diff --git a/laravel/documentation/views/forms.md b/laravel/documentation/views/forms.md
index cee6287a..538fd935 100644
--- a/laravel/documentation/views/forms.md
+++ b/laravel/documentation/views/forms.md
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ Laravel provides an easy method of protecting your application from cross-site r
 
 	echo Form::label('email', 'E-Mail Address', array('class' => 'awesome'));
 
+#### Turning off HTML escaping of label contents:
+
+	echo Form::label('confirm', 'Are you <strong>sure</strong> you want to proceed?', null, false);
+	
+You can pass ```false``` as the optional fourth argument to disable automatic HTML escaping of the label content.
+
+
+
 > **Note:** After creating a label, any form element you create with a name matching the label name will automatically receive an ID matching the label name as well.
 
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diff --git a/laravel/form.php b/laravel/form.php
index 5a450b52..d14cad69 100644
--- a/laravel/form.php
+++ b/laravel/form.php
@@ -182,13 +182,15 @@ class Form {
 	 * @param  array   $attributes
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public static function label($name, $value, $attributes = array())
+	public static function label($name, $value, $attributes = array(), $escape_html = true)
 	{
 		static::$labels[] = $name;
 
 		$attributes = HTML::attributes($attributes);
 
-		$value = HTML::entities($value);
+		if ($escape_html) {
+			$value = HTML::entities($value);
+		}
 
 		return '<label for="'.$name.'"'.$attributes.'>'.$value.'</label>';
 	}
diff --git a/laravel/tests/cases/form.test.php b/laravel/tests/cases/form.test.php
index 5f6f7fa3..8791dfd1 100644
--- a/laravel/tests/cases/form.test.php
+++ b/laravel/tests/cases/form.test.php
@@ -111,9 +111,11 @@ class FormTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 	{
 		$form1 = Form::label('foo', 'Foobar');
 		$form2 = Form::label('foo', 'Foobar', array('class' => 'control-label'));
+		$form3 = Form::label('foo', 'Foobar <i>baz</i>', null, false);
 
 		$this->assertEquals('<label for="foo">Foobar</label>', $form1);
 		$this->assertEquals('<label for="foo" class="control-label">Foobar</label>', $form2);
+		$this->assertEquals('<label for="foo">Foobar <i>baz</i></label>', $form3);
 	}
 
 	/**