diff --git a/lib/rules/object.js b/lib/rules/object.js
index 0b87b0c..2a79db6 100644
--- a/lib/rules/object.js
+++ b/lib/rules/object.js
@@ -50,20 +50,20 @@ module.exports = function ({ schema, messages }, path, context) {
 
 		for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
 			const property = keys[i];
-
+			const rule = this.getRuleFromSchema(subSchema[property]);
+			
 			const name = escapeEvalString(property);
 			const safeSubName = identifierRegex.test(name) ? `.${name}` : `['${name}']`;
 			const safePropName = `parentObj${safeSubName}`;
 			const newPath = (path ? path + "." : "") + property;
 
-			const labelName = subSchema[property].label;
+			const labelName = rule.schema.label;
 			const label = labelName ? `'${escapeEvalString(labelName)}'` : undefined;
 			
 			sourceCode.push(`\n// Field: ${escapeEvalString(newPath)}`);
 			sourceCode.push(`field = parentField ? parentField + "${safeSubName}" : "${name}";`);
 			sourceCode.push(`value = ${safePropName};`);
 			sourceCode.push(`label = ${label}`);
-			const rule = this.getRuleFromSchema(subSchema[property]);
 			const innerSource = `
 				${safePropName} = ${context.async ? "await " : ""}context.fn[%%INDEX%%](value, field, parentObj, errors, context, label);
 			`;
diff --git a/test/rules/object.spec.js b/test/rules/object.spec.js
index a6fde96..074ae2c 100644
--- a/test/rules/object.spec.js
+++ b/test/rules/object.spec.js
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ describe("Test rule: object", () => {
 		expect(v.validate({foo:"bar"}, {$$root: true, type: "object", maxProps: 0, strict: "remove"})).toEqual([{actual: 1, field: undefined, message: "The object '' must contain 0 properties at most.", type: "objectMaxProps", expected: 0}]);
 	});
 
+	it("shorthand label",()=>{
+		const check = v.compile({ $$root: true, type: "object", props: { shorthand_label: "string|label:My Label" } });
+		const res = check({ shorthand_label: 123 });
+		expect(res[0].label).toEqual("My Label");
+		
+	});
 
 	describe("Test sanitization", () => {
 
diff --git a/test/validator.spec.js b/test/validator.spec.js
index c6ed2b1..d6aad2e 100644
--- a/test/validator.spec.js
+++ b/test/validator.spec.js
@@ -251,6 +251,11 @@ describe("Test getRuleFromSchema method", () => {
 			expect(res2.schema).toEqual({ type: "array", optional: true, items: "string", min: 1 });
 		});
 
+		it("should convert label", () => {
+			const res = v.getRuleFromSchema("string|label:My Label");
+			expect(res.schema).toEqual({ type: "string", label: "My Label" });
+		});
+
 	});
 
 	describe("Test objects shorthand rule ($$type)", () => {