diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0afc460e0..3a22390397 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -528,6 +528,14 @@ improve the usability.  First ensure you have proper setup and support for user
 [requirements section](https://github.com/rootless-containers/rootlesskit#setup) in rootlesskit for instructions.
 In short, latest Ubuntu is your best bet for this to work.
 
+Node Labels and Taints
+----------------------
+
+k3s server and agent can be configured with options `--node-label` and `--node-taint` which adds set of Labels and Taints to kubelet, the two options only adds labels/taints at registration time, so they can only be added once and not changed after that, an example to add new label is:
+```
+k3s server --node-label foo=bar --node-label hello=world --node-taint key1=value1:NoExecute
+```
+
 ## Issues w/ Rootless
 
 When running rootless a new network namespace is created.  This means that k3s instance is running with networking
diff --git a/pkg/agent/config/config.go b/pkg/agent/config/config.go
index 936ffb3021..330d94fafd 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/config/config.go
@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ func get(envInfo *cmds.Agent) (*config.Node, error) {
 	nodeConfig.AgentConfig.ExtraKubeletArgs = envInfo.ExtraKubeletArgs
 	nodeConfig.AgentConfig.ExtraKubeProxyArgs = envInfo.ExtraKubeProxyArgs
 
+	nodeConfig.AgentConfig.NodeTaints = envInfo.Taints
+	nodeConfig.AgentConfig.NodeLabels = envInfo.Labels
+
 	return nodeConfig, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cli/agent/agent.go b/pkg/cli/agent/agent.go
index a239a82954..47da1e1e6b 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/agent/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/agent/agent.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func Run(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	cfg := cmds.AgentConfig
 	cfg.Debug = ctx.GlobalBool("debug")
 	cfg.DataDir = dataDir
+	cfg.Labels = append(cfg.Labels, "node-role.kubernetes.io/worker=true")
 
 	contextCtx := signal.SigTermCancelContext(context.Background())
 
diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
index 966b084073..6d0d65d22f 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ type Agent struct {
 	AgentShared
 	ExtraKubeletArgs   cli.StringSlice
 	ExtraKubeProxyArgs cli.StringSlice
+	Labels             cli.StringSlice
+	Taints             cli.StringSlice
 }
 
 type AgentShared struct {
@@ -87,6 +89,16 @@ var (
 		Usage: "(agent) Customized flag for kube-proxy process",
 		Value: &AgentConfig.ExtraKubeProxyArgs,
 	}
+	NodeTaints = cli.StringSliceFlag{
+		Name:  "node-taint",
+		Usage: "(agent) Registring kubelet with set of taints",
+		Value: &AgentConfig.Taints,
+	}
+	NodeLabels = cli.StringSliceFlag{
+		Name:  "node-label",
+		Usage: "(agent) Registring kubelet with set of labels",
+		Value: &AgentConfig.Labels,
+	}
 )
 
 func NewAgentCommand(action func(ctx *cli.Context) error) cli.Command {
@@ -141,6 +153,8 @@ func NewAgentCommand(action func(ctx *cli.Context) error) cli.Command {
 			ResolvConfFlag,
 			ExtraKubeletArgs,
 			ExtraKubeProxyArgs,
+			NodeLabels,
+			NodeTaints,
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go
index 27e62f0c20..eb4b715609 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ func NewServerCommand(action func(*cli.Context) error) cli.Command {
 			ResolvConfFlag,
 			ExtraKubeletArgs,
 			ExtraKubeProxyArgs,
+			NodeLabels,
+			NodeTaints,
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cli/server/server.go b/pkg/cli/server/server.go
index 5011132fe1..50288c4f4d 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/server/server.go
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ func run(app *cli.Context, cfg *cmds.Server) error {
 	agentConfig.DataDir = filepath.Dir(serverConfig.ControlConfig.DataDir)
 	agentConfig.ServerURL = url
 	agentConfig.Token = token
+	agentConfig.Labels = append(agentConfig.Labels, "node-role.kubernetes.io/master=true")
 
 	return agent.Run(ctx, agentConfig)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/agent/agent.go b/pkg/daemons/agent/agent.go
index cfcd4df04a..7702e0e56e 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/agent/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/agent/agent.go
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ func kubelet(cfg *config.Agent) {
 		argsMap["feature-gates"] = addFeatureGate(argsMap["feature-gates"], "DevicePlugins=false")
 	}
 
+	argsMap["node-labels"] = strings.Join(cfg.NodeLabels, ",")
+	if len(cfg.NodeTaints) > 0 {
+		argsMap["register-with-taints"] = strings.Join(cfg.NodeTaints, ",")
+	}
 	args := config.GetArgsList(argsMap, cfg.ExtraKubeletArgs)
 	command.SetArgs(args)
 
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/config/types.go b/pkg/daemons/config/types.go
index 48829ad48e..2bf2ee2b46 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/config/types.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/config/types.go
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ type Agent struct {
 	ExtraKubeProxyArgs []string
 	PauseImage         string
 	CNIPlugin          bool
+	NodeTaints         []string
+	NodeLabels         []string
 }
 
 type Control struct {