diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/Label.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/Label.java
index 926cedbdf..9a162f71e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/Label.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/Label.java
@@ -84,9 +84,12 @@ public class Label extends UIBean {
         if (value != null) {
             addParameter("nameValue", findString(value));
         } else if (key != null) {
-            // get the label from a TextProvider (default value is the key)
-            String providedLabel = TextProviderHelper.getText(key, key, stack);
-            addParameter("nameValue", providedLabel);
+            Object nameValue = parameters.get("nameValue");
+            if (nameValue == null || nameValue.toString().length() == 0) {
+                // get the label from a TextProvider (default value is the key)
+                String providedLabel = TextProviderHelper.getText(key, key, stack);
+                addParameter("nameValue", providedLabel);
+            }
         } else if (name != null) {
             String expr = completeExpressionIfAltSyntax(name);
             addParameter("nameValue", findString(expr));
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/LabelTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/LabelTest.java
index 98dadeaab..e17d85716 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/LabelTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/LabelTest.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class LabelTest extends AbstractUITagTest {
         tag.doStartTag();
         tag.doEndTag();
 
-        verify(LabelTest.class.getResource("Label-2.txt"));
+        verify(LabelTest.class.getResource("Label-5.txt"));
     }
 
     public void testGenericSimple() throws Exception {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class LabelTest extends AbstractUITagTest {
         verifyGenericProperties(tag, "xhtml", null);
     }
 
-    public void testWithKey() throws Exception {
+    public void testWithKeyNoValueFromStack() throws Exception {
         TestAction testAction = (TestAction) action;
         final String key = "labelKey";
         final String value = "baz";
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class LabelTest extends AbstractUITagTest {
         tag.setPageContext(pageContext);
         tag.setLabel("mylabel");
         tag.setFor("for");
-        tag.setName("foo");
+        tag.setName("foo2");
         tag.setKey(key);
 
         tag.doStartTag();
@@ -131,4 +131,25 @@ public class LabelTest extends AbstractUITagTest {
         verify(LabelTest.class.getResource("Label-2.txt"));
     }
 
+     public void testWithKeyValueFromStack() throws Exception {
+        TestAction testAction = (TestAction) action;
+        final String key = "labelKey";
+        final String value = "baz";
+        testAction.setText(key, value);
+
+        testAction.setFoo("output");
+
+        LabelTag tag = new LabelTag();
+        tag.setPageContext(pageContext);
+        tag.setLabel("mylabel");
+        tag.setFor("for");
+        tag.setName("foo");
+        tag.setKey(key);
+
+        tag.doStartTag();
+        tag.doEndTag();
+
+        verify(LabelTest.class.getResource("Label-4.txt"));
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-2.txt b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-2.txt
index 81faa6466..f4859443c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-2.txt
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-2.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <tr>
-    <td class="tdLabel"><label for="foo" class="label">mylabel:</label></td>
-    <td><label id="foo" for="for">baz</label></td>
+    <td class="tdLabel"><label for="foo2" class="label">mylabel:</label></td>
+    <td><label id="foo2" for="for">baz</label></td>
 </tr>
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-4.txt b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b190ae523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<tr>
+    <td class="tdLabel"><label for="foo" class="label">mylabel:</label></td>
+    <td><label id="foo" for="for">output</label></td>
+</tr>
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diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-5.txt b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17addde78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Label-5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<tr>
+    <td class="tdLabel"><label for="foo" class="label">mylabel:</label></td>
+    <td><label id="foo" for="for">baz</label></td>
+</tr>
\ No newline at end of file