diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gfm_auto_complete.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/gfm_auto_complete.js.coffee
index 61e3f811e73..6d3f4ec9753 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gfm_auto_complete.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gfm_auto_complete.js.coffee
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ GitLab.GfmAutoComplete =
   Members:
     template: '<li>${username} <small>${title}</small></li>'
 
+  Labels:
+    template: '<li>${title} <div style="background-color:${color};height:15px;width:15px;display:inline-block;float:right">
+              </div></li>'
+
   # Issues and MergeRequests
   Issues:
     template: '<li><small>${id}</small> ${title}</li>'
@@ -94,6 +98,25 @@ GitLab.GfmAutoComplete =
             title:  sanitize(m.title)
             search: "#{m.iid} #{m.title}"
 
+    @input.atwho
+      at: '~'
+      alias: 'labels'
+      searchKey: 'search'
+      displayTpl: @Labels.template
+      insertTpl: '${atwho-at}${title}'
+      callbacks:
+        beforeSave: (merges) ->
+          sanitizeLabelTitle = (title)->
+            if /\w+\s+\w+/g.test(title)
+              "\"#{sanitize(title)}\""
+            else
+              sanitize(title)
+
+          $.map merges, (m) ->
+            title: sanitizeLabelTitle(m.title)
+            color: m.color
+            search: "#{m.title}"
+
   destroyAtWho: ->
     @input.atwho('destroy')
 
@@ -109,3 +132,5 @@ GitLab.GfmAutoComplete =
     @input.atwho 'load', 'mergerequests', data.mergerequests
     # load emojis
     @input.atwho 'load', ':', data.emojis
+    # load labels
+    @input.atwho 'load', '~', data.labels
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 3768efe142a..4d7a3bfe642 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ class ProjectsController < Projects::ApplicationController
       emojis: AwardEmoji.urls,
       issues: autocomplete.issues,
       mergerequests: autocomplete.merge_requests,
+      labels: autocomplete.labels,
       members: participants
     }
 
diff --git a/app/services/projects/autocomplete_service.rb b/app/services/projects/autocomplete_service.rb
index ba50305dbd5..826b10899d0 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/autocomplete_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/autocomplete_service.rb
@@ -7,5 +7,9 @@ module Projects
     def merge_requests
       @project.merge_requests.opened.select([:iid, :title])
     end
+
+    def labels
+      @project.labels.select([:title, :color])
+    end
   end
 end