diff --git a/models/error.go b/models/error.go
index a6cf31218..a6c54ab08 100644
--- a/models/error.go
+++ b/models/error.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package models
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 )
 
@@ -34,6 +35,30 @@ func (err ErrNamePatternNotAllowed) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("name pattern is not allowed [pattern: %s]", err.Pattern)
 }
 
+type ErrMultipleErrors struct {
+	Errors []error
+}
+
+func IsErrMultipleErrors(err error) bool {
+	_, ok := err.(ErrMultipleErrors)
+	return ok
+}
+
+func (err ErrMultipleErrors) Error() string {
+	var message bytes.Buffer
+
+	message.WriteString("Multiple errors encountered: ")
+
+	for i := range err.Errors {
+		message.WriteString(err.Errors[i].Error())
+		if i < len(err.Errors)-1 {
+			message.WriteString("; ")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return message.String()
+}
+
 //  ____ ___
 // |    |   \______ ___________
 // |    |   /  ___// __ \_  __ \
@@ -545,6 +570,20 @@ func (err ErrLabelNotExist) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("label does not exist [id: %d]", err.ID)
 }
 
+type ErrLabelNotValidForRepository struct {
+	ID     int64
+	RepoID int64
+}
+
+func IsErrLabelNotValidForRepository(err error) bool {
+	_, ok := err.(ErrLabelNotValidForRepository)
+	return ok
+}
+
+func (err ErrLabelNotValidForRepository) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("label is not valid for repository [label_id: %d, repo_id: %d]", err.ID, err.RepoID)
+}
+
 //    _____  .__.__                   __
 //   /     \ |__|  |   ____   _______/  |_  ____   ____   ____
 //  /  \ /  \|  |  | _/ __ \ /  ___/\   __\/  _ \ /    \_/ __ \
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/api.go b/routers/api/v1/api.go
index a0af20074..80131af6c 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/api.go
@@ -241,7 +241,23 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *macaron.Macaron) {
 				})
 				m.Group("/issues", func() {
 					m.Combo("").Get(repo.ListIssues).Post(bind(api.CreateIssueOption{}), repo.CreateIssue)
-					m.Combo("/:index").Get(repo.GetIssue).Patch(bind(api.EditIssueOption{}), repo.EditIssue)
+					m.Group("/:index", func() {
+						m.Combo("").Get(repo.GetIssue).Patch(bind(api.EditIssueOption{}), repo.EditIssue)
+						m.Group("/labels", func() {
+							m.Combo("").Get(repo.GetIssueLabels).
+								Post(bind(api.IssueLabelsOption{}), repo.AddIssueLabels).
+								Put(bind(api.IssueLabelsOption{}), repo.ReplaceIssueLabels).
+								Delete(repo.ClearIssueLabels)
+							m.Delete("/:id", repo.DeleteIssueLabel)
+						})
+
+					})
+				})
+				m.Group("/labels", func() {
+					m.Combo("").Get(repo.ListLabels).
+						Post(bind(api.LabelOption{}), repo.CreateLabel)
+					m.Combo("/:id").Get(repo.GetLabel).Patch(bind(api.LabelOption{}), repo.EditLabel).
+						Delete(repo.DeleteLabel)
 				})
 			}, RepoAssignment())
 		}, ReqToken())
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/convert/convert.go b/routers/api/v1/convert/convert.go
index 596b450f2..0dc73fcd6 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/convert/convert.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/convert/convert.go
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ func ToDeployKey(apiLink string, key *models.DeployKey) *api.DeployKey {
 
 func ToLabel(label *models.Label) *api.Label {
 	return &api.Label{
+		ID:    label.ID,
 		Name:  label.Name,
 		Color: label.Color,
 	}
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_label.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_label.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea697b27c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_label.go
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package repo
+
+import (
+	api "github.com/gogits/go-gogs-client"
+
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/models"
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/context"
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/routers/api/v1/convert"
+)
+
+func GetIssueLabels(ctx *context.APIContext) {
+	issue, err := models.GetIssueByIndex(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.ParamsInt64(":index"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrIssueNotExist(err) {
+			ctx.Status(404)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(500, "GetIssueByIndex", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	apiLabels := make([]*api.Label, len(issue.Labels))
+	for i := range issue.Labels {
+		apiLabels[i] = convert.ToLabel(issue.Labels[i])
+	}
+
+	ctx.JSON(200, &apiLabels)
+}
+
+func AddIssueLabels(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.IssueLabelsOption) {
+	if !ctx.Repo.IsWriter() {
+		ctx.Status(403)
+		return
+	}
+
+	issue, err := models.GetIssueByIndex(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.ParamsInt64(":index"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrIssueNotExist(err) {
+			ctx.Status(404)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(500, "GetIssueByIndex", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	var labels []*models.Label
+	if labels, err = filterLabelsByRepoID(form.Labels, issue.RepoID); err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(400, "filterLabelsByRepoID", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	for i := range labels {
+		if !models.HasIssueLabel(issue.ID, labels[i].ID) {
+			if err := models.NewIssueLabel(issue, labels[i]); err != nil {
+				ctx.Error(500, "NewIssueLabel", err)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Refresh issue to get the updated list of labels from the DB
+	issue, err = models.GetIssueByIndex(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.ParamsInt64(":index"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrIssueNotExist(err) {
+			ctx.Status(404)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(500, "GetIssueByIndex", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	apiLabels := make([]*api.Label, len(issue.Labels))
+	for i := range issue.Labels {
+		apiLabels[i] = convert.ToLabel(issue.Labels[i])
+	}
+
+	ctx.JSON(200, &apiLabels)
+}
+
+func ReplaceIssueLabels(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.IssueLabelsOption) {
+	if !ctx.Repo.IsWriter() {
+		ctx.Status(403)
+		return
+	}
+
+	issue, err := models.GetIssueByIndex(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.ParamsInt64(":index"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrIssueNotExist(err) {
+			ctx.Status(404)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(500, "GetIssueByIndex", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	var labels []*models.Label
+	if labels, err = filterLabelsByRepoID(form.Labels, issue.RepoID); err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(400, "filterLabelsByRepoID", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := issue.ClearLabels(); err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "ClearLabels", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	for i := range labels {
+		if err := models.NewIssueLabel(issue, labels[i]); err != nil {
+			ctx.Error(500, "NewIssueLabel", err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Refresh issue to get the updated list of labels from the DB
+	issue, err = models.GetIssueByIndex(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.ParamsInt64(":index"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrIssueNotExist(err) {
+			ctx.Status(404)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(500, "GetIssueByIndex", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	apiLabels := make([]*api.Label, len(issue.Labels))
+	for i := range issue.Labels {
+		apiLabels[i] = convert.ToLabel(issue.Labels[i])
+	}
+
+	ctx.JSON(200, &apiLabels)
+}
+
+func DeleteIssueLabel(ctx *context.APIContext) {
+	if !ctx.Repo.IsWriter() {
+		ctx.Status(403)
+		return
+	}
+
+	issue, err := models.GetIssueByIndex(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.ParamsInt64(":index"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrIssueNotExist(err) {
+			ctx.Status(404)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(500, "GetIssueByIndex", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	label, err := models.GetLabelByID(ctx.ParamsInt64(":id"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrLabelNotExist(err) {
+			ctx.Status(400)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(500, "GetLabelByID", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := models.DeleteIssueLabel(issue, label); err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "DeleteIssueLabel", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	ctx.Status(204)
+}
+
+func ClearIssueLabels(ctx *context.APIContext) {
+	if !ctx.Repo.IsWriter() {
+		ctx.Status(403)
+		return
+	}
+
+	issue, err := models.GetIssueByIndex(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.ParamsInt64(":index"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrIssueNotExist(err) {
+			ctx.Status(404)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(500, "GetIssueByIndex", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := issue.ClearLabels(); err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "ClearLabels", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	ctx.Status(204)
+}
+
+func filterLabelsByRepoID(labelIDs []int64, repoID int64) ([]*models.Label, error) {
+	labels := make([]*models.Label, 0, len(labelIDs))
+	errors := make([]error, 0, len(labelIDs))
+
+	for i := range labelIDs {
+		label, err := models.GetLabelByID(labelIDs[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			errors = append(errors, err)
+		} else if label.RepoID != repoID {
+			errors = append(errors, models.ErrLabelNotValidForRepository{label.ID, repoID})
+		} else {
+			labels = append(labels, label)
+		}
+	}
+
+	errorCount := len(errors)
+
+	if errorCount == 1 {
+		return labels, errors[0]
+	} else if errorCount > 1 {
+		return labels, models.ErrMultipleErrors{errors}
+	}
+
+	return labels, nil
+}
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/label.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/label.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92e199af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/label.go
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package repo
+
+import (
+	api "github.com/gogits/go-gogs-client"
+
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/models"
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/context"
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/log"
+	"github.com/gogits/gogs/routers/api/v1/convert"
+)
+
+func ListLabels(ctx *context.APIContext) {
+	labels, err := models.GetLabelsByRepoID(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "Labels", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	apiLabels := make([]*api.Label, len(labels))
+	for i := range labels {
+		apiLabels[i] = convert.ToLabel(labels[i])
+	}
+
+	ctx.JSON(200, &apiLabels)
+}
+
+func GetLabel(ctx *context.APIContext) {
+	label, err := models.GetLabelByID(ctx.ParamsInt64(":id"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrLabelNotExist(err) {
+			ctx.Status(404)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(500, "GetLabelByID", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	ctx.JSON(200, convert.ToLabel(label))
+}
+
+func CreateLabel(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.LabelOption) {
+	if !ctx.Repo.IsWriter() {
+		ctx.Status(403)
+		return
+	}
+
+	label := &models.Label{
+		Name:   form.Name,
+		Color:  form.Color,
+		RepoID: ctx.Repo.Repository.ID,
+	}
+	err := models.NewLabel(label)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "NewLabel", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	label, err = models.GetLabelByID(label.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "GetLabelByID", err)
+		return
+	}
+	ctx.JSON(201, convert.ToLabel(label))
+}
+
+func EditLabel(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.LabelOption) {
+	if !ctx.Repo.IsWriter() {
+		ctx.Status(403)
+		return
+	}
+
+	label, err := models.GetLabelByID(ctx.ParamsInt64(":id"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrLabelNotExist(err) {
+			ctx.Status(404)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(500, "GetLabelByID", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	if len(form.Name) > 0 {
+		label.Name = form.Name
+	}
+	if len(form.Color) > 0 {
+		label.Color = form.Color
+	}
+
+	if err := models.UpdateLabel(label); err != nil {
+		ctx.Handle(500, "UpdateLabel", err)
+		return
+	}
+	ctx.JSON(200, convert.ToLabel(label))
+}
+
+func DeleteLabel(ctx *context.APIContext) {
+	if !ctx.Repo.IsWriter() {
+		ctx.Status(403)
+		return
+	}
+
+	label, err := models.GetLabelByID(ctx.ParamsInt64(":id"))
+	if err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrLabelNotExist(err) {
+			ctx.Status(404)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(500, "GetLabelByID", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := models.DeleteLabel(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.ParamsInt64(":id")); err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "DeleteLabel", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Trace("Label deleted: %s %s", label.ID, label.Name)
+	ctx.Status(204)
+}