diff --git a/webapp/config/tlds/vitroForm.tld b/webapp/config/tlds/vitroForm.tld
index 7c9de7131..ff855ca2f 100644
--- a/webapp/config/tlds/vitroForm.tld
+++ b/webapp/config/tlds/vitroForm.tld
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@
 			<name>cssClass</name>
 			<required>false</required>
 			<rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
-		</attribute>
+        </attribute>
+    	<attribute>
+    		<name>labelClass</name>
+    		<required>false</required>
+    		<rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
+    	</attribute>
 		<attribute>
 			<name>value</name>
 			<required>false</required>
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/InputElementFormattingTag.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/InputElementFormattingTag.java
index 8c3236114..bdd517f3e 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/InputElementFormattingTag.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/jsptags/InputElementFormattingTag.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public class InputElementFormattingTag extends TagSupport {
     private String  type;
     private String  label;
     private String  cssClass;
+    private String  labelClass;
     private String  value;
     private String  error;
     private int     size = 0;
@@ -94,6 +95,13 @@ public class InputElementFormattingTag extends TagSupport {
     public void setCssClass(String classStr) {
         this.cssClass = classStr;
     }
+    
+    public String getLabelClass() {
+        return labelClass;
+    }
+    public void setLabelClass(String labelClassStr) {
+        this.labelClass = labelClassStr;
+    }
 
     public String getValue() {
         return value;
@@ -157,6 +165,14 @@ public class InputElementFormattingTag extends TagSupport {
     public void setCancel(String s){
         cancel = s;
     }
+    
+    private String doLabelClass() {
+        String labelClass = getLabelClass();
+        if (labelClass != null && !labelClass.equals("")) {
+            return " class=\""+labelClass+"\"";
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
 
     private String doClass() {
         /* only insert the class attribute if it has been populated */
@@ -350,7 +366,7 @@ public class InputElementFormattingTag extends TagSupport {
             
             if( getLabel()!=null && !getLabel().equals("")) {
                 if (definitionTags) { out.println("<dt>"); }
-                out.println("<label for=\""+getId()+"\">"+getLabel()+"</label>");
+                out.println("<label" + doLabelClass() + " for=\""+getId()+"\">"+getLabel()+"</label>");
                 if (definitionTags) { out.println("</dt>"); }
             }
             
diff --git a/webapp/web/edit/formPrefix.jsp b/webapp/web/edit/formPrefix.jsp
index 2b660ee04..7f2396d70 100644
--- a/webapp/web/edit/formPrefix.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/edit/formPrefix.jsp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 	    </script>
 <%	} %>
 
+    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="../js/extensions/String.js"></script>
 	<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="../js/jquery.js"></script>
 	<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="../js/jquery_plugins/jquery.bgiframe.pack.js"></script>
 	<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="../js/jquery_plugins/thickbox/thickbox-compressed.js"></script>
diff --git a/webapp/web/js/extensions/String.js b/webapp/web/js/extensions/String.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a14d6fa2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/web/js/extensions/String.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+String.prototype.capitalize = function() {
+    return this.substring(0,1).toUpperCase() + this.substring(1);
+};
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