diff --git a/changes/bug_spec_labels_api_not_including_ids b/changes/bug_spec_labels_api_not_including_ids
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80bf4c9289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug_spec_labels_api_not_including_ids
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- GET /api/v1/fleet/spec/labels/{name} endpoint should include the label id
diff --git a/server/datastore/mysql/labels.go b/server/datastore/mysql/labels.go
index d678819cf1..968ab92907 100644
--- a/server/datastore/mysql/labels.go
+++ b/server/datastore/mysql/labels.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (ds *Datastore) GetLabelSpecs(ctx context.Context) ([]*fleet.LabelSpec, err
 func (ds *Datastore) GetLabelSpec(ctx context.Context, name string) (*fleet.LabelSpec, error) {
 	var specs []*fleet.LabelSpec
 	query := `
-SELECT name, description, query, platform, label_type, label_membership_type
+SELECT id, name, description, query, platform, label_type, label_membership_type
 FROM labels
 WHERE name = ?
 `
diff --git a/server/datastore/mysql/labels_test.go b/server/datastore/mysql/labels_test.go
index 68be5b0009..ac1e2d3b09 100644
--- a/server/datastore/mysql/labels_test.go
+++ b/server/datastore/mysql/labels_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fleetdm/fleet/v4/server/fleet"
 	"github.com/fleetdm/fleet/v4/server/ptr"
 	"github.com/fleetdm/fleet/v4/server/test"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -708,7 +709,10 @@ func testLabelsGetSpec(t *testing.T, ds *Datastore) {
 	for _, s := range expectedSpecs {
 		spec, err := ds.GetLabelSpec(context.Background(), s.Name)
 		require.Nil(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, s, spec)
+
+		require.True(t, cmp.Equal(s, spec, cmp.FilterPath(func(p cmp.Path) bool {
+			return p.String() == "ID"
+		}, cmp.Ignore())))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/server/service/integration_core_test.go b/server/service/integration_core_test.go
index f997546e70..38c091b9ca 100644
--- a/server/service/integration_core_test.go
+++ b/server/service/integration_core_test.go
@@ -3185,6 +3185,7 @@ func (s *integrationTestSuite) TestLabelSpecs() {
 	var getResp getLabelSpecResponse
 	s.DoJSON("GET", fmt.Sprintf("/api/latest/fleet/spec/labels/%s", url.PathEscape(name)), nil, http.StatusOK, &getResp)
 	assert.Equal(t, name, getResp.Spec.Name)
+	assert.NotEqual(t, 0, getResp.Spec.ID)
 
 	// get a non-existing label spec
 	s.DoJSON("GET", "/api/latest/fleet/spec/labels/zzz", nil, http.StatusNotFound, &getResp)