diff --git a/changelog.d/9612.docker b/changelog.d/9612.docker
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d95c503c8b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/9612.docker
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Include [opencontainers labels](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/master/annotations.md#pre-defined-annotation-keys) in the Docker image.
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index d619ee08ed82..af13f8f680cd 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.8
 ###
 FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim as builder
 
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.url='https://matrix.org/docs/projects/server/synapse'
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.documentation='https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docker/README.md'
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source='https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse.git'
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses='Apache-2.0'
+
 # install the OS build deps
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     build-essential \