diff --git a/packages/genodelabs/default.nix b/packages/genodelabs/default.nix
index 3ac9a54..cd977a7 100644
--- a/packages/genodelabs/default.nix
+++ b/packages/genodelabs/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ in stdenvGcc.mkDerivation ({
     sha256 = "0j0wfwqmv8mivfkpra1pb02a8dy1nnsakr3v6l5y964dfkq3737i";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./unlabeled-log.patch ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = with nixpkgs.buildPackages; [ binutils tcl which ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
diff --git a/packages/genodelabs/unlabeled-log.patch b/packages/genodelabs/unlabeled-log.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aaef849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/genodelabs/unlabeled-log.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+diff --git a/repos/base/src/core/include/log_root.h b/repos/base/src/core/include/log_root.h
+index db98ebfc5b..085c6053f9 100644
+--- a/repos/base/src/core/include/log_root.h
++++ b/repos/base/src/core/include/log_root.h
+@@ -30,12 +30,7 @@ namespace Genode {
+ 			 */
+ 			Log_session_component *_create_session(const char *args) override
+ 			{
+-				char label_buf[Log_session_component::LABEL_LEN];
+-
+-				Arg label_arg = Arg_string::find_arg(args, "label");
+-				label_arg.string(label_buf, sizeof(label_buf), "");
+-
+-				return new (md_alloc()) Log_session_component(label_buf);
++				return new (md_alloc()) Log_session_component(label_from_args(args));
+ 			}
+ 
+ 		public:
+diff --git a/repos/base/src/core/include/log_session_component.h b/repos/base/src/core/include/log_session_component.h
+index 7b6ddab815..29bda822cc 100644
+--- a/repos/base/src/core/include/log_session_component.h
++++ b/repos/base/src/core/include/log_session_component.h
+@@ -17,27 +17,32 @@
+ #include <util/string.h>
+ #include <base/log.h>
+ #include <base/rpc_server.h>
++#include <base/session_label.h>
+ #include <log_session/log_session.h>
+ 
+ namespace Genode {
+ 
+ 	class Log_session_component : public Rpc_object<Log_session>
+ 	{
+-		public:
+-
+-			enum { LABEL_LEN = 128 };
+-
+ 		private:
+ 
+-			char _label[LABEL_LEN];
++			Session_label const _label;
++
++			static Session_label _expand_label(Session_label const &label)
++			{
++				if (label == "init -> unlabeled")
++					return "";
++				else
++					return Session_label("[", label, "] ");
++			}
+ 
+ 		public:
+ 
+ 			/**
+ 			 * Constructor
+ 			 */
+-			Log_session_component(const char *label) {
+-				strncpy(_label, label, sizeof(_label)); }
++			Log_session_component(Session_label const &label)
++			: _label(_expand_label(label)) { }
+ 
+ 
+ 			/*****************
+@@ -54,21 +59,17 @@ namespace Genode {
+ 				char const *string = string_buf.string();
+ 				size_t len = strlen(string);
+ 
+-				char buf[string_buf.MAX_SIZE];
+ 				unsigned from_i = 0;
+-
+ 				for (unsigned i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+ 					if (string[i] == '\n') {
+-						memcpy(buf, string + from_i, i - from_i);
+-						buf[i - from_i] = 0;
+-						log("[", Cstring(_label), "] ", Cstring(buf));
++						log(_label, Cstring(string + from_i, i - from_i));
+ 						from_i = i + 1;
+ 					}
+ 				}
+ 
+ 				/* if last character of string was not a line break, add one */
+ 				if (from_i < len)
+-					log("[", Cstring(_label), "] ", Cstring(string + from_i));
++					log(_label, Cstring(string + from_i));
+ 
+ 				return len;
+ 			}