diff --git a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_description.js b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_description.js
index 3838aaf414..028e65b44a 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_description.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_description.js
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
 var et2_description = et2_baseWidget.extend([et2_IDetachedDOM],
 {
 	attributes: {
+		"label": {
+			"name": "Label",
+			"default": "",
+			"type": "string",
+			"description": "The label is displayed by default in front (for radiobuttons behind) each widget (if not empty). If you want to specify a different position, use a '%s' in the label, which gets replaced by the widget itself. Eg. '%s Name' to have the label Name behind a checkbox. The label can contain variables, as descript for name. If the label starts with a '@' it is replaced by the value of the content-array at this index (with the '@'-removed and after expanding the variables).",
+			"translate": true
+		},
 		"value": {
 			"name": "Value",
 			"type": "string",
@@ -119,6 +126,63 @@ var et2_description = et2_baseWidget.extend([et2_IDetachedDOM],
 		}
 	},
 
+	set_label: function(_value) {
+		// Abort if ther was no change in the label
+		if (_value == this.label)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (_value)
+		{
+			// Create the label container if it didn't exist yet
+			if (this._labelContainer == null)
+			{
+				this._labelContainer = $j(document.createElement("label"))
+					.addClass("et2_label");
+				this.getSurroundings().insertDOMNode(this._labelContainer[0]);
+			}
+
+			// Clear the label container.
+			this._labelContainer.empty();
+
+			// Create the placeholder element and set it
+			var ph = document.createElement("span");
+			this.getSurroundings().setWidgetPlaceholder(ph);
+
+			// Split the label at the "%s"
+			var parts = et2_csvSplit(_value, 2, "%s");
+
+			// Update the content of the label container
+			for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++)
+			{
+				if (parts[i])
+				{
+					this._labelContainer.append(document.createTextNode(parts[i]));
+				}
+				if (i == 0)
+				{
+					this._labelContainer.append(ph);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// Delete the labelContainer from the surroundings object
+			if (this._labelContainer)
+			{
+				this.getSurroundings().removeDOMNode(this._labelContainer[0]);
+			}
+			this._labelContainer = null;
+		}
+
+		// Update the surroundings in order to reflect the change in the label
+		this.getSurroundings().update();
+
+		// Copy the given value
+		this.label = _value;
+	},
+
 	set_value: function(_value) {
 		if (!_value) _value = "";
 		if (!this.options.no_lang) _value = this.egw().lang(_value);