diff --git a/package/base-files/files/bin/config_generate b/package/base-files/files/bin/config_generate
index 3ca035ca8b..0b26afe57f 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/bin/config_generate
+++ b/package/base-files/files/bin/config_generate
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ generate_static_system() {
 				uci -q set "system.@system[-1].hostname=$hostname"
 			fi
 
+			local label_macaddr
+			if json_get_var label_macaddr label_macaddr; then
+				uci -q set "system.@system[-1].label_macaddr=$label_macaddr"
+			fi
+
 			if json_is_a ntpserver array; then
 				local keys key
 				json_get_keys keys ntpserver
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/system.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/system.sh
index 3051ac8476..cb0508fe9c 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/system.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/system.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ get_mac_label() {
 
 	[ -n "$macdevice" ] && macaddr=$(get_mac_binary "$basepath/$macdevice/mac-address" 0 2>/dev/null)
 	[ -n "$macaddr" ] || macaddr=$(get_mac_binary "$basepath/$macdevice/local-mac-address" 0 2>/dev/null)
+	[ -n "$macaddr" ] || macaddr=$(uci -q get system.@system[0].label_macaddr)
 	echo $macaddr
 }
 
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh
index 2fb7555969..c2c6dc3fdc 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh
@@ -307,6 +307,14 @@ ucidef_set_interface_macaddr() {
 	ucidef_set_interface "$network" macaddr "$macaddr"
 }
 
+ucidef_set_label_macaddr() {
+	local macaddr="$1"
+
+	json_select_object system
+		json_add_string label_macaddr "$macaddr"
+	json_select ..
+}
+
 ucidef_add_atm_bridge() {
 	local vpi="$1"
 	local vci="$2"