diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/bootconfig b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/bootconfig
index 618a1966095..9b330801e40 100755
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/bootconfig
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/bootconfig
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 
 BSDCFG_SHARE="/usr/share/bsdconfig"
 . $BSDCFG_SHARE/common.subr || exit 1
+
+FREEBSD_BOOTLABEL=$OSNAME
+
 f_dprintf "%s: loading_includes..." "$0"
 f_include $BSDCFG_SHARE/dialog.subr