diff --git a/ActiveField.php b/ActiveField.php
index 2f72b28..3181a6c 100644
--- a/ActiveField.php
+++ b/ActiveField.php
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ class ActiveField extends \yii\widgets\ActiveField
                 $this->template = $options['template'];
                 unset($options['template']);
             }
+            if (isset($options['label'])) {
+                $this->parts['{labelTitle}'] = $options['label'];
+            }
             if ($this->form->layout === 'horizontal') {
                 Html::addCssClass($this->wrapperOptions, $this->horizontalCssClasses['offset']);
             }
@@ -223,6 +226,9 @@ class ActiveField extends \yii\widgets\ActiveField
                 $this->template = $options['template'];
                 unset($options['template']);
             }
+            if (isset($options['label'])) {
+                $this->parts['{labelTitle}'] = $options['label'];
+            }
             if ($this->form->layout === 'horizontal') {
                 Html::addCssClass($this->wrapperOptions, $this->horizontalCssClasses['offset']);
             }
@@ -381,6 +387,8 @@ class ActiveField extends \yii\widgets\ActiveField
         }
         $this->parts['{beginLabel}'] = Html::beginTag('label', $options);
         $this->parts['{endLabel}'] = Html::endTag('label');
-        $this->parts['{labelTitle}'] = $label;
+        if (!isset($this->parts['{labelTitle}'])) {
+            $this->parts['{labelTitle}'] = $label;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3532d7a..569d6ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 bootstrap extension Change Log
 2.0.4 under development
 -----------------------
 
+- Bug #18: `label` option ignored by `yii\bootstrap\Activefield::checkbox()` and `yii\bootstrap\Activefield::radio()` (mikehaertl)
 - Bug #5984: `yii\bootstrap\Activefield::checkbox()` caused browser to link label to the wrong input (cebe)
 - Enh #7633: Added `ActionColumn::$buttonOptions` for defining HTML options to be added to the default buttons (cebe)
 - Enh: Added `Nav::$dropDownCaret` to allow customization of the dropdown caret symbol (cebe)