diff --git a/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_parser.c b/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_parser.c
index c2d597d329..28b4de4b2c 100644
--- a/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_parser.c
+++ b/apps/gui/skin_engine/skin_parser.c
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ static int parse_progressbar_tag(struct skin_element* element,
     char *image_filename = NULL;
 #ifdef HAVE_TOUCHSCREEN
     bool suppress_touchregion = false;
+    char *touchregion_label = NULL;
 #endif
 
     if (element->params_count == 0 &&
@@ -1156,6 +1157,17 @@ static int parse_progressbar_tag(struct skin_element* element,
 #ifdef HAVE_TOUCHSCREEN
         else if (pb_op == eNOTOUCH)
             suppress_touchregion = true;
+        else if (!strcmp(text, "touchlabel"))
+        {
+            if (curr_param+1 < element->params_count)
+            {
+                curr_param++;
+                param++;
+                touchregion_label = SKINOFFSETTOPTR(skin_buffer, param->data.text);
+            }
+            else /* option needs the next param */
+                return -1;
+        }
 #endif
         else if (token->type == SKIN_TOKEN_SETTING && pb_op == eSETTING_OFFSET)
         {
@@ -1285,7 +1297,7 @@ static int parse_progressbar_tag(struct skin_element* element,
         region->press_length = PRESS;
         region->last_press = -1;
         region->bar = PTRTOSKINOFFSET(skin_buffer, pb);
-        region->label = PTRTOSKINOFFSET(skin_buffer, NULL);
+        region->label = PTRTOSKINOFFSET(skin_buffer, touchregion_label);
 
         item = new_skin_token_list_item(NULL, region);
         if (!item)
diff --git a/manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex b/manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex
index 4084e424c9..762dbbad41 100644
--- a/manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex
+++ b/manual/appendix/wps_tags.tex
@@ -758,6 +758,7 @@ display cycling round the defined sublines. See
     ``slider'' option).
     \opt{touchscreen}{
         \item[notouch] -- don't create the touchregion for progress/volume bars.
+        \item[touchlabel] -- the next option sets the label of the bar touch area, for linking with the \%Tl tag.
     }
   \item[soffset] -- For compound settings (such as the equalizer), this lets you pick which element in the set to use. The next param must be the number.  Must be specified prior to the setting name.
   \item[setting] -- Specify the setting name to draw the bar from (bar must be