diff --git a/builtin/ui/elem.lua b/builtin/ui/elem.lua
index dde3ddb80..04e201687 100644
--- a/builtin/ui/elem.lua
+++ b/builtin/ui/elem.lua
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ function ui.Elem:new(param)
 end
 
 function ui.Elem:_init(props)
+	self._label = ui._opt(props.label, "string")
+
 	self._groups = {}
 	self._children = {}
 
@@ -114,6 +116,10 @@ function ui.Elem:_encode_fields()
 		ui._encode_flag(fl, "Z", ui._encode_array("z", child_ids))
 	end
 
+	if ui._shift_flag(fl, self._label) then
+		ui._encode_flag(fl, "s", self._label)
+	end
+
 	self:_encode_box(fl, self._boxes.main)
 
 	return ui._encode_flags(fl)
diff --git a/builtin/ui/style.lua b/builtin/ui/style.lua
index 767702964..7297396ee 100644
--- a/builtin/ui/style.lua
+++ b/builtin/ui/style.lua
@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ local icon_place_map = {
 	bottom = 4,
 }
 
+local align_map = {
+	left = 0,
+	center = 1,
+	right = 2,
+}
+
+local valign_map = {
+	top = 0,
+	center = 1,
+	bottom = 2,
+}
+
 local function opt_color(val, def)
 	assert(val == nil or core.colorspec_to_int(val))
 	return val or def
@@ -130,6 +142,22 @@ local function cascade_layer(new, add, props, p)
 			ui._opt(add[p.."_frame_time"], "number", props[p.."_frame_time"])
 end
 
+local function cascade_text(new, add, props)
+	new.prepend = ui._opt(add.prepend, "string", props.prepend)
+	new.append = ui._opt(add.append, "string", props.append)
+
+	new.text_color = opt_color(add.text_color, props.text_color)
+	new.text_mark = opt_color(add.text_mark, props.text_mark)
+	new.text_size = ui._opt(add.text_size, "number", props.text_size)
+
+	new.text_mono = ui._opt(add.text_mono, "boolean", props.text_mono)
+	new.text_italic = ui._opt(add.text_italic, "boolean", props.text_italic)
+	new.text_bold = ui._opt(add.text_bold, "boolean", props.text_bold)
+
+	new.text_align = ui._opt_enum(add.text_align, align_map, props.text_align)
+	new.text_valign = ui._opt_enum(add.text_valign, valign_map, props.text_valign)
+end
+
 function ui._cascade_props(add, props)
 	local new = {}
 
@@ -148,6 +176,8 @@ function ui._cascade_props(add, props)
 	new.icon_gutter = ui._opt(add.icon_gutter, "number", props.icon_gutter)
 	new.icon_overlap = ui._opt(add.icon_overlap, "boolean", props.icon_overlap)
 
+	cascade_text(new, add, props)
+
 	return new
 end
 
@@ -243,6 +273,40 @@ local function encode_layer(props, p)
 	return fl
 end
 
+local function encode_text(props)
+	local fl = ui._make_flags()
+
+	if ui._shift_flag(fl, props.prepend) then
+		ui._encode_flag(fl, "s", props.prepend)
+	end
+	if ui._shift_flag(fl, props.append) then
+		ui._encode_flag(fl, "s", props.append)
+	end
+
+	if ui._shift_flag(fl, props.text_color) then
+		ui._encode_flag(fl, "I", core.colorspec_to_int(props.text_color))
+	end
+	if ui._shift_flag(fl, props.text_mark) then
+		ui._encode_flag(fl, "I", core.colorspec_to_int(props.text_mark))
+	end
+	if ui._shift_flag(fl, props.text_size) then
+		ui._encode_flag(fl, "I", props.text_size)
+	end
+
+	ui._shift_flag_bool(fl, props.text_mono)
+	ui._shift_flag_bool(fl, props.text_italic)
+	ui._shift_flag_bool(fl, props.text_bold)
+
+	if ui._shift_flag(fl, props.text_align) then
+		ui._encode_flag(fl, "B", align_map[props.text_align])
+	end
+	if ui._shift_flag(fl, props.text_valign) then
+		ui._encode_flag(fl, "B", valign_map[props.text_valign])
+	end
+
+	return fl
+end
+
 local function encode_subflags(fl, sub_fl)
 	if ui._shift_flag(fl, sub_fl.flags ~= 0) then
 		ui._encode_flag(fl, "s", ui._encode_flags(sub_fl))
@@ -277,5 +341,7 @@ function ui._encode_props(props)
 	end
 	ui._shift_flag_bool(fl, props.icon_overlap)
 
+	encode_subflags(fl, encode_text(props))
+
 	return ui._encode("s", ui._encode_flags(fl))
 end
diff --git a/src/ui/box.cpp b/src/ui/box.cpp
index 86d1f59c4..c4bcec3e0 100644
--- a/src/ui/box.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/box.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "porting.h"
+#include "client/fontengine.h"
 #include "ui/elem.h"
 #include "ui/manager.h"
 #include "ui/window.h"
@@ -29,11 +30,16 @@ namespace ui
 	void Box::reset()
 	{
 		m_content.clear();
+		m_label = "";
+
 		m_style.reset();
 
 		for (State i = 0; i < m_style_refs.size(); i++) {
 			m_style_refs[i] = NO_STYLE;
 		}
+
+		m_text = L"";
+		m_font = nullptr;
 	}
 
 	void Box::read(std::istream &full_is)
@@ -93,6 +99,15 @@ namespace ui
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Now that we have updated text style properties, we can update our
+		// cached text string and font object.
+		m_text = utf8_to_wide(m_style.text.prepend) + utf8_to_wide(m_label) +
+			utf8_to_wide(m_style.text.append);
+
+		FontSpec spec(m_style.text.size, m_style.text.mono ? FM_Mono : FM_Standard,
+			m_style.text.bold, m_style.text.italic);
+		m_font = g_fontengine->getFont(spec);
+
 		// Since our box has been restyled, the previously computed layout
 		// information is no longer valid.
 		m_min_layout = SizeF();
@@ -140,7 +155,7 @@ namespace ui
 	{
 		if (m_style.display != DisplayMode::HIDDEN) {
 			drawBox();
-			drawIcon();
+			drawItems();
 		}
 
 		for (Box *box : m_content) {
@@ -294,6 +309,11 @@ namespace ui
 
 	void Box::resizeBox()
 	{
+		// First, we need to expand the minimum size of the box to accommodate
+		// the size of any text it might contain.
+		SizeF text_size = getWindow().getTextSize(m_font, m_text);
+		m_min_content = m_min_content.max(text_size);
+
 		// If the box is set to clip its contents in either dimension, we can
 		// set the minimum content size to zero for that coordinate.
 		if (m_style.layout.clip == DirFlags::X || m_style.layout.clip == DirFlags::BOTH) {
@@ -627,13 +647,19 @@ namespace ui
 		}
 	}
 
-	void Box::drawIcon()
+	void Box::drawItems()
 	{
 		// The icon rect is computed while the box is being laid out, so we
 		// just need to draw it with the fill color behind it.
 		getWindow().drawRect(m_icon_rect, m_clip_rect, m_style.icon.fill);
 		getWindow().drawTexture(m_icon_rect, m_clip_rect, m_style.icon.image,
 			getLayerSource(m_style.icon), m_style.icon.tint);
+
+		// The window handles all the complicated text layout, so we can just
+		// draw the text with all the appropriate styling.
+		getWindow().drawText(m_content_rect, m_clip_rect, m_font, m_text,
+			m_style.text.color, m_style.text.mark,
+			m_style.text.align, m_style.text.valign);
 	}
 
 	bool Box::isHovered() const
diff --git a/src/ui/box.h b/src/ui/box.h
index d2530138c..963a2aea8 100644
--- a/src/ui/box.h
+++ b/src/ui/box.h
@@ -58,10 +58,15 @@ namespace ui
 		u32 m_item;
 
 		std::vector<Box *> m_content;
+		std::string_view m_label;
 
 		Style m_style;
 		std::array<u32, NUM_STATES> m_style_refs;
 
+		// We cache the font and text content every time the box is restyled.
+		std::wstring m_text;
+		gui::IGUIFont *m_font;
+
 		// Cached information about the layout of the box, which is cleared in
 		// restyle() and recomputed in resize() and relayout().
 		SizeF m_min_layout;
@@ -97,6 +102,9 @@ namespace ui
 		const std::vector<Box *> &getContent() const { return m_content; }
 		void setContent(std::vector<Box *> content) { m_content = std::move(content); }
 
+		std::string_view getLabel() const { return m_label; }
+		void setLabel(std::string_view label) { m_label = label; }
+
 		void reset();
 		void read(std::istream &is);
 
@@ -125,7 +133,7 @@ namespace ui
 		void relayoutPlace();
 
 		void drawBox();
-		void drawIcon();
+		void drawItems();
 
 		bool isHovered() const;
 		bool isPressed() const;
diff --git a/src/ui/elem.cpp b/src/ui/elem.cpp
index 4f2ffc2a1..82bffedc4 100644
--- a/src/ui/elem.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/elem.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ namespace ui
 		m_parent = nullptr;
 		m_children.clear();
 
+		m_label = "";
 		m_main_box.reset();
 
 		m_events = 0;
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ namespace ui
 
 		if (testShift(set_mask))
 			readChildren(is);
+		if (testShift(set_mask))
+			m_label = readStr16(is);
 		if (testShift(set_mask))
 			m_main_box.read(is);
 
@@ -79,7 +82,9 @@ namespace ui
 		for (Elem *elem : m_children) {
 			content.push_back(&elem->getMain());
 		}
+
 		m_main_box.setContent(std::move(content));
+		m_main_box.setLabel(m_label);
 	}
 
 	bool Elem::isFocused() const
diff --git a/src/ui/elem.h b/src/ui/elem.h
index 39c0f63c7..fdeb49c23 100644
--- a/src/ui/elem.h
+++ b/src/ui/elem.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ namespace ui
 		Elem *m_parent;
 		std::vector<Elem *> m_children;
 
+		std::string m_label;
+
 		Box m_main_box;
 		u64 m_hovered_box = Box::NO_ID; // Persistent
 		u64 m_pressed_box = Box::NO_ID; // Persistent
diff --git a/src/ui/helpers.h b/src/ui/helpers.h
index 6bf90f4a8..040d24674 100644
--- a/src/ui/helpers.h
+++ b/src/ui/helpers.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "util/serialize.h"
 
 #include <dimension2d.h>
+#include <IGUIFont.h>
 #include <ITexture.h>
 #include <rect.h>
 #include <vector2d.h>
diff --git a/src/ui/style.cpp b/src/ui/style.cpp
index b0e92482d..6b1970682 100644
--- a/src/ui/style.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/style.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ namespace ui
 		return (IconPlace)place;
 	}
 
+	static Align toAlign(u8 align)
+	{
+		if (align > (u8)Align::MAX) {
+			return Align::CENTER;
+		}
+		return (Align)align;
+	}
+
 	void Layout::reset()
 	{
 		type = LayoutType::PLACE;
@@ -134,6 +142,50 @@ namespace ui
 			frame_time = std::max(readU32(is), 1U);
 	}
 
+	void Text::reset()
+	{
+		prepend = "";
+		append = "";
+
+		color = WHITE;
+		mark = BLANK;
+		size = 16;
+
+		mono = false;
+		italic = false;
+		bold = false;
+
+		align = Align::CENTER;
+		valign = Align::CENTER;
+	}
+
+	void Text::read(std::istream &full_is)
+	{
+		auto is = newIs(readStr16(full_is));
+		u32 set_mask = readU32(is);
+
+		if (testShift(set_mask))
+			prepend = readStr16(is);
+		if (testShift(set_mask))
+			append = readStr16(is);
+
+		if (testShift(set_mask))
+			color = readARGB8(is);
+		if (testShift(set_mask))
+			mark = readARGB8(is);
+		if (testShift(set_mask))
+			size = std::clamp(readU32(is), 1U, 999U);
+
+		testShiftBool(set_mask, mono);
+		testShiftBool(set_mask, italic);
+		testShiftBool(set_mask, bold);
+
+		if (testShift(set_mask))
+			align = toAlign(readU8(is));
+		if (testShift(set_mask))
+			valign = toAlign(readU8(is));
+	}
+
 	void Style::reset()
 	{
 		layout.reset();
@@ -150,6 +202,8 @@ namespace ui
 		icon_place = IconPlace::CENTER;
 		icon_gutter = 0.0f;
 		icon_overlap = false;
+
+		text.reset();
 	}
 
 	void Style::read(std::istream &is)
@@ -181,5 +235,8 @@ namespace ui
 		if (testShift(set_mask))
 			icon_gutter = readF32(is);
 		testShiftBool(set_mask, icon_overlap);
+
+		if (testShift(set_mask))
+			text.read(is);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/style.h b/src/ui/style.h
index bde469365..9d2b330dd 100644
--- a/src/ui/style.h
+++ b/src/ui/style.h
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ namespace ui
 		MAX = BOTTOM,
 	};
 
+	// Serialized enum; do not change order of entries.
+	enum class Align : u8
+	{
+		START,
+		CENTER,
+		END,
+
+		MAX = END,
+	};
+
 	struct Layout
 	{
 		LayoutType type;
@@ -101,6 +111,28 @@ namespace ui
 		void read(std::istream &is);
 	};
 
+	struct Text
+	{
+		std::string prepend;
+		std::string append;
+
+		video::SColor color;
+		video::SColor mark;
+		u32 size;
+
+		bool mono;
+		bool italic;
+		bool bold;
+
+		Align align;
+		Align valign;
+
+		Text() { reset(); }
+
+		void reset();
+		void read(std::istream &is);
+	};
+
 	struct Style
 	{
 		Layout layout;
@@ -118,6 +150,8 @@ namespace ui
 		float icon_gutter;
 		bool icon_overlap;
 
+		Text text;
+
 		Style() { reset(); }
 
 		void reset();
diff --git a/src/ui/window.cpp b/src/ui/window.cpp
index 8b9c65aa4..44613dbfa 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/window.cpp
@@ -162,6 +162,41 @@ namespace ui
 		return PosF(x, y) / getScale();
 	}
 
+	SizeF Window::getTextSize(gui::IGUIFont *font, std::wstring_view text)
+	{
+		// If we have an empty string, we want it to take up no space. IGUIFont
+		// measures the dimensions of an empty string as having the normal line
+		// height rather than no space.
+		if (text.empty()) {
+			return SizeF();
+		}
+
+		// IGUIFont measures the height of text with newlines incorrectly, so
+		// we have to measure each line in the string individually.
+		SizeF text_size = SizeF();
+		size_t start = 0;
+
+		while (start <= text.size()) {
+			// Get the line spanning from the start of this line to the next
+			// newline, or the end of the string if there are no more newlines.
+			size_t end = std::min(text.find(L'\n', start), text.size());
+			std::wstring line(text.substr(start, end - start));
+
+			// Get the dimensions of the line. Since fonts are already scaled,
+			// we have to reverse the scaling factor to get the right size.
+			SizeF line_size = SizeF(font->getDimension(
+				unescape_enriched(line).c_str())) / getScale();
+
+			text_size.W = std::max(text_size.W, line_size.W);
+			text_size.H += line_size.H;
+
+			// Move the start of the current line to after the end of this one.
+			start = end + 1;
+		}
+
+		return text_size;
+	}
+
 	void Window::drawRect(RectF dst, RectF clip, video::SColor color)
 	{
 		if (dst.intersectWith(clip).empty() || color.getAlpha() == 0) {
@@ -189,6 +224,81 @@ namespace ui
 			src * DispF(getTextureSize(texture)), &scaled_clip, colors, true);
 	}
 
+	void Window::drawText(RectF dst, RectF clip, gui::IGUIFont *font,
+			std::wstring_view text, video::SColor color, video::SColor mark,
+			Align align, Align valign)
+	{
+		if (dst.intersectWith(clip).empty() || font == nullptr || text.empty()) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// We count the number of lines in the text to find the total height.
+		size_t num_lines = std::count(text.begin(), text.end(), L'\n') + 1;
+
+		// Get the height of a single line, and use this with the vertical
+		// alignment to find the vertical position of the first line.
+		float height = font->getDimension(L"").Height / getScale();
+		float top;
+
+		switch (valign) {
+		case Align::START:
+			top = dst.T;
+			break;
+		case Align::CENTER:
+			top = (dst.T + dst.B - (height * num_lines)) / 2.0f;
+			break;
+		case Align::END:
+			top = dst.B - (height * num_lines);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		core::recti scaled_clip = clip * getScale();
+
+		// Like getTextSize(), we loop over each line in the string.
+		size_t start = 0;
+
+		while (start <= text.size()) {
+			size_t end = std::min(text.find(L'\n', start), text.size());
+			std::wstring line(text.substr(start, end - start));
+
+			// Get the width of this line of text. Just like the height, we use
+			// the alignment to find the horizontal position for this line.
+			float width = font->getDimension(
+				unescape_enriched(line).c_str()).Width / getScale();
+			float left;
+
+			switch (align) {
+			case Align::START:
+				left = dst.L;
+				break;
+			case Align::CENTER:
+				left = (dst.L + dst.R - width) / 2.0f;
+				break;
+			case Align::END:
+				left = dst.R - width;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			// This gives us the destination rect for this line of the text,
+			// which we scale appropriately.
+			RectF line_rect = RectF(PosF(left, top), SizeF(width, height)) * getScale();
+
+			// If we have a highlight color for the text, draw the highlight
+			// before we draw the line.
+			if (mark.getAlpha() != 0) {
+				RenderingEngine::get_video_driver()->draw2DRectangle(
+					mark, line_rect, &scaled_clip);
+			}
+
+			// Then draw the text itself using the provided font.
+			font->draw(line.c_str(), line_rect, color, false, false, &scaled_clip);
+
+			// Finally, advance to the next line.
+			top += height;
+			start = end + 1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	void Window::drawAll()
 	{
 		Box &backdrop = m_root_elem->getBackdrop();
diff --git a/src/ui/window.h b/src/ui/window.h
index 7a528d4eb..d309251dd 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.h
+++ b/src/ui/window.h
@@ -98,9 +98,14 @@ namespace ui
 		SizeF getScreenSize() const;
 		PosF getPointerPos() const;
 
+		SizeF getTextSize(gui::IGUIFont *font, std::wstring_view text);
+
 		void drawRect(RectF dst, RectF clip, video::SColor color);
 		void drawTexture(RectF dst, RectF clip, video::ITexture *texture,
 				RectF src = RectF(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f), video::SColor tint = WHITE);
+		void drawText(RectF dst, RectF clip, gui::IGUIFont *font, std::wstring_view text,
+				video::SColor color = WHITE, video::SColor mark = BLANK,
+				Align align = Align::START, Align valign = Align::START);
 
 		void drawAll();