diff --git a/src/bci_build/package/__init__.py b/src/bci_build/package/__init__.py
index 66fd279d1..ba16feda8 100644
--- a/src/bci_build/package/__init__.py
+++ b/src/bci_build/package/__init__.py
@@ -840,6 +840,11 @@ def dockerfile_from_target_ref(self) -> str:
             else f"{self.base_image_registry}/{self.from_target_image}"
         )
 
+    @property
+    def is_base_container_annotation_available(self) -> bool:
+        """return True if the obs-service-kiwi_metainfo_helper can provide base.name/digest annotations."""
+        return bool(self._from_image and not self.os_version.is_tumbleweed)
+
     @property
     def dockerfile_from_line(self) -> str:
         if self._from_image is None:
diff --git a/src/bci_build/templates.py b/src/bci_build/templates.py
index 446b75fc9..52505d025 100644
--- a/src/bci_build/templates.py
+++ b/src/bci_build/templates.py
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
 LABEL com.suse.release-stage="{{ image.release_stage }}"
 {%- endif %}
 # endlabelprefix
+{%- if image.is_base_container_annotation_available %}
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="%BASE_REFNAME%"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.digest="%BASE_DIGEST%"
+{%- endif %}
 LABEL io.artifacthub.package.readme-url="{{ image.readme_url }}"
 {%- if image.logo_url %}
 LABEL io.artifacthub.package.logo-url="{{ image.logo_url }}"
@@ -151,6 +155,10 @@
             <label name="{% if image.os_version.is_tumbleweed %}org.opensuse{% else %}com.suse{% endif %}.lifecycle-url" value="{{ image.lifecycle_url }}"/>
 {{- image.extra_label_xml_lines }}
           </suse_label_helper:add_prefix>
+{%- if image.is_base_container_annotation_available %}
+          <label name="org.opencontainers.image.base.name" value="%BASE_REFNAME%"/>
+          <label name="org.opencontainers.image.base.digest" value="%BASE_DIGEST%"/>
+{%- endif %}
           <label name="io.artifacthub.package.readme-url" value="{{ image.readme_url }}"/>{% if image.logo_url %}
           <label name="io.artifacthub.package.logo-url" value="{{ image.logo_url }}"/>{% endif %}
         </labels>
diff --git a/tests/test_build_recipe.py b/tests/test_build_recipe.py
index c9f1105b0..8e062a1d5 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_recipe.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_recipe.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 LABEL com.suse.lifecycle-url="https://www.suse.com/lifecycle#suse-linux-enterprise-server-15"
 LABEL com.suse.release-stage="released"
 # endlabelprefix
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="%BASE_REFNAME%"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.digest="%BASE_DIGEST%"
 LABEL io.artifacthub.package.readme-url="%SOURCEURL%/README.md"
 COPY test.el .
 RUN emacs -Q --batch test.el
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@
             <label name="com.suse.release-stage" value="released"/>
             <label name="com.suse.lifecycle-url" value="https://www.suse.com/lifecycle#suse-linux-enterprise-server-15"/>
           </suse_label_helper:add_prefix>
+          <label name="org.opencontainers.image.base.name" value="%BASE_REFNAME%"/>
+          <label name="org.opencontainers.image.base.digest" value="%BASE_DIGEST%"/>
           <label name="io.artifacthub.package.readme-url" value="%SOURCEURL%/README.md"/>
         </labels>
       </containerconfig>
@@ -160,6 +164,8 @@
 LABEL com.suse.lifecycle-url="https://www.suse.com/lifecycle#suse-linux-enterprise-server-15"
 LABEL com.suse.release-stage="released"
 # endlabelprefix
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="%BASE_REFNAME%"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.digest="%BASE_DIGEST%"
 LABEL io.artifacthub.package.readme-url="%SOURCEURL%/README.md"
 """,
             """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
@@ -200,6 +206,8 @@
             <label name="com.suse.release-stage" value="released"/>
             <label name="com.suse.lifecycle-url" value="https://www.suse.com/lifecycle#suse-linux-enterprise-server-15"/>
           </suse_label_helper:add_prefix>
+          <label name="org.opencontainers.image.base.name" value="%BASE_REFNAME%"/>
+          <label name="org.opencontainers.image.base.digest" value="%BASE_DIGEST%"/>
           <label name="io.artifacthub.package.readme-url" value="%SOURCEURL%/README.md"/>
         </labels>
       </containerconfig>
@@ -261,6 +269,8 @@
 LABEL com.suse.lifecycle-url="https://www.suse.com/lifecycle#suse-linux-enterprise-server-15"
 LABEL com.suse.release-stage="released"
 # endlabelprefix
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="%BASE_REFNAME%"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.digest="%BASE_DIGEST%"
 LABEL io.artifacthub.package.readme-url="%SOURCEURL%/README.md"
 USER emacs""",
             """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
@@ -302,6 +312,8 @@
             <label name="com.suse.release-stage" value="released"/>
             <label name="com.suse.lifecycle-url" value="https://www.suse.com/lifecycle#suse-linux-enterprise-server-15"/>
           </suse_label_helper:add_prefix>
+          <label name="org.opencontainers.image.base.name" value="%BASE_REFNAME%"/>
+          <label name="org.opencontainers.image.base.digest" value="%BASE_DIGEST%"/>
           <label name="io.artifacthub.package.readme-url" value="%SOURCEURL%/README.md"/>
         </labels>
       </containerconfig>