diff --git a/_examples/stacked_bar_labels/main.go b/_examples/stacked_bar_labels/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a04e77b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_examples/stacked_bar_labels/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/wcharczuk/go-chart"
+	"github.com/wcharczuk/go-chart/drawing"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	chart.DefaultBackgroundColor = chart.ColorTransparent
+	chart.DefaultCanvasColor = chart.ColorTransparent
+
+	barWidth := 120
+
+	var (
+		colorWhite          = drawing.Color{R: 241, G: 241, B: 241, A: 255}
+		colorMariner        = drawing.Color{R: 60, G: 100, B: 148, A: 255}
+		colorLightSteelBlue = drawing.Color{R: 182, G: 195, B: 220, A: 255}
+		colorPoloBlue       = drawing.Color{R: 126, G: 155, B: 200, A: 255}
+		colorSteelBlue      = drawing.Color{R: 73, G: 120, B: 177, A: 255}
+	)
+
+	stackedBarChart := chart.StackedBarChart{
+		Title:      "Quarterly Sales",
+		TitleStyle: chart.StyleShow(),
+		Background: chart.Style{
+			Padding: chart.Box{
+				Top: 100,
+			},
+		},
+		Width:      810,
+		Height:     500,
+		XAxis:      chart.StyleShow(),
+		YAxis:      chart.StyleShow(),
+		BarSpacing: 50,
+		Bars: []chart.StackedBar{
+			{
+				Name:  "Q1",
+				Width: barWidth,
+				Values: []chart.Value{
+					{
+						Label: "32K",
+						Value: 32,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorMariner,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Label: "46K",
+						Value: 46,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorLightSteelBlue,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Label: "48K",
+						Value: 48,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorPoloBlue,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Label: "42K",
+						Value: 42,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorSteelBlue,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Name:  "Q2",
+				Width: barWidth,
+				Values: []chart.Value{
+					{
+						Label: "45K",
+						Value: 45,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorMariner,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Label: "60K",
+						Value: 60,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorLightSteelBlue,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Label: "62K",
+						Value: 62,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorPoloBlue,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Label: "53K",
+						Value: 53,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorSteelBlue,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Name:  "Q3",
+				Width: barWidth,
+				Values: []chart.Value{
+					{
+						Label: "54K",
+						Value: 54,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorMariner,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Label: "58K",
+						Value: 58,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorLightSteelBlue,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Label: "55K",
+						Value: 55,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorPoloBlue,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Label: "47K",
+						Value: 47,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorSteelBlue,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Name:  "Q4",
+				Width: barWidth,
+				Values: []chart.Value{
+					{
+						Label: "46K",
+						Value: 46,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorMariner,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Label: "70K",
+						Value: 70,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorLightSteelBlue,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Label: "74K",
+						Value: 74,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorPoloBlue,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Label: "60K",
+						Value: 60,
+						Style: chart.Style{
+							StrokeWidth: .01,
+							FillColor:   colorSteelBlue,
+							FontColor:   colorWhite,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	pngFile, err := os.Create("output.png")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := stackedBarChart.Render(chart.PNG, pngFile); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := pngFile.Close(); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/_examples/stacked_bar_labels/output.png b/_examples/stacked_bar_labels/output.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5f7e97
Binary files /dev/null and b/_examples/stacked_bar_labels/output.png differ
diff --git a/stacked_bar_chart.go b/stacked_bar_chart.go
index 06db425..a7740cd 100644
--- a/stacked_bar_chart.go
+++ b/stacked_bar_chart.go
@@ -158,6 +158,33 @@ func (sbc StackedBarChart) drawBar(r Renderer, canvasBox Box, xoffset int, bar S
 		yoffset += barHeight
 	}
 
+	// draw the labels
+	yoffset = canvasBox.Top
+	var lx, ly int
+	for index, bv := range normalizedBarComponents {
+		barHeight := int(math.Ceil(bv.Value * float64(canvasBox.Height())))
+
+		if len(bv.Label) > 0 {
+			lx = bxl + ((bxr - bxl) / 2)
+			ly = yoffset + (barHeight / 2)
+
+			bv.Style.InheritFrom(sbc.styleDefaultsStackedBarValue(index)).WriteToRenderer(r)
+			tb := r.MeasureText(bv.Label)
+			lx = lx - (tb.Width() >> 1)
+			ly = ly + (tb.Height() >> 1)
+
+			if lx < 0 {
+				lx = 0
+			}
+			if ly < 0 {
+				lx = 0
+			}
+
+			r.Text(bv.Label, lx, ly)
+		}
+		yoffset += barHeight
+	}
+
 	return bxr
 }
 
@@ -329,6 +356,9 @@ func (sbc StackedBarChart) styleDefaultsStackedBarValue(index int) Style {
 		StrokeColor: sbc.GetColorPalette().GetSeriesColor(index),
 		StrokeWidth: 3.0,
 		FillColor:   sbc.GetColorPalette().GetSeriesColor(index),
+		FontSize:    sbc.getScaledFontSize(),
+		FontColor:   sbc.GetColorPalette().TextColor(),
+		Font:        sbc.GetFont(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -343,6 +373,20 @@ func (sbc StackedBarChart) styleDefaultsTitle() Style {
 	})
 }
 
+func (sbc StackedBarChart) getScaledFontSize() float64 {
+	effectiveDimension := util.Math.MinInt(sbc.GetWidth(), sbc.GetHeight())
+	if effectiveDimension >= 2048 {
+		return 48.0
+	} else if effectiveDimension >= 1024 {
+		return 24.0
+	} else if effectiveDimension > 512 {
+		return 18.0
+	} else if effectiveDimension > 256 {
+		return 12.0
+	}
+	return 10.0
+}
+
 func (sbc StackedBarChart) getTitleFontSize() float64 {
 	effectiveDimension := MinInt(sbc.GetWidth(), sbc.GetHeight())
 	if effectiveDimension >= 2048 {