3 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
index 8aa0b42fe1..8d89f74c3b 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ module ActionView
       def radio_button(object_name, method, tag_value, options = {})
         InstanceTag.new(object_name, method, self, nil, options.delete(:object)).to_radio_button_tag(tag_value, options)
       end
+      
+      
+      def label(object_name, method, options = {})
+        InstanceTag.new(object_name, method, self, nil, options.delete(:object)).to_label_tag(options)
+      end
     end
 
     class InstanceTag #:nodoc:
@@ -328,6 +333,10 @@ module ActionView
         tag_text << ">True</option></select>"
       end
       
+      def to_label_tag(options = {})
+        label_tag(options.delete(:text) || value(object).humanize, options.reverse_merge(:for => tag_id))
+      end
+      
       def to_content_tag(tag_name, options = {})
         content_tag(tag_name, value(object), options)
       end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
index e2e796e7c8..661034e5ca 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ module ActionView
         tag :input, html_options
       end
 
+      # Creates a label tag.
+      def label_tag(text, options = {})
+        content_tag :label, text, options
+      end
+
       # Creates a submit button with the text <tt>value</tt> as the caption. If options contains a pair with the key of "disable_with",
       # then the value will be used to rename a disabled version of the submit button.
       def submit_tag(value = "Save changes", options = {})
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/form_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/form_helper_test.rb
index a7ceb6b30f..f7d51b2f2d 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/form_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/form_helper_test.rb
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ class FormHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     )
   end
 
+  def test_label
+    assert_dom_equal('<label for="post_body">Body</label>', label("post", "body"))
+    assert_dom_equal('<label for="post_body">Super body</label>', label("post", "body", :text => "Super body"))
+    assert_dom_equal('<label for="post_body" class="strong">Super body</label>', label("post", "body", :text => "Super body", :class => "strong"))
+  end
+
   def test_explicit_name
     assert_dom_equal(
       '<input id="post_title" name="dont guess" size="30" type="text" value="Hello World" />', text_field("post", "title", "name" => "dont guess")