diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d69c9684c..733a099d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 -->
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/cyverse/atmosphere/compare/v37-2...HEAD) - YYYY-MM-DD
 ### Changed
+  - add `username` and `instance_uuid` label to the argo workflows launched
   - bump ansible to 2.8
   - calls `ansible-playbook` executable directly to execute ansible playbooks
 
diff --git a/service/argo/instance_deploy.py b/service/argo/instance_deploy.py
index f9eb151cc..55e8174d7 100644
--- a/service/argo/instance_deploy.py
+++ b/service/argo/instance_deploy.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def argo_deploy_instance(
 
     Args:
         provider_uuid (str): provider uuid
+        instance_uuid (str): instance uuid
         server_ip (str): ip of the server instance
         username (str): username
         timezone (str): timezone of the provider, e.g. America/Arizona
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ def argo_deploy_instance(
     """
     try:
         wf_data = _get_workflow_data(
-            provider_uuid, server_ip, username, timezone
+            provider_uuid, instance_uuid, server_ip, username, timezone
         )
 
         wf, status = argo_workflow_exec(
@@ -62,11 +63,15 @@ def argo_deploy_instance(
         raise exc
 
 
-def _get_workflow_data(provider_uuid, server_ip, username, timezone):
+def _get_workflow_data(
+    provider_uuid, instance_uuid, server_ip, username, timezone
+):
     """
     Generate the data structure to be passed to the workflow
 
     Args:
+        provider_uuid (str): provider uuid
+        instance_uuid (str): instance uuid
         server_ip (str): ip of the server instance
         username (str): username of the owner of the instance
         timezone (str): timezone of the provider
@@ -74,7 +79,12 @@ def _get_workflow_data(provider_uuid, server_ip, username, timezone):
     Returns:
         dict: {"arguments": {"parameters": [{"name": "", "value": ""}]}}
     """
-    wf_data = {"arguments": {"parameters": []}}
+    wf_data = {"metadata": {"labels": {}}, "arguments": {"parameters": []}}
+
+    # labels
+    wf_data["metadata"]["labels"]["instance_uuid"] = instance_uuid
+    wf_data["metadata"]["labels"]["username"] = username
+
     wf_data["arguments"]["parameters"].append(
         {
             "name": "server-ip",
diff --git a/service/argo/wf.py b/service/argo/wf.py
index 212d0c2ed..d089319d5 100644
--- a/service/argo/wf.py
+++ b/service/argo/wf.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def create(context, wf_def, wf_data={}, lint=False):
 
         json_resp = context.client().run_workflow(wf_def)
         wf_name = json_resp["metadata"]["name"]
+        logger.debug("ARGO, workflow {} created".format(wf_name))
         return ArgoWorkflow(wf_name)
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -307,6 +308,9 @@ def _populate_wf_data(wf_def, wf_data):
     Returns:
         dict: workflow definition with the workflow data populated
     """
+    if "metadata" in wf_data and "labels" in wf_data["metadata"]:
+        wf_def["metadata"]["labels"] = wf_data["metadata"]["labels"]
+
     if not wf_data["arguments"]:
         return wf_def
     if not wf_def["spec"]["arguments"]: