diff --git a/docs/Fields.md b/docs/Fields.md
index dbb3625d25a..e1f09c8acdb 100644
--- a/docs/Fields.md
+++ b/docs/Fields.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ All field components accept the following props:
 | ---|---|---|---|--- |
 | `record` | Required | `Object` | - | Object containing the properties to display. `<Datagrid>`, `<SimpleForm>` and other components inject that prop to their children |
 | `source` | Required | `string` | - | Name of the property to display |
-| `label` | Optional | `string` | `source` | Used as a table header or an input label |
+| `label` | Optional | `string | ReactElement` | `source` | Used as a table header or an input label |
 | `sortable` | Optional | `boolean` | `true` | When used in a `List`, should the list be sortable using the `source` attribute? Setting it to `false` disables the click handler on the column header. |
 | `sortBy` | Optional | `string` | `source` | When used in a `List`, specifies the actual `source` to be used for sorting when the user clicks the column header |
 | `className` | Optional | `string` | - | A class name (usually generated by JSS) to customize the look and feel of the field element itself |
diff --git a/docs/List.md b/docs/List.md
index a20e6fd667b..c591116ecaa 100644
--- a/docs/List.md
+++ b/docs/List.md
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ Here are all the props accepted by the component:
 * [`expand`](#expand)
 * [`isRowSelectable`](#isrowselectable)
 
-It renders as many columns as it receives `<Field>` children.
+It renders as many columns as it receives `<Field>` children. It uses the field `label` as column header (or, for fields with not `label`, the field `source`).
 
 ```jsx
 // in src/posts.js
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ For this kind of use case, you need to use a [custom datagrid body component](#b
 
 ### Performance
 
-when displaying large pages of data, you might experience some performance issues.
+When displaying large pages of data, you might experience some performance issues.
 This is mostly due to the fact that we iterate over the `<Datagrid>` children and clone them.
 
 In such cases, you can opt-in for an optimized version of the `<Datagrid>` by setting its `optimized` prop to `true`. 
diff --git a/packages/ra-core/src/util/FieldTitle.tsx b/packages/ra-core/src/util/FieldTitle.tsx
index 1ad53e016bf..4275fb706c2 100644
--- a/packages/ra-core/src/util/FieldTitle.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-core/src/util/FieldTitle.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { FunctionComponent } from 'react';
+import React, { FunctionComponent, ReactElement } from 'react';
 import pure from 'recompose/pure';
 
 import useTranslate from '../i18n/useTranslate';
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ interface Props {
     isRequired?: boolean;
     resource?: string;
     source?: string;
-    label?: string;
+    label?: string | ReactElement;
 }
 
 export const FieldTitle: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
@@ -18,10 +18,17 @@ export const FieldTitle: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
     isRequired,
 }) => {
     const translate = useTranslate();
+    if (label && typeof label !== 'string') {
+        return label;
+    }
     return (
         <span>
             {translate(
-                ...getFieldLabelTranslationArgs({ label, resource, source })
+                ...getFieldLabelTranslationArgs({
+                    label: label as string,
+                    resource,
+                    source,
+                })
             )}
             {isRequired && ' *'}
         </span>
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/types.ts b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/types.ts
index f7787ea2f91..5dd38d2a99f 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/types.ts
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { ReactElement } from 'react';
 import { Record } from 'ra-core';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ export interface FieldProps {
     sortBy?: string;
     sortByOrder?: SortOrder;
     source?: string;
-    label?: string;
+    label?: string | ReactElement;
     sortable?: boolean;
     className?: string;
     cellClassName?: string;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export const fieldPropTypes = {
     sortBy: PropTypes.string,
     sortByOrder: PropTypes.oneOf<SortOrder>(['ASC', 'DESC']),
     source: PropTypes.string,
-    label: PropTypes.string,
+    label: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.element]),
     sortable: PropTypes.bool,
     className: PropTypes.string,
     cellClassName: PropTypes.string,
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/Labeled.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/Labeled.tsx
index 5d1b4668aee..91dc2f16fce 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/Labeled.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/input/Labeled.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ interface Props {
     id: string;
     input: any;
     isRequired: boolean;
-    label?: string;
+    label?: string | ReactElement;
     meta: any;
     resource: string;
     source: string;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Labeled.propTypes = {
     id: PropTypes.string,
     input: PropTypes.object,
     isRequired: PropTypes.bool,
-    label: PropTypes.string,
+    label: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.element]),
     meta: PropTypes.object,
     onChange: PropTypes.func,
     record: PropTypes.object,
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/DatagridHeaderCell.spec.js b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/DatagridHeaderCell.spec.js
index a89dc98f813..56f4822b177 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/DatagridHeaderCell.spec.js
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/DatagridHeaderCell.spec.js
@@ -7,6 +7,25 @@ import { DatagridHeaderCell } from './DatagridHeaderCell';
 describe('<DatagridHeaderCell />', () => {
     afterEach(cleanup);
 
+    it('should accept a React element as Field label', () => {
+        const Label = () => <>Label</>;
+        const Field = () => <div />;
+        const { getByText } = render(
+            <table>
+                <tbody>
+                    <tr>
+                        <DatagridHeaderCell
+                            currentSort={{}}
+                            field={<Field source="title" label={<Label />} />}
+                            updateSort={() => true}
+                        />
+                    </tr>
+                </tbody>
+            </table>
+        );
+        expect(getByText('Label')).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
     describe('sorting on a column', () => {
         const Field = () => <div />;
         Field.defaultProps = {