diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/hardware-or-architecture-support.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/hardware-or-architecture-support.md
index 4d2b922d..23e0d5e6 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/hardware-or-architecture-support.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/hardware-or-architecture-support.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Hardware or architecture support
 about: Suggest adding hardware or new architecture support.
 title: ''
-labels: ''
+labels: new
 assignees: ''
 
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