diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
index cd3b9147..ca8ba148 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ body:
       placeholder: 1.0.0
     validations:
       required: true
+  - type: dropdown
+    id: severity
+    attributes:
+      label: Severity impact
+      options:
+        - Low (visual glitch, minor inconvenience)
+        - Medium (major inconvenience, but workaround exists)
+        - High (badly broken, no workaround)
+        - Critical (data loss, security issue)
+        - Enhancement (feature request) [we like these too!]
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
   - type: dropdown
     id: platform
     attributes:
diff --git a/.github/advanced-issue-labeler.yml b/.github/advanced-issue-labeler.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8186bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/advanced-issue-labeler.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Keep up to date with workflows/issue-create.yml !!!
+
+# Low (visual glitch, minor inconvenience)
+# Medium (major inconvenience, but workaround exists)
+# High (badly broken, no workaround)
+# Critical (data loss, security issue)
+# Enhancement (feature request) [we like these too!]
+
+policy:
+  - section:
+      - id: [severity]
+        block-list: ['None', 'Other']
+        label:
+          - name: 'kind: low severity'
+            keys: ['Low (visual glitch, minor inconvenience)']
+          - name: 'kind: medium severity'
+            keys: ['Medium (major inconvenience, but workaround exists)']
+          - name: 'kind: high severity'
+            keys: ['High (badly broken, no workaround)']
+          - name: 'kind: critical severity'
+            keys: ['Critical (data loss, security issue)']
+          - name: 'kind: enhancement'
+            keys: ['Enhancement (feature request) [we like these too!]']
+
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-create.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-create.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b6c8949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-create.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Issue labeler
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [ opened ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  label-component:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      # required for all workflows
+      issues: write
+
+      # only required for workflows in private repositories
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Parse issue form
+        uses: stefanbuck/github-issue-parser@v3
+        id: issue-parser
+        with:
+          template-path: .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+
+      - name: Set labels based on severity field
+        uses: redhat-plumbers-in-action/advanced-issue-labeler@v2
+        with:
+          issue-form: ${{ steps.issue-parser.outputs.jsonString }}
+          section: severity
+          block-list: |
+            None
+            Other
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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