diff --git a/src/modules/dbxmldatabases.py b/src/modules/dbxmldatabases.py
index 02bf67e..52aa4f0 100644
--- a/src/modules/dbxmldatabases.py
+++ b/src/modules/dbxmldatabases.py
@@ -237,7 +237,17 @@ def __init__():
                         for node in documentNode.xpathEval("*"):
                             doc = libxml2.newDoc("1.0")
                             doc.setRootElement(node)
-                            container.putDocument(documentNode.prop("name"), doc.serialize(), updateContext)
+                            document = manager.createDocument()
+                            document.setContent(doc.serialize())
+                            document.setName(documentNode.prop("name"))
+                            label = documentNode.prop("label")
+                            if label:
+                                document.setMetaData(
+                                    "http://www.sleepycat.com/2002/dbxml",
+                                    "label",
+                                    dbxml.XmlValue(label)
+                                )
+                            container.putDocument(document, updateContext)
         indexSpecification = dbxml.XmlIndexSpecification()
         for node in configuration.evaluateXpath(
             """yep:module[@name="%s"]/yep:container[@name="%s"]/yep:index""" % (