diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/schedule/create.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/schedule/create.go
index cba121f5d..be0982887 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/schedule/create.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/schedule/create.go
@@ -136,9 +136,10 @@ func (o *CreateOptions) Run(c *cobra.Command, f client.Factory) error {
 
 	schedule := &api.Schedule{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Namespace: f.Namespace(),
-			Name:      o.BackupOptions.Name,
-			Labels:    o.BackupOptions.Labels.Data(),
+			Namespace:   f.Namespace(),
+			Name:        o.BackupOptions.Name,
+			Labels:      o.BackupOptions.Labels.Data(),
+			Annotations: o.BackupOptions.Annotations.Data(),
 		},
 		Spec: api.ScheduleSpec{
 			Template: api.BackupSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/schedule/create_test.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/schedule/create_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85b259ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/schedule/create_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+Copyright the Velero contributors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package schedule
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	ctrlclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+
+	velerov1api "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v1"
+	factorymocks "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/client/mocks"
+	cmdtest "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/cmd/test"
+	velerotest "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/test"
+)
+
+// TestCreateScheduleAppliesAnnotations verifies that --annotations reaches the created
+// Schedule object. Backups generated from a Schedule inherit schedule.Annotations (see
+// BackupBuilder.FromSchedule), so dropping them here silently strips the annotations from
+// every backup the schedule produces.
+func TestCreateScheduleAppliesAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
+	crClient := velerotest.NewFakeControllerRuntimeClient(t)
+
+	f := &factorymocks.Factory{}
+	f.On("Namespace").Return(cmdtest.VeleroNameSpace)
+	f.On("KubebuilderClient").Return(crClient, nil)
+
+	o := NewCreateOptions()
+	o.Schedule = "@daily"
+	o.BackupOptions.Name = "test-schedule"
+	require.NoError(t, o.BackupOptions.Annotations.Set("owner=team-a,purpose=nightly"))
+	require.NoError(t, o.BackupOptions.Labels.Set("env=prod"))
+
+	require.NoError(t, o.Run(&cobra.Command{}, f))
+
+	created := new(velerov1api.Schedule)
+	require.NoError(t, crClient.Get(t.Context(), ctrlclient.ObjectKey{
+		Namespace: cmdtest.VeleroNameSpace,
+		Name:      "test-schedule",
+	}, created))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"env": "prod"}, created.Labels)
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"owner": "team-a", "purpose": "nightly"}, created.Annotations)
+}