diff --git a/graphael.jquery.js b/graphael.jquery.js
index 54f7fa2..e6f06ea 100644
--- a/graphael.jquery.js
+++ b/graphael.jquery.js
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
  *   'opts':    Options that are passed directly to the gRaphael method.
  *   'padding': Pixels of padding to add to the inside of the gRaphael element.
  *              Defaults to 10. Set to 0 to draw the chart from edge to edge.
+ *    'label': Label information for barcharts, separated into 'values' 
+ *              (non-associative array) and 'isBottom' (flag to indicate if the 
+ *              labels must be located below the bars).
  *
  * Events
  * ------
@@ -139,6 +142,9 @@
     switch (method) {
       case 'bar':
         chart = r.g.barchart(x, y, w, h, values, params.opts);
+        if (params.label) {
+          chart.label(params.label.values, params.label.isBottom);
+        }
         break;
       case 'dot':
         chart = r.g.dotchart(x, y, w, h, values[0], values[1], values[2], params.opts);
diff --git a/graphael_example/graphael_example.graphs.inc b/graphael_example/graphael_example.graphs.inc
index b78b7ac..a987847 100644
--- a/graphael_example/graphael_example.graphs.inc
+++ b/graphael_example/graphael_example.graphs.inc
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ function graphael_example_graphs_page() {
     'opts' => array(
       'gutter' => '80%',
     ),
+    'label' => array(
+      'values' => array('Africa', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'L. America', 'N. America', 'Oceania'),
+      'isBottom' => TRUE,
+    ),
   ), array(
     'label' => array(
       'values' => array('Africa', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'Latin America', 'Northern America', 'Oceania'),
@@ -32,6 +36,36 @@ function graphael_example_graphs_page() {
     ),
   ));
 
+  $output[] = '<h4>' . t('World population by continent, grouped bars') . '</h4>';
+
+  $output[] = theme('graphael', 'bar', array($popdata[1750], $popdata[1800], $popdata[1850], $popdata[1900], $popdata[1950], $popdata[2000]), array(
+    'colors' => array('#490A3D', '#BD1550', '#E97F02', '#F8CA00', '#8A9B0F', '#68B3AF'),
+    'font' => '10px Arial, sans-serif',
+    'opts' => array(
+      'gutter' => '10%',
+    ),
+    'padding' => 20,    
+    // GRaphael breaks when trying to use label data for grouped barcharts.
+    // 'label' => array(
+      // 'values' => array('Africa', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'L. America', 'N. America', 'Oceania'),
+      // 'isBottom' => true,
+    // ),
+  ), array(
+    'label' => array(
+      'values' => array('Africa', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'L. America', 'N. America', 'Oceania'),
+      'params' => array(
+        'attrText' => array(
+          'fill' =>  '#aaa',
+          'font' => '12px Arial, sans-serif',
+         ),
+        'label' => 'label',
+        'attrLabel' => array(
+            'fill' => '#000',
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+  ));
+  
   $output[] = '<h4>' . t('Population growth by continent') . '</h4>';
 
   $x_axis = array_keys($popdata);