diff --git a/scss/_labels.scss b/scss/_labels.scss
index 6dec516085..fb4ef5aef7 100644
--- a/scss/_labels.scss
+++ b/scss/_labels.scss
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 .label {
   display: inline-block;
-  padding: .25em .4em;
+  padding: $label-padding-y $label-padding-x;
   font-size: 75%;
   font-weight: $label-font-weight;
   line-height: 1;
diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
index e28b46711d..77e60ff714 100644
--- a/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -619,6 +619,8 @@ $label-danger-bg:             $brand-danger !default;
 $label-color:                 #fff !default;
 $label-link-hover-color:      #fff !default;
 $label-font-weight:           bold !default;
+$label-padding-x:             .4em !default;
+$label-padding-y:             .25em !default;
 
 
 // Modals