diff --git a/workflow/common/convert.go b/workflow/common/convert.go
index f57e273f29ed..13552768a53b 100644
--- a/workflow/common/convert.go
+++ b/workflow/common/convert.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ func ConvertCronWorkflowToWorkflow(cronWf *wfv1.CronWorkflow) *wfv1.Workflow {
 }
 
 func NewWorkflowFromWorkflowTemplate(templateName string, workflowMetadata *metav1.ObjectMeta, clusterScope bool) *wfv1.Workflow {
-
 	wf := &wfv1.Workflow{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			GenerateName: templateName + "-",
diff --git a/workflow/validate/validate.go b/workflow/validate/validate.go
index e731d1c393a0..ddc9b2d5b4c6 100644
--- a/workflow/validate/validate.go
+++ b/workflow/validate/validate.go
@@ -264,6 +264,10 @@ func ValidateWorkflowTemplateRefFields(wfSpec wfv1.WorkflowSpec) error {
 // ValidateWorkflowTemplate accepts a workflow template and performs validation against it.
 func ValidateWorkflowTemplate(wftmplGetter templateresolution.WorkflowTemplateNamespacedGetter, cwftmplGetter templateresolution.ClusterWorkflowTemplateGetter, wftmpl *wfv1.WorkflowTemplate) (*wfv1.Conditions, error) {
 	wf := &wfv1.Workflow{
+		ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Labels:      wftmpl.ObjectMeta.Labels,
+			Annotations: wftmpl.ObjectMeta.Annotations,
+		},
 		Spec: wftmpl.Spec.WorkflowSpec,
 	}
 	return ValidateWorkflow(wftmplGetter, cwftmplGetter, wf, ValidateOpts{IgnoreEntrypoint: wf.Spec.Entrypoint == "", WorkflowTemplateValidation: true})
@@ -272,6 +276,10 @@ func ValidateWorkflowTemplate(wftmplGetter templateresolution.WorkflowTemplateNa
 // ValidateClusterWorkflowTemplate accepts a cluster workflow template and performs validation against it.
 func ValidateClusterWorkflowTemplate(wftmplGetter templateresolution.WorkflowTemplateNamespacedGetter, cwftmplGetter templateresolution.ClusterWorkflowTemplateGetter, cwftmpl *wfv1.ClusterWorkflowTemplate) (*wfv1.Conditions, error) {
 	wf := &wfv1.Workflow{
+		ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Labels:      cwftmpl.ObjectMeta.Labels,
+			Annotations: cwftmpl.ObjectMeta.Annotations,
+		},
 		Spec: cwftmpl.Spec.WorkflowSpec,
 	}
 	return ValidateWorkflow(wftmplGetter, cwftmplGetter, wf, ValidateOpts{IgnoreEntrypoint: wf.Spec.Entrypoint == "", WorkflowTemplateValidation: true})
diff --git a/workflow/validate/validate_test.go b/workflow/validate/validate_test.go
index 8e89fe6c3c59..4898c1065148 100644
--- a/workflow/validate/validate_test.go
+++ b/workflow/validate/validate_test.go
@@ -2616,3 +2616,34 @@ func TestDagAndStepLevelOutputArtifactsForDiffExecutor(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 	})
 }
+
+var testWorkflowTemplateLabels = `
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: WorkflowTemplate
+metadata:
+  generateName: test-foobar-
+  labels:
+    testLabel: foobar
+spec:
+  entrypoint: whalesay
+  templates:
+    - name: whalesay
+      resubmitPendingPods: true
+      container:
+        image: docker/whalesay
+      metrics:
+        prometheus:
+          - name: intuit_data_persistplat_dppselfservice_workflow_test_duration
+            help: Duration of workflow
+            labels:
+              - key: label
+                value: "{{workflow.labels.testLabel}}"
+            gauge:
+              realtime: true
+              value: "{{duration}}"
+`
+
+func TestWorkflowTemplateLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	err := validateWorkflowTemplate(testWorkflowTemplateLabels)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}