diff --git a/examples/issue_label/main.tf b/examples/issue_label/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d116c735b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/issue_label/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+resource "github_issue_label" "individual_repo_label" {
+  repository  = var.individual_repo
+  name        = "foo"
+  color       = "000000"
+  description = "Test issue"
+}
+
+  resource "github_issue_label" "org_repo_label" {
+  repository  = var.org_repo
+  name        = "bar"
+  color       = "000000"
+  description = "Test issue"
+  org         = var.org
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/issue_label/outputs.tf b/examples/issue_label/outputs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/examples/issue_label/providers.tf b/examples/issue_label/providers.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07836b6b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/issue_label/providers.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+provider "github" {
+  owner = var.owner
+  token = var.github_token
+}
diff --git a/examples/issue_label/variables.tf b/examples/issue_label/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71b9e65ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/issue_label/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+variable "owner" {
+  description = "GitHub owner used to configure the provider"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "github_token" {
+  description = "GitHub access token used to configure the provider"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "individual_repo" {
+  description = "Name of repo owned by an individual to create the issue in"
+  type = string
+}
+
+variable "org_repo" {
+  description = "Name of repo owned by an organization to create the issue in"
+  type = string
+}
+
+variable "org" {
+  description = "Name of an org that owns the repo specified in org_repo"
+  type = string
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/github/resource_github_issue_label.go b/github/resource_github_issue_label.go
index 43bd970e6e..a16c49e8d6 100644
--- a/github/resource_github_issue_label.go
+++ b/github/resource_github_issue_label.go
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ func resourceGithubIssueLabel() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional:    true,
 				Description: "A short description of the label.",
 			},
+			"org": {
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:    true,
+				Description: "Organization for repo to create this label in. Superscedes owner in provider",
+			},
 			"url": {
 				Type:        schema.TypeString,
 				Computed:    true,
@@ -66,7 +71,12 @@ func resourceGithubIssueLabel() *schema.Resource {
 
 func resourceGithubIssueLabelCreateOrUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	client := meta.(*Owner).v3client
-	orgName := meta.(*Owner).name
+	var orgName string
+	if d.Get("org").(string) == "" {
+		orgName = meta.(*Owner).name
+	} else {
+		orgName = d.Get("org").(string)
+	}
 	repoName := d.Get("repository").(string)
 	name := d.Get("name").(string)
 	color := d.Get("color").(string)
@@ -144,7 +154,12 @@ func resourceGithubIssueLabelRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 		return err
 	}
 
-	orgName := meta.(*Owner).name
+	var orgName string
+	if d.Get("org").(string) == "" {
+		orgName = meta.(*Owner).name
+	} else {
+		orgName = d.Get("org").(string)
+	}
 	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), ctxId, d.Id())
 	if !d.IsNewResource() {
 		ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, ctxEtag, d.Get("etag").(string))
@@ -180,7 +195,12 @@ func resourceGithubIssueLabelRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 func resourceGithubIssueLabelDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	client := meta.(*Owner).v3client
 
-	orgName := meta.(*Owner).name
+	var orgName string
+	if d.Get("org").(string) == "" {
+		orgName = meta.(*Owner).name
+	} else {
+		orgName = d.Get("org").(string)
+	}
 	repoName := d.Get("repository").(string)
 	name := d.Get("name").(string)
 	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), ctxId, d.Id())
diff --git a/github/resource_github_issue_label_test.go b/github/resource_github_issue_label_test.go
index eebe06b673..3da24730be 100644
--- a/github/resource_github_issue_label_test.go
+++ b/github/resource_github_issue_label_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package github
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -79,5 +80,75 @@ func TestAccGithubIssueLabel(t *testing.T) {
 			testCase(t, organization)
 		})
 	})
+}
+
+func TestAccGithubIssueLabelOrg(t *testing.T) {
+
+	randomID := acctest.RandStringFromCharSet(5, acctest.CharSetAlphaNum)
+
+	t.Run("creates and updates labels without error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		description := "label_description_org"
+		updatedDescription := "updated_label_description_org"
+		// make a config
+		config := fmt.Sprintf(`
+			resource "github_repository" "test" {
+				name = "tf-acc-test-%s"
+				auto_init = true
+			}
+
+			resource "github_issue_label" "test" {
+				repository  = github_repository.test.id
+				name        = "foo"
+				color       = "000000"
+				description = "%s"
+				org         = "%s"	
+			}
+	`, randomID, description, os.Getenv("GITHUB_ORGANIZATION"))
+
+		checks := map[string]resource.TestCheckFunc{
+			"before": resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+				resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+					"github_issue_label.test", "description",
+					description,
+				),
+			),
+			"after": resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+				resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+					"github_issue_label.test", "description",
+					updatedDescription,
+				),
+			),
+		}
+
+		testCase := func(t *testing.T, mode string) {
+			resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+				PreCheck:  func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+				Providers: testAccProviders,
+				Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+					{
+						Config: config,
+						Check:  checks["before"],
+					},
+					{
+						Config: strings.Replace(config,
+							description,
+							updatedDescription, 1),
+						Check: checks["after"],
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		}
+
+		t.Run("with an anonymous account", func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Skip("anonymous account not supported for this operation")
+		})
+
+		t.Run("with an individual account", func(t *testing.T) {
+			testCase(t, individual)
+		})
 
+		t.Run("with an organization account", func(t *testing.T) {
+			testCase(t, organization)
+		})
+	})
 }
diff --git a/website/docs/r/issue_label.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/issue_label.html.markdown
index d3989e5759..484d3a2865 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/issue_label.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/issue_label.html.markdown
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 * `description` - (Optional) A short description of the label.
 
+* `org` - (Optional) Organization for repo to create this label in. Superscedes owner in provider
+
 * `url` - (Computed) The URL to the issue label
 
 ## Import