diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/gearman/CustomGearmanFunctionFactory.java b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/gearman/CustomGearmanFunctionFactory.java
index 97683c6..b4e5260 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/gearman/CustomGearmanFunctionFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/gearman/CustomGearmanFunctionFactory.java
@@ -51,30 +51,32 @@ public class CustomGearmanFunctionFactory extends DefaultGearmanFunctionFactory
     public CustomGearmanFunctionFactory(String functionName, String className,
                                         AbstractProject<?,?> project, Computer computer,
                                         String masterName,
-                                        MyGearmanWorkerImpl worker) {
+                                        MyGearmanWorkerImpl worker,
+                                        String label) {
         super(functionName, className);
         this.theClass = className;
         this.project = project;
         this.computer = computer;
         this.masterName = masterName;
         this.worker = worker;
+        this.label = label;
     }
 
 
     @Override
     public GearmanFunction getFunction() {
         return createFunctionInstance(theClass, project, computer, masterName,
-                                      worker);
+                                      worker, label);
     }
 
-    private static GearmanFunction createFunctionInstance(String className, AbstractProject<?,?> project, Computer computer, String masterName, MyGearmanWorkerImpl worker) {
+    private static GearmanFunction createFunctionInstance(String className, AbstractProject<?,?> project, Computer computer, String masterName, MyGearmanWorkerImpl worker, String label) {
 
         GearmanFunction f = null;
         try {
 
             Class<?> c = Class.forName(className);
-            Constructor<?> con = c.getConstructor(new Class[]{AbstractProject.class, Computer.class, String.class, MyGearmanWorkerImpl.class});
-            Object o = con.newInstance(new Object[] {project, computer, masterName, worker});
+            Constructor<?> con = c.getConstructor(new Class[]{AbstractProject.class, Computer.class, String.class, MyGearmanWorkerImpl.class, String.class});
+            Object o = con.newInstance(new Object[] {project, computer, masterName, worker, label});
 
             if (o instanceof GearmanFunction) {
                 f = (GearmanFunction) o;
diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/gearman/ExecutorWorkerThread.java b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/gearman/ExecutorWorkerThread.java
index 7409b00..384de32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/gearman/ExecutorWorkerThread.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/gearman/ExecutorWorkerThread.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class ExecutorWorkerThread extends AbstractWorkerThread{
                         String jobFunctionName = "build:" + projectName;
                         newFunctionMap.put(jobFunctionName, new CustomGearmanFunctionFactory(
                             jobFunctionName, StartJobWorker.class.getName(),
-                            project, computer, this.masterName, worker));
+                            project, computer, this.masterName, worker, null));
                     }
                 } else { // register "build:$projectName:$label" if this
                          // node matches a node from the project label
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class ExecutorWorkerThread extends AbstractWorkerThread{
                         // register without label (i.e. "build:$projectName")
                         newFunctionMap.put(jobFunctionName, new CustomGearmanFunctionFactory(
                                 jobFunctionName, StartJobWorker.class.getName(),
-                                project, computer, this.masterName, worker));
+                                project, computer, this.masterName, worker, null));
                         // iterate over the intersection of project and node labels
                         for (LabelAtom labelAtom : nodeProjectLabelAtoms) {
                             jobFunctionName = "build:" + projectName
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ public class ExecutorWorkerThread extends AbstractWorkerThread{
                             // register with label (i.e. "build:$projectName:$label")
                             newFunctionMap.put(jobFunctionName, new CustomGearmanFunctionFactory(
                                     jobFunctionName, StartJobWorker.class.getName(),
-                                    project, computer, this.masterName, worker));
+                                    project, computer, this.masterName, worker,
+                                    labelAtom.getDisplayName()));
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/gearman/StartJobWorker.java b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/gearman/StartJobWorker.java
index ecc0f0b..22d89c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/gearman/StartJobWorker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/gearman/StartJobWorker.java
@@ -72,11 +72,12 @@ public class StartJobWorker extends AbstractGearmanFunction {
     MyGearmanWorkerImpl worker;
 
     public StartJobWorker(AbstractProject<?, ?> project, Computer computer, String masterName,
-                          MyGearmanWorkerImpl worker) {
+                          MyGearmanWorkerImpl worker, String label) {
         this.project = project;
         this.computer = computer;
         this.masterName = masterName;
         this.worker = worker;
+        this.label = label;
     }
 
    private String buildStatusData(AbstractBuild<?, ?> build) {
@@ -89,6 +90,9 @@ public class StartJobWorker extends AbstractGearmanFunction {
        data.put("number", build.getNumber());
        data.put("manager", masterName);
        data.put("worker", this.worker.getWorkerID());
+       if (label != null) {
+           data.put("label", label);
+       }
 
        String rootUrl = Hudson.getInstance().getRootUrl();
        if (rootUrl != null) {