diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbc3b95333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+needs release notes:
+- all: ['!docs/release.rst']
diff --git a/.github/workflows/needs_release_notes.yml b/.github/workflows/needs_release_notes.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0b8b7c97d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/needs_release_notes.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: "Pull Request Labeler"
+
+on:
+  - pull_request_target
+
+jobs:
+  triage:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/labeler@main
+      with:
+        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        sync-labels: true
diff --git a/docs/release.rst b/docs/release.rst
index e859279ef2..8642ed8b6f 100644
--- a/docs/release.rst
+++ b/docs/release.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Maintenance
 * Remove ``tox`` support
   By :user:`Saransh Chopra <Saransh-cpp>` :issue:`1219`.
 
+* Add workflow to label PRs with "needs release notes".
+  By :user:`Saransh Chopra <Saransh-cpp>` :issue:`1239`.
+
 * Simplify if/else statement.
   By :user:`Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos <DimitriPapadopoulos>` :issue:`1227`.