diff --git a/lib/kml/label_style.rb b/lib/kml/label_style.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df036b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kml/label_style.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Source file contains the code for creating the LabelStyle element:
+#
+# <Style id="ID">
+#   <!-- specific to LabelStyle -->
+#   <scale>1</scale>                   <!-- float -->       
+# </LabelStyle>
+
+module KML #:nodoc:
+  # Specifies how icons for point Placemarks are drawn, both in the Places panel and in the 3D viewer of 
+  # Google Earth. The Icon object specifies the icon image. The +scale+ specifies the x, y scaling of the 
+  # icon.
+  class LabelStyle < KML::Object
+   
+    # Resizes the label (default=1).
+    attr_accessor :scale
+    
+  
+    def render(xm=Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:indent => 2))
+      xm.LabelStyle {
+        xm.scale(scale) unless scale.nil?
+      }
+    end
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/lib/kml/object.rb b/lib/kml/object.rb
index a2af1db..5173d2e 100644
--- a/lib/kml/object.rb
+++ b/lib/kml/object.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def initialize(attributes=nil)
 require 'kml/feature'
 require 'kml/geometry'
 require 'kml/color_style'
+require 'kml/label_style'
 require 'kml/style_selector'
 require 'kml/link'
 require 'kml/icon'
diff --git a/ruby_kml.gemspec b/ruby_kml.gemspec
index e1ab6ba..d507512 100644
--- a/ruby_kml.gemspec
+++ b/ruby_kml.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-  s.version   = "0.1.7"
-  s.date      = "2012-05-07"
+  s.version   = "0.1.8"
+  s.date      = "2015-09-01"
   s.name      = "ruby_kml"
   s.summary   = "Generate KML files with ruby"
   s.email     = ""