diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
index bbcbbe7d61558adde3cbfd0c7a63a67c27ed6d30..eda42fa7d50f5f126e26a1069fbcdb2f4e0350cb 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Feature request
 about: Suggest an idea for this project
 title: ''
-labels: ''
+labels: 'suggestion'
 assignees: ''
 
 ---