diff --git a/pkg/transformers/config/defaultconfig/commonlabels.go b/pkg/transformers/config/defaultconfig/commonlabels.go
index 7efd6a54d..66943c1ed 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/config/defaultconfig/commonlabels.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/config/defaultconfig/commonlabels.go
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ commonLabels:
   group: batch
   kind: CronJob
 
+- path: spec/jobTemplate/metadata/labels
+  create: true
+  group: batch
+  kind: CronJob
+
 - path: spec/jobTemplate/spec/template/metadata/labels
   create: true
   group: batch
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations_test.go b/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations_test.go
index 979e25280..5bbaa70b6 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations_test.go
@@ -355,6 +355,12 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 				"spec": map[string]interface{}{
 					"schedule": "* 23 * * *",
 					"jobTemplate": map[string]interface{}{
+						"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
+							"labels": map[string]interface{}{
+								"label-key1": "label-value1",
+								"label-key2": "label-value2",
+							},
+						},
 						"spec": map[string]interface{}{
 							"template": map[string]interface{}{
 								"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
@@ -390,6 +396,12 @@ func TestLabelsRun(t *testing.T) {
 				"spec": map[string]interface{}{
 					"schedule": "* 23 * * *",
 					"jobTemplate": map[string]interface{}{
+						"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
+							"labels": map[string]interface{}{
+								"label-key1": "label-value1",
+								"label-key2": "label-value2",
+							},
+						},
 						"spec": map[string]interface{}{
 							"selector": map[string]interface{}{
 								"matchLabels": map[string]interface{}{