diff --git a/backend/label_types/tests/test_views.py b/backend/label_types/tests/test_views.py
index 00198e9c..ab1d36aa 100644
--- a/backend/label_types/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/backend/label_types/tests/test_views.py
@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ class TestLabelCreate(CRUDMixin):
         self.assert_create(expected=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN)
 
 
+class TestAllowMemberToCreateLabelType(CRUDMixin):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpTestData(cls):
+        cls.project = prepare_project(ProjectType.DOCUMENT_CLASSIFICATION, allow_member_to_create_label_type=True)
+        cls.url = reverse(viewname="category_types", args=[cls.project.item.id])
+        cls.data = {"text": "example"}
+
+    def test_allows_member_to_create_label_type(self):
+        for member in self.project.members:
+            self.data["text"] = member.username
+            self.assert_create(member, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+
+
 class TestLabelDetailAPI(CRUDMixin):
     @classmethod
     def setUpTestData(cls):
diff --git a/backend/label_types/views.py b/backend/label_types/views.py
index 875cbc89..4293a1d4 100644
--- a/backend/label_types/views.py
+++ b/backend/label_types/views.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import json
 import re
 
 from django.db import IntegrityError, transaction
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
 from rest_framework import generics, status
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ParseError
@@ -18,7 +19,12 @@ from .serializers import (
     RelationTypeSerializer,
     SpanTypeSerializer,
 )
-from projects.permissions import IsProjectAdmin, IsProjectStaffAndReadOnly
+from projects.models import Project
+from projects.permissions import (
+    IsProjectAdmin,
+    IsProjectMember,
+    IsProjectStaffAndReadOnly,
+)
 
 
 def camel_to_snake(name):
@@ -35,7 +41,14 @@ class LabelList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
     filter_backends = [DjangoFilterBackend]
     serializer_class = LabelSerializer
     pagination_class = None
-    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated & (IsProjectAdmin | IsProjectStaffAndReadOnly)]
+
+    def get_permissions(self):
+        project = get_object_or_404(Project, pk=self.kwargs["project_id"])
+        if project.allow_member_to_create_label_type:
+            self.permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated & IsProjectMember]
+        else:
+            self.permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated & (IsProjectAdmin | IsProjectStaffAndReadOnly)]
+        return super().get_permissions()
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         return self.model.objects.filter(project=self.kwargs["project_id"])
diff --git a/backend/projects/migrations/0008_project_allow_member_to_create_label_type_and_more.py b/backend/projects/migrations/0008_project_allow_member_to_create_label_type_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af41b307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/projects/migrations/0008_project_allow_member_to_create_label_type_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.1.7 on 2023-06-07 04:57
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("projects", "0007_imagecaptioningproject_alter_project_project_type"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="project",
+            name="allow_member_to_create_label_type",
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="project",
+            name="project_type",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                choices=[
+                    ("DocumentClassification", "Document Classification"),
+                    ("SequenceLabeling", "Sequence Labeling"),
+                    ("Seq2seq", "Seq2Seq"),
+                    ("IntentDetectionAndSlotFilling", "Intent Detection And Slot Filling"),
+                    ("Speech2text", "Speech2Text"),
+                    ("ImageClassification", "Image Classification"),
+                    ("BoundingBox", "Bounding Box"),
+                    ("Segmentation", "Segmentation"),
+                    ("ImageCaptioning", "Image Captioning"),
+                ],
+                max_length=30,
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/projects/models.py b/backend/projects/models.py
index ed5d4218..c53a1059 100644
--- a/backend/projects/models.py
+++ b/backend/projects/models.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class Project(PolymorphicModel):
     random_order = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     collaborative_annotation = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     single_class_classification = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    allow_member_to_create_label_type = models.BooleanField(default=False)
 
     def add_admin(self):
         admin_role = Role.objects.get(name=settings.ROLE_PROJECT_ADMIN)
diff --git a/backend/projects/serializers.py b/backend/projects/serializers.py
index 3f8b09bc..861842d2 100644
--- a/backend/projects/serializers.py
+++ b/backend/projects/serializers.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class ProjectSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
             "author",
             "collaborative_annotation",
             "single_class_classification",
+            "allow_member_to_create_label_type",
             "is_text_project",
             "tags",
         ]