@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func newCreateCommand(dockerCli *client.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {

 	addServiceFlags(cmd, opts)

 	flags.VarP(&opts.labels, flagLabel, "l", "Service labels")

+	flags.Var(&opts.containerLabels, flagContainerLabel, "Container labels")

 	flags.VarP(&opts.env, flagEnv, "e", "Set environment variables")

 	flags.Var(&opts.mounts, flagMount, "Attach a mount to the service")

 	flags.StringSliceVar(&opts.constraints, flagConstraint, []string{}, "Placement constraints")

@@ -392,14 +392,15 @@ func ValidatePort(value string) (string, error) {

 }

 type serviceOptions struct {

-	name    string

-	labels  opts.ListOpts

-	image   string

-	args    []string

-	env     opts.ListOpts

-	workdir string

-	user    string

-	mounts  MountOpt

+	name            string

+	labels          opts.ListOpts

+	containerLabels opts.ListOpts

+	image           string

+	args            []string

+	env             opts.ListOpts

+	workdir         string

+	user            string

+	mounts          MountOpt

 	resources resourceOptions

 	stopGrace DurationOpt

@@ -420,8 +421,9 @@ type serviceOptions struct {

 func newServiceOptions() *serviceOptions {

 	return &serviceOptions{

-		labels: opts.NewListOpts(runconfigopts.ValidateEnv),

-		env:    opts.NewListOpts(runconfigopts.ValidateEnv),

+		labels:          opts.NewListOpts(runconfigopts.ValidateEnv),

+		containerLabels: opts.NewListOpts(runconfigopts.ValidateEnv),

+		env:             opts.NewListOpts(runconfigopts.ValidateEnv),

 		endpoint: endpointOptions{

 			ports: opts.NewListOpts(ValidatePort),

 		},

@@ -442,6 +444,7 @@ func (opts *serviceOptions) ToService() (swarm.ServiceSpec, error) {

 				Image:           opts.image,

 				Args:            opts.args,

 				Env:             opts.env.GetAll(),

+				Labels:          runconfigopts.ConvertKVStringsToMap(opts.containerLabels.GetAll()),

 				Dir:             opts.workdir,

 				User:            opts.user,

 				Mounts:          opts.mounts.Value(),

@@ -516,42 +519,45 @@ func addServiceFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, opts *serviceOptions) {

 }

 const (

-	flagConstraint          = "constraint"

-	flagConstraintRemove    = "constraint-rm"

-	flagConstraintAdd       = "constraint-add"

-	flagEndpointMode        = "endpoint-mode"

-	flagEnv                 = "env"

-	flagEnvRemove           = "env-rm"

-	flagEnvAdd              = "env-add"

-	flagLabel               = "label"

-	flagLabelRemove         = "label-rm"

-	flagLabelAdd            = "label-add"

-	flagLimitCPU            = "limit-cpu"

-	flagLimitMemory         = "limit-memory"

-	flagMode                = "mode"

-	flagMount               = "mount"

-	flagMountRemove         = "mount-rm"

-	flagMountAdd            = "mount-add"

-	flagName                = "name"

-	flagNetwork             = "network"

-	flagNetworkRemove       = "network-rm"

-	flagNetworkAdd          = "network-add"

-	flagPublish             = "publish"

-	flagPublishRemove       = "publish-rm"

-	flagPublishAdd          = "publish-add"

-	flagReplicas            = "replicas"

-	flagReserveCPU          = "reserve-cpu"

-	flagReserveMemory       = "reserve-memory"

-	flagRestartCondition    = "restart-condition"

-	flagRestartDelay        = "restart-delay"

-	flagRestartMaxAttempts  = "restart-max-attempts"

-	flagRestartWindow       = "restart-window"

-	flagStopGracePeriod     = "stop-grace-period"

-	flagUpdateDelay         = "update-delay"

-	flagUpdateFailureAction = "update-failure-action"

-	flagUpdateParallelism   = "update-parallelism"

-	flagUser                = "user"

-	flagRegistryAuth        = "with-registry-auth"

-	flagLogDriver           = "log-driver"

-	flagLogOpt              = "log-opt"

+	flagConstraint           = "constraint"

+	flagConstraintRemove     = "constraint-rm"

+	flagConstraintAdd        = "constraint-add"

+	flagContainerLabel       = "container-label"

+	flagContainerLabelRemove = "container-label-rm"

+	flagContainerLabelAdd    = "container-label-add"

+	flagEndpointMode         = "endpoint-mode"

+	flagEnv                  = "env"

+	flagEnvRemove            = "env-rm"

+	flagEnvAdd               = "env-add"

+	flagLabel                = "label"

+	flagLabelRemove          = "label-rm"

+	flagLabelAdd             = "label-add"

+	flagLimitCPU             = "limit-cpu"

+	flagLimitMemory          = "limit-memory"

+	flagMode                 = "mode"

+	flagMount                = "mount"

+	flagMountRemove          = "mount-rm"

+	flagMountAdd             = "mount-add"

+	flagName                 = "name"

+	flagNetwork              = "network"

+	flagNetworkRemove        = "network-rm"

+	flagNetworkAdd           = "network-add"

+	flagPublish              = "publish"

+	flagPublishRemove        = "publish-rm"

+	flagPublishAdd           = "publish-add"

+	flagReplicas             = "replicas"

+	flagReserveCPU           = "reserve-cpu"

+	flagReserveMemory        = "reserve-memory"

+	flagRestartCondition     = "restart-condition"

+	flagRestartDelay         = "restart-delay"

+	flagRestartMaxAttempts   = "restart-max-attempts"

+	flagRestartWindow        = "restart-window"

+	flagStopGracePeriod      = "stop-grace-period"

+	flagUpdateDelay          = "update-delay"

+	flagUpdateFailureAction  = "update-failure-action"

+	flagUpdateParallelism    = "update-parallelism"

+	flagUser                 = "user"

+	flagRegistryAuth         = "with-registry-auth"

+	flagLogDriver            = "log-driver"

+	flagLogOpt               = "log-opt"

 )

@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@ func newUpdateCommand(dockerCli *client.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {

 	flags.Var(newListOptsVar(), flagEnvRemove, "Remove an environment variable")

 	flags.Var(newListOptsVar(), flagLabelRemove, "Remove a label by its key")

+	flags.Var(newListOptsVar(), flagContainerLabelRemove, "Remove a container label by its key")

 	flags.Var(newListOptsVar(), flagMountRemove, "Remove a mount by its target path")

 	flags.Var(newListOptsVar(), flagPublishRemove, "Remove a published port by its target port")

 	flags.Var(newListOptsVar(), flagNetworkRemove, "Remove a network by name")

 	flags.Var(newListOptsVar(), flagConstraintRemove, "Remove a constraint")

 	flags.Var(&opts.labels, flagLabelAdd, "Add or update service labels")

+	flags.Var(&opts.containerLabels, flagContainerLabelAdd, "Add or update container labels")

 	flags.Var(&opts.env, flagEnvAdd, "Add or update environment variables")

 	flags.Var(&opts.mounts, flagMountAdd, "Add or update a mount on a service")

 	flags.StringSliceVar(&opts.constraints, flagConstraintAdd, []string{}, "Add or update placement constraints")

@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ func updateService(flags *pflag.FlagSet, spec *swarm.ServiceSpec) error {

 	updateString(flagName, &spec.Name)

 	updateLabels(flags, &spec.Labels)

+	updateContainerLabels(flags, &cspec.Labels)

 	updateString("image", &cspec.Image)

 	updateStringToSlice(flags, "args", &cspec.Args)

 	updateEnvironment(flags, &cspec.Env)

@@ -248,6 +251,26 @@ func updatePlacement(flags *pflag.FlagSet, placement *swarm.Placement) {

 	placement.Constraints = removeItems(placement.Constraints, toRemove, itemKey)

 }

+func updateContainerLabels(flags *pflag.FlagSet, field *map[string]string) {

+	if flags.Changed(flagContainerLabelAdd) {

+		if field == nil {

+			*field = map[string]string{}

+		}

+

+		values := flags.Lookup(flagContainerLabelAdd).Value.(*opts.ListOpts).GetAll()

+		for key, value := range runconfigopts.ConvertKVStringsToMap(values) {

+			(*field)[key] = value

+		}

+	}

+

+	if field != nil && flags.Changed(flagContainerLabelRemove) {

+		toRemove := flags.Lookup(flagContainerLabelRemove).Value.(*opts.ListOpts).GetAll()

+		for _, label := range toRemove {

+			delete(*field, label)

+		}

+	}

+}

+

 func updateLabels(flags *pflag.FlagSet, field *map[string]string) {

 	if flags.Changed(flagLabelAdd) {

 		if *field == nil {

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Create a new service

 Options:

       --constraint value               Placement constraints (default [])

+      --container-label value          Service container labels (default [])

       --endpoint-mode string           Endpoint mode (vip or dnsrr)

   -e, --env value                      Set environment variables (default [])

       --help                           Print usage

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Options:

       --args string                    Service command args

       --constraint-add value           Add or update placement constraints (default [])

       --constraint-rm value            Remove a constraint (default [])

+      --container-label-add value      Add or update container labels (default [])

+      --container-label-rm value       Remove a container label by its key (default [])

       --endpoint-mode string           Endpoint mode (vip or dnsrr)

       --env-add value                  Add or update environment variables (default [])

       --env-rm value                   Remove an environment variable (default [])