diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/Checkbox.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/Checkbox.java
index 5b4d99839..6c6b08a34 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/Checkbox.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/Checkbox.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class Checkbox extends UIBean {
     @Override
     @StrutsTagAttribute(description="(Deprecated) Define label position of form element (top/left), also 'right' is supported when using 'xhtml' theme")
     public void setLabelposition(String labelPosition) {
-        super.setLabelPosition(labelPosition);
+        super.setLabelposition(labelPosition);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/UIBean.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/UIBean.java
index 21ae1d588..2dc82f630 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/UIBean.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/UIBean.java
@@ -1106,6 +1106,7 @@ public abstract class UIBean extends Component {
     @StrutsTagAttribute(description="(Deprecated) Define label position of form element (top/left)")
     @Deprecated
     public void setLabelposition(String labelPosition) {
+        LOG.warn("\"labelposition\" attribute is deprecated, please use \"labelPosition\" instead!");
         this.labelPosition = labelPosition;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/AbstractUITag.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/AbstractUITag.java
index 6c4323805..44bad4364 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/AbstractUITag.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/AbstractUITag.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
  * Abstract base class for all UI tags.
  */
 public abstract class AbstractUITag extends ComponentTagSupport implements DynamicAttributes {
+
     protected String cssClass;
     protected String cssErrorClass;
     protected String cssStyle;
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractUITag extends ComponentTagSupport implements Dynam
     protected String disabled;
     protected String label;
     protected String labelSeparator;
+    @Deprecated
+    protected String labelposition;
     protected String labelPosition;
     protected String requiredPosition;
     protected String errorPosition;
@@ -90,7 +93,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractUITag extends ComponentTagSupport implements Dynam
         uiBean.setDisabled(disabled);
         uiBean.setLabel(label);
         uiBean.setLabelSeparator(labelSeparator);
-        uiBean.setLabelPosition(labelPosition);
+        if (labelposition != null) {
+            uiBean.setLabelposition(labelposition);
+        } else {
+            uiBean.setLabelPosition(labelPosition);
+        }
         uiBean.setRequiredPosition(requiredPosition);
         uiBean.setErrorPosition(errorPosition);
         uiBean.setName(name);
@@ -176,8 +183,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractUITag extends ComponentTagSupport implements Dynam
      * @deprecated use {@link #setLabelPosition(String)} instead
      */
     @Deprecated
-    public void setLabelposition(String labelPosition) {
-        this.labelPosition = labelPosition;
+    public void setLabelposition(String labelposition) {
+        this.labelposition = labelposition;
     }
 
     public void setLabelPosition(String labelPosition) {