diff --git a/scss/_labels.scss b/scss/_labels.scss
index fb4ef5aef7..cb8943978a 100644
--- a/scss/_labels.scss
+++ b/scss/_labels.scss
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 .label {
   display: inline-block;
   padding: $label-padding-y $label-padding-x;
-  font-size: 75%;
+  font-size: $label-font-size;
   font-weight: $label-font-weight;
   line-height: 1;
   color: $label-color;
diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
index 77e60ff714..4d2a0b1961 100644
--- a/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ $label-danger-bg:             $brand-danger !default;
 
 $label-color:                 #fff !default;
 $label-link-hover-color:      #fff !default;
+$label-font-size:             75% !default;
 $label-font-weight:           bold !default;
 $label-padding-x:             .4em !default;
 $label-padding-y:             .25em !default;