2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/diff/diff.c b/usr.bin/diff/diff.c
index 7755419f2a45..82e60c953a67 100644
--- a/usr.bin/diff/diff.c
+++ b/usr.bin/diff/diff.c
@@ -465,6 +465,9 @@ print_only(const char *path, size_t dirlen, const char *entry)
 void
 print_status(int val, char *path1, char *path2, const char *entry)
 {
+	if (label[0] != NULL) path1 = label[0];
+	if (label[1] != NULL) path2 = label[1];
+
 	switch (val) {
 	case D_BINARY:
 		printf("Binary files %s%s and %s%s differ\n",
diff --git a/usr.bin/diff/tests/diff_test.sh b/usr.bin/diff/tests/diff_test.sh
index 6f4b484b3a37..3a3883540e8c 100755
--- a/usr.bin/diff/tests/diff_test.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/diff/tests/diff_test.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ atf_test_case b230049
 atf_test_case Bflag
 atf_test_case tabsize
 atf_test_case conflicting_format
+atf_test_case label
 
 simple_body()
 {
@@ -195,6 +196,17 @@ conflicting_format_body()
 	atf_check -s exit:1 -o ignore -e ignore diff --normal --normal A B
 }
 
+label_body()
+{
+	printf "\tA\n" > A
+
+	atf_check -o inline:"Files hello and world are identical\n" \
+		-s exit:0 diff --label hello --label world -s A A
+
+	atf_check -o inline:"Binary files hello and world differ\n" \
+		-s exit:1 diff --label hello --label world `which diff` `which ls`
+}
+
 atf_init_test_cases()
 {
 	atf_add_test_case simple
@@ -209,4 +221,5 @@ atf_init_test_cases()
 	atf_add_test_case Bflag
 	atf_add_test_case tabsize
 	atf_add_test_case conflicting_format
+	atf_add_test_case label
 }