diff --git a/src/Valitron/Validator.php b/src/Valitron/Validator.php
index 415fabc..ced374a 100644
--- a/src/Valitron/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Valitron/Validator.php
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ class Validator
                 $i = 1;
                 foreach ($params as $k => $v) {
                     $tag = '{field'. $i .'}';
-                    $label = isset($params[$k]) && isset($this->_labels[$params[$k]]) ? $this->_labels[$params[$k]] : $tag;
+                    $label = isset($params[$k]) && !is_array($params[$k]) && isset($this->_labels[$params[$k]]) ? $this->_labels[$params[$k]] : $tag;
                     $msg = str_replace($tag, $label, $msg);
                     $i++;
                 }
diff --git a/tests/Valitron/Validate.php b/tests/Valitron/Validate.php
index 0bd3f82..8f61764 100644
--- a/tests/Valitron/Validate.php
+++ b/tests/Valitron/Validate.php
@@ -511,6 +511,29 @@ class ValidateTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals($v1->errors(), $v2->errors());
     }
 
+    public function testCustomLabelInMessage()
+    {
+        $v = new Valitron\Validator(array());
+        $v->rule('required', 'name')->message('{field} is required')->label('NAME!!!');
+        $v->validate();
+        $this->assertEquals(array('NAME!!! is required'), $v->errors('name'));
+    }
+
+    public function testCustomLabelArrayInMessage()
+    {
+        $v = new Valitron\Validator(array());
+        $v->rule('required', array('name', 'email'))->message('{field} is required');
+        $v->labels(array(
+          'name' => 'Name',
+          'email' => 'Email address'
+        ));
+        $v->validate();
+        $this->assertEquals(array(
+          'name' => array('Name is required'),
+          'email' => array('Email address is required')
+        ), $v->errors());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Custom rules and callbacks
      */
@@ -580,6 +603,15 @@ class ValidateTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $v->rule('testRule', 'name', array('foo', 'bar'))->message('Invalid name selected.');
         $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
     }
+
+    public function testAddRuleCallbackArrayWithArrayAsExtraParameterAndCustomMessageLabel()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator(array('name' => 'Chester Tester'));
+        $v->labels(array('name' => 'Name'));
+        $v->addRule('testRule', array($this, 'sampleObjectCallbackFalse'));
+        $v->rule('testRule', 'name', array('foo', 'bar'))->message('Invalid name selected.');
+        $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+    }
 }
 
 function sampleFunctionCallback($field, $value, array $params) {