diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 1fd1eac9..01543060 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -649,6 +649,20 @@ export class Summary<T extends string = string> {
 	 */
 	labels(labels: LabelValues<T>): Summary.Internal<T>;
 
+	/**
+	 * Initializes to 0 for given label values
+	 * @param values Label values
+	 * @return Configured summary with given labels
+	 */
+	initLabels(...values: string[]): Summary.Internal<T>;
+
+	/**
+	 * Initializes to 0 for given label values
+	 * @param labels Object with label keys and values
+	 * @return Configured counter with given labels
+	 */
+	initLabels(labels: LabelValues<T>): Summary.Internal<T>;
+
 	/**
 	 * Remove metrics for the given label values
 	 * @param values Label values
diff --git a/lib/summary.js b/lib/summary.js
index 28fdb07a..ed44e2e6 100644
--- a/lib/summary.js
+++ b/lib/summary.js
@@ -103,6 +103,22 @@ class Summary extends Metric {
 		return startTimer.call(this, labels)();
 	}
 
+	initLabels(...args) {
+		const labels = getLabels(this.labelNames, args);
+		validateLabel(this.labelNames, labels);
+		const hash = hashObject(labels, this.sortedLabelNames);
+		let summaryOfLabel = this.hashMap[hash];
+		if (!summaryOfLabel) {
+			summaryOfLabel = {
+				labels,
+				td: new timeWindowQuantiles(this.maxAgeSeconds, this.ageBuckets),
+				count: 0,
+				sum: 0,
+			};
+			this.hashMap[hash] = summaryOfLabel;
+		}
+	}
+
 	labels(...args) {
 		const labels = getLabels(this.labelNames, args);
 		validateLabel(this.labelNames, labels);
diff --git a/test/summaryTest.js b/test/summaryTest.js
index 306c9b8b..50a03963 100644
--- a/test/summaryTest.js
+++ b/test/summaryTest.js
@@ -307,6 +307,45 @@ describe.each([
 						expect(value.labels.method).toBe('GET');
 					});
 				});
+
+				it.only('can init labels to 0', async () => {
+					instance.initLabels('GET', '/test');
+
+					const { values } = await instance.get();
+					expect(values).toHaveLength(3);
+					expect(values[0].labels.method).toEqual('GET');
+					expect(values[0].labels.endpoint).toEqual('/test');
+					expect(values[0].labels.quantile).toEqual(0.9);
+					expect(values[0].value).toEqual(0);
+
+					expect(values[1].metricName).toEqual('summary_test_sum');
+					expect(values[1].labels.method).toEqual('GET');
+					expect(values[1].labels.endpoint).toEqual('/test');
+					expect(values[1].value).toEqual(0);
+
+					expect(values[2].metricName).toEqual('summary_test_count');
+					expect(values[2].labels.method).toEqual('GET');
+					expect(values[2].labels.endpoint).toEqual('/test');
+					expect(values[2].value).toEqual(0);
+				});
+
+				it.only('can init labels passed as an object', async () => {
+					instance.initLabels({ method: 'GET' });
+
+					const { values } = await instance.get();
+					expect(values).toHaveLength(3);
+					expect(values[0].labels.method).toEqual('GET');
+					expect(values[0].labels.quantile).toEqual(0.9);
+					expect(values[0].value).toEqual(0);
+
+					expect(values[1].metricName).toEqual('summary_test_sum');
+					expect(values[1].labels.method).toEqual('GET');
+					expect(values[1].value).toEqual(0);
+
+					expect(values[2].metricName).toEqual('summary_test_count');
+					expect(values[2].labels.method).toEqual('GET');
+					expect(values[2].value).toEqual(0);
+				});
 			});
 
 			describe('remove', () => {