diff --git a/lib/mrsk/configuration/role.rb b/lib/mrsk/configuration/role.rb
index ae1550e0..c8439a7d 100644
--- a/lib/mrsk/configuration/role.rb
+++ b/lib/mrsk/configuration/role.rb
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ class Mrsk::Configuration::Role
   end
 
   def labels
-    if name.web?
-      default_labels.merge(traefik_labels).merge(custom_labels)
-    else
-      default_labels.merge(custom_labels)
-    end
+    default_labels.merge(traefik_labels).merge(custom_labels)
   end
 
   def label_args
@@ -52,13 +48,21 @@ class Mrsk::Configuration::Role
     end
 
     def traefik_labels
-      {
-        "traefik.http.routers.#{config.service}.rule" => "'PathPrefix(`/`)'",
-        "traefik.http.services.#{config.service}.loadbalancer.healthcheck.path" => "/up",
-        "traefik.http.services.#{config.service}.loadbalancer.healthcheck.interval" => "1s",
-        "traefik.http.middlewares.#{config.service}.retry.attempts" => "3",
-        "traefik.http.middlewares.#{config.service}.retry.initialinterval" => "500ms"
-      }
+      if running_traefik?
+        {
+          "traefik.http.routers.#{config.service}.rule" => "'PathPrefix(`/`)'",
+          "traefik.http.services.#{config.service}.loadbalancer.healthcheck.path" => "/up",
+          "traefik.http.services.#{config.service}.loadbalancer.healthcheck.interval" => "1s",
+          "traefik.http.middlewares.#{config.service}.retry.attempts" => "3",
+          "traefik.http.middlewares.#{config.service}.retry.initialinterval" => "500ms"
+        }
+      else
+        {}
+      end
+    end
+
+    def running_traefik?
+      name.web? || specializations["traefik"]
     end
 
     def custom_labels
diff --git a/test/configuration_role_test.rb b/test/configuration_role_test.rb
index 6cbb0ee9..f954ebff 100644
--- a/test/configuration_role_test.rb
+++ b/test/configuration_role_test.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ class ConfigurationRoleTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal "'Host(`example.com`) || (Host(`example.org`) && Path(`/traefik`))'", @config.role(:web).labels["traefik.http.routers.app.rule"]
   end
 
+  test "default traefik label on non-web role" do
+    config = Mrsk::Configuration.new(@deploy_with_roles.tap { |c| 
+      c[:servers]["beta"] = { "traefik" => "true", "hosts" => [ "1.1.1.5" ] }
+    })
+
+    assert_equal [ "--label", "service=app", "--label", "role=beta", "--label", "traefik.http.routers.app.rule='PathPrefix(`/`)'", "--label", "traefik.http.services.app.loadbalancer.healthcheck.path=/up", "--label", "traefik.http.services.app.loadbalancer.healthcheck.interval=1s", "--label", "traefik.http.middlewares.app.retry.attempts=3", "--label", "traefik.http.middlewares.app.retry.initialinterval=500ms" ], config.role(:beta).label_args
+  end
+
   test "env overwritten by role" do
     assert_equal "redis://a/b", @config_with_roles.role(:workers).env["REDIS_URL"]
     assert_equal ["-e", "REDIS_URL=redis://a/b", "-e", "WEB_CONCURRENCY=4"], @config_with_roles.role(:workers).env_args