diff --git a/libexec/pppoed/pppoed.8 b/libexec/pppoed/pppoed.8
index 952967536b10..6376cfc0a93b 100644
--- a/libexec/pppoed/pppoed.8
+++ b/libexec/pppoed/pppoed.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"-
-.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 .Op Fl Fd\&
 .Op Fl P Ar pidfile
 .Op Fl a Ar name
-.Op Fl e Ar exec
+.Op Fl e Ar exec No \&| Fl l Ar label
 .Op Fl n Ar ngdebug
 .Op Fl p Ar provider
 .Ar interface
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ program listens to the given
 for PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) service request packets, and actions them
 by negotiating a session then envoking a
 .Em PPP
-program.  The negotiation is implemented by the
+program.
+The negotiation is implemented by the
 .Dq pppoe
-netgraph node.  See
+netgraph node.
+See
 .Xr ng_pppoe 4
 for details.
 .Pp
@@ -64,30 +66,40 @@ is given, any PPPoE requests will be offered service.
 .Pp
 The supplied
 .Ar name
-will be given as the access concentrator name when establishing the
-connection.  If no
+will be given as the access concentrator name when establishing the connection.
+If no
 .Ar name
 is given, the current base hostname is used.
 .Pp
 After receiving a request (PADI) from the PPPoE netgraph node,
 .Nm
 .Xr fork 2 Ns No s
-a child process and returns to service further requests.  The child process
-offers service
+a child process and returns to service further requests.
+The child process offers service
 .Pq using Ar name
 and waits for a
 .Dv SUCCESS
-indication from the PPPoE node.  On receipt of the SUCCESS indication,
+indication from the PPPoE node.
+On receipt of the SUCCESS indication,
 .Nm
 will execute
 .Pp
-.D1 Ic exec /usr/sbin/ppp -direct Ar provider
+.D1 Ic exec /usr/sbin/ppp -direct Ar label
 .Pp
-as a shell sub-process.  It is possible to specify another command using the
+as a shell sub-process.
+If
+.Ar label
+has not been specified, it defaults to
+.Ar provider .
+It is possible to specify another command using the
 .Ar exec
-argument.  This is mandatory if
+argument.
+This is mandatory if
 .Ar provider
-is not given.  The child process will have standard input and standard output
+and
+.Ar label
+are not given.
+The child process will have standard input and standard output
 attached to the same
 .Xr netgraph 4
 data socket
@@ -106,12 +118,14 @@ as the node name, and then connect that
 .Dq pppoe
 node to a local
 .Dq socket
-node.  If the
+node.
+If the
 .Fl F
 flag has not been given,
 .Nm
 will then go into the background and disassociate itself from the controlling
-terminal.  When the
+terminal.
+When the
 .Fl F
 flag is given,
 .Nm
@@ -141,7 +155,8 @@ nodes as described above,
 .Nm
 uses
 .Xr syslogd 8
-to report all incoming connections.  If the
+to report all incoming connections.
+If the
 .Fl d
 flag is given,
 .Nm
@@ -176,9 +191,11 @@ and the following to
 .Sh BUGS
 If another netgraph node is using the given interface,
 .Nm
-will fail to start.  This is because
+will fail to start.
+This is because
 .Xr netgraph 4
-does not currently allow node chaining.  This may change in the future.
+does not currently allow node chaining.
+This may change in the future.
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
diff --git a/libexec/pppoed/pppoed.c b/libexec/pppoed/pppoed.c
index f6b4907f25eb..177ccf8fc340 100644
--- a/libexec/pppoed/pppoed.c
+++ b/libexec/pppoed/pppoed.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*-
- * Copyright (c) 1999 Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static int ReceivedSignal;
 static int
 usage(const char *prog)
 {
-  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-Fd] [-P pidfile] [-a name] [-e exec]"
+  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-Fd] [-P pidfile] [-a name] [-e exec | -l label]"
           " [-p provider] interface\n", prog);
   return EX_USAGE;
 }
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
   char hostname[MAXHOSTNAMELEN], *exec, rhook[NG_HOOKLEN + 1];
   unsigned char response[1024];
-  const char *prog, *provider, *acname;
+  const char *label, *prog, *provider, *acname;
   struct ngm_connect ngc;
   struct sigaction act;
   int ch, cs, ds, ret, optF, optd, optn, sz, f;
@@ -476,11 +476,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
   prog = prog ? prog + 1 : argv[0];
   pidfile = NULL;
   exec = NULL;
+  label = NULL;
   acname = NULL;
   provider = "";
   optF = optd = optn = 0;
 
-  while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "FP:a:de:n:p:")) != -1) {
+  while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "FP:a:de:l:n:p:")) != -1) {
     switch (ch) {
       case 'F':
         optF = 1;
@@ -502,6 +503,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         exec = optarg;
         break;
 
+      case 'l':
+        label = optarg;
+        break;
+
       case 'n':
         optn = 1;
         NgSetDebug(atoi(optarg));
@@ -519,20 +524,25 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
   if (optind >= argc || optind + 2 < argc)
     return usage(prog);
 
+  if (exec != NULL && label != NULL)
+    return usage(prog);
+
   if (exec == NULL) {
-    if (provider == NULL) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "%s: Either a provider or an exec command"
+    if (label == NULL)
+      label = provider;
+    if (label == NULL) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "%s: Either a provider, a label or an exec command"
               " must be given\n", prog);
       return usage(prog);
     }
-    exec = (char *)alloca(sizeof DEFAULT_EXEC_PREFIX + strlen(provider));
+    exec = (char *)alloca(sizeof DEFAULT_EXEC_PREFIX + strlen(label));
     if (exec == NULL) {
       fprintf(stderr, "%s: Cannot allocate %d bytes\n", prog,
-              (int)(sizeof DEFAULT_EXEC_PREFIX) + strlen(provider));
+              (int)(sizeof DEFAULT_EXEC_PREFIX) + strlen(label));
       return EX_OSERR;
     }
     strcpy(exec, DEFAULT_EXEC_PREFIX);
-    strcpy(exec + sizeof DEFAULT_EXEC_PREFIX - 1, provider);
+    strcpy(exec + sizeof DEFAULT_EXEC_PREFIX - 1, label);
   }
 
   if (acname == NULL) {