diff --git a/conf/flowspec.Y b/conf/flowspec.Y
index 4d259763..56a7c5dc 100644
--- a/conf/flowspec.Y
+++ b/conf/flowspec.Y
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ flow_num_type_:
  | ICMP CODE	{ $$ = FLOW_TYPE_ICMP_CODE; }
  | LENGTH	{ $$ = FLOW_TYPE_PACKET_LENGTH; }
  | DSCP		{ $$ = FLOW_TYPE_DSCP; }
+ | LABEL	{ $$ = FLOW_TYPE_LABEL; }
  ;
 
 flow_num_type: flow_num_type_{ flow_builder_set_type(this_flow, $1); };
 flow_flag_type: TCP FLAGS    { flow_builder_set_type(this_flow, FLOW_TYPE_TCP_FLAGS); };
 flow_frag_type: FRAGMENT     { flow_builder_set_type(this_flow, FLOW_TYPE_FRAGMENT); };
-flow_label_type: LABEL       { flow_builder_set_type(this_flow, FLOW_TYPE_LABEL); };
 
 flow_srcdst:
    DST		{ $$ = FLOW_TYPE_DST_PREFIX; }
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ flow6_item:
  | flow_num_type flow_num_opts
  | flow_flag_type flow_bmk_opts
  | flow_frag_type flow_frag_opts
- | flow_label_type flow_bmk_opts
  ;
 
 flow4_opts:
diff --git a/filter/test.conf b/filter/test.conf
index 653bb82f..3a8804a1 100644
--- a/filter/test.conf
+++ b/filter/test.conf
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ prefix p;
 	bt_assert(format(flow6 { length 0..65535; }) = "flow6 { length 0..65535; }");
 	bt_assert(format(flow6 { dscp = 63; }) = "flow6 { dscp 63; }");
 	bt_assert(format(flow6 { fragment is_fragment || !first_fragment; }) = "flow6 { fragment is_fragment || !first_fragment; }");
+	bt_assert(format(flow6 { label 1000..2000; }) = "flow6 { label 1000..2000; }");
 	bt_assert(format(flow6 { }) = "flow6 { }");
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/flowspec.c b/lib/flowspec.c
index 1445435a..14b42b52 100644
--- a/lib/flowspec.c
+++ b/lib/flowspec.c
@@ -1351,11 +1351,11 @@ net_format_flow(char *buf, uint blen, const byte *data, uint dlen, int ipv6)
     case FLOW_TYPE_ICMP_CODE:
     case FLOW_TYPE_PACKET_LENGTH:
     case FLOW_TYPE_DSCP:
+    case FLOW_TYPE_LABEL:
       net_format_flow_num(&b, part);
       break;
     case FLOW_TYPE_TCP_FLAGS:
     case FLOW_TYPE_FRAGMENT:
-    case FLOW_TYPE_LABEL:
       net_format_flow_bitmask(&b, part);
       break;
     }
diff --git a/lib/flowspec_test.c b/lib/flowspec_test.c
index 2285075c..ed4afe51 100644
--- a/lib/flowspec_test.c
+++ b/lib/flowspec_test.c
@@ -650,14 +650,14 @@ t_formatting6(void)
     FLOW_TYPE_SRC_PREFIX, 8, 0, 0xc0,
     FLOW_TYPE_NEXT_HEADER, 0x81, 0x06,
     FLOW_TYPE_PORT, 0x03, 20, 0x45, 40, 0x91, 0x01, 0x11,
-    FLOW_TYPE_LABEL, 0xa0, 0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78,
+    FLOW_TYPE_LABEL, 0xa4, 0x00, 0x07, 0xa1, 0x20,
   };
   *nlri = (u8) sizeof(nlri);
 
   net_addr_flow6 *input;
   NET_ADDR_FLOW6_(input, ip6_build(0, 1, 0x12345678, 0x98000000), 103, nlri);
 
-  const char *expect = "flow6 { dst ::1:1234:5678:9800:0/103 offset 61; src c000::/8; next header 6; port 20..40,273; label !0x0/0x12345678; }";
+  const char *expect = "flow6 { dst ::1:1234:5678:9800:0/103 offset 61; src c000::/8; next header 6; port 20..40,273; label < 500000; }";
 
   bt_assert(flow6_net_format(b, sizeof(b), input) == strlen(expect));
   bt_debug(" expect: '%s',\n output: '%s'\n", expect, b);