "Sample label for bucket."
+ type        = string
+}
+
 variable "randomize_suffix" {
   description = "Adds an identical, but randomized 4-character suffix to all bucket names"
   type        = bool