diff --git a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go
index fbec795b..8de8bbc8 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func (l *loadbalancers) EnsureLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, clusterName stri
 		klog.Infof("created new NodeBalancer (%d) for service (%s)", nb.ID, serviceNn)
 
 	case nil:
-		if err = l.updateNodeBalancer(ctx, service, nodes, nb); err != nil {
+		if err = l.updateNodeBalancer(ctx, clusterName, service, nodes, nb); err != nil {
 			sentry.CaptureError(ctx, err)
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func (l *loadbalancers) EnsureLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, clusterName stri
 }
 
 //nolint:funlen
-func (l *loadbalancers) updateNodeBalancer(ctx context.Context, service *v1.Service, nodes []*v1.Node, nb *linodego.NodeBalancer) (err error) {
+func (l *loadbalancers) updateNodeBalancer(ctx context.Context, clusterName string, service *v1.Service, nodes []*v1.Node, nb *linodego.NodeBalancer) (err error) {
 	if len(nodes) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: service %s", errNoNodesAvailable, getServiceNn(service))
 	}
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func (l *loadbalancers) updateNodeBalancer(ctx context.Context, service *v1.Serv
 		}
 	}
 
-	tags := l.getLoadBalancerTags(ctx, service)
+	tags := l.getLoadBalancerTags(ctx, clusterName, service)
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(nb.Tags, tags) {
 		update := nb.GetUpdateOptions()
 		update.Tags = &tags
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func (l *loadbalancers) UpdateLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, clusterName stri
 		}
 	}
 
-	return l.updateNodeBalancer(ctx, serviceWithStatus, nodes, nb)
+	return l.updateNodeBalancer(ctx, clusterName, serviceWithStatus, nodes, nb)
 }
 
 // Delete any NodeBalancer configs for ports that no longer exist on the Service
@@ -505,19 +505,20 @@ func (l *loadbalancers) getNodeBalancerByID(ctx context.Context, service *v1.Ser
 	return nb, nil
 }
 
-func (l *loadbalancers) getLoadBalancerTags(_ context.Context, service *v1.Service) []string {
+func (l *loadbalancers) getLoadBalancerTags(_ context.Context, clusterName string, service *v1.Service) []string {
+	tags := []string{clusterName}
 	tagStr, ok := getServiceAnnotation(service, annLinodeLoadBalancerTags)
 	if ok {
-		return strings.Split(tagStr, ",")
+		return append(tags, strings.Split(tagStr, ",")...)
 	}
-	return []string{}
+	return tags
 }
 
 func (l *loadbalancers) createNodeBalancer(ctx context.Context, clusterName string, service *v1.Service, configs []*linodego.NodeBalancerConfigCreateOptions) (lb *linodego.NodeBalancer, err error) {
 	connThrottle := getConnectionThrottle(service)
 
 	label := l.GetLoadBalancerName(ctx, clusterName, service)
-	tags := l.getLoadBalancerTags(ctx, service)
+	tags := l.getLoadBalancerTags(ctx, clusterName, service)
 	createOpts := linodego.NodeBalancerCreateOptions{
 		Label:              &label,
 		Region:             l.zone,
diff --git a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers_test.go b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers_test.go
index b2250ffa..684f0353 100644
--- a/cloud/linode/loadbalancers_test.go
+++ b/cloud/linode/loadbalancers_test.go
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func testCreateNodeBalancer(t *testing.T, client *linodego.Client, _ *fakeAPI, f
 		t.Logf("actual: %v", nb.ClientConnThrottle)
 	}
 
-	expectedTags := []string{"fake", "test", "yolo"}
+	expectedTags := []string{"linodelb", "fake", "test", "yolo"}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(nb.Tags, expectedTags) {
 		t.Error("unexpected Tags")
 		t.Logf("expected: %v", expectedTags)
@@ -500,10 +500,11 @@ func testUpdateLoadBalancerAddTags(t *testing.T, client *linodego.Client, _ *fak
 	lb := &loadbalancers{client, "us-west", nil}
 	fakeClientset := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 	lb.kubeClient = fakeClientset
+	clusterName := "linodelb"
 
-	defer lb.EnsureLoadBalancerDeleted(context.TODO(), "linodelb", svc)
+	defer lb.EnsureLoadBalancerDeleted(context.TODO(), clusterName, svc)
 
-	lbStatus, err := lb.EnsureLoadBalancer(context.TODO(), "linodelb", svc, nodes)
+	lbStatus, err := lb.EnsureLoadBalancer(context.TODO(), clusterName, svc, nodes)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("EnsureLoadBalancer returned an error: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -515,7 +516,7 @@ func testUpdateLoadBalancerAddTags(t *testing.T, client *linodego.Client, _ *fak
 		annLinodeLoadBalancerTags: testTags,
 	})
 
-	err = lb.UpdateLoadBalancer(context.TODO(), "linodelb", svc, nodes)
+	err = lb.UpdateLoadBalancer(context.TODO(), clusterName, svc, nodes)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("UpdateLoadBalancer returned an error while updated annotations: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -525,7 +526,7 @@ func testUpdateLoadBalancerAddTags(t *testing.T, client *linodego.Client, _ *fak
 		t.Fatalf("failed to get NodeBalancer by status: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	expectedTags := strings.Split(testTags, ",")
+	expectedTags := append([]string{clusterName}, strings.Split(testTags, ",")...)
 	observedTags := nb.Tags
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedTags, observedTags) {