diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index 34134f0..4eba200 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -203,3 +203,80 @@ export async function interact<T>(
 		throw new Error('image must be a String (file path) or a Disk instance');
 	}
 }
+
+/**
+ * @summary Return the label encoded in the filesystem for a given partition,
+ * or an empty string if one can't be found.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *
+ * await filedisk.withOpenFile('/foo/bar.img', 'r', async (handle) => {
+ *     const disk = new filedisk.FileDisk(handle);
+ *     const info = partitioninfo.getPartitions(disk);
+ *     for (const partition of info.partitions) {
+ *         const label = await getLabel(disk, partition);
+ *         console.log(`${partition.index}: ${label}`);
+ *     }
+ * }
+ */
+export async function getLabel(
+	disk: Disk,
+	partition: partitioninfo.GPTPartition | partitioninfo.MBRPartition,
+): Promise<string> {
+	// If GPT, can we just read the protective MBR?
+	// Is there a more Typescript native way to determine partition table type? 
+	// const isGpt = 'guid' in partition;
+
+	// Linux native FS, expecting ext2+, so skip to superblock for metadata.
+	let metadataOffset = 0;
+	if (partition.type === 0x83) {
+		metadataOffset += 0x400;
+	}
+
+	// Read filesystem metadata
+	let buf = Buffer.alloc(0x100);
+	await disk.read(buf, 0, buf.length, partition.offset + metadataOffset);
+
+	let labelOffset = 0;
+	let maxLength = 0;
+	// First verify magic signature to determine metadata layout for label offset.
+	const fatTypes = [0xB, 0xC, 0xE];
+	if (fatTypes.some(ptype => partition.type === ptype)) {
+		maxLength = 11;
+		// FAT16
+		if (buf.readUInt8(0x26) === 0x29) {
+			labelOffset = 0x2B;
+		// FAT32
+		} else if (buf.readUInt8(0x42) === 0x29) {
+			labelOffset = 0x47;
+		} else {
+			return '';
+		}
+	} else if (partition.type === 0x83) {
+		maxLength = 16;
+		if (buf.readUInt16LE(0x38) === 0xEF53) {
+			labelOffset = 0x78;
+		} else {
+			return '';
+		}
+	// Unexpected partition type
+	} else {
+		return '';
+	}
+
+	// Identify and exclude trailing /0 bytes to stringify.
+	let i = 0;
+	for (; i <= maxLength; i++) {
+		// If label fills available space, no need to test. We just need i
+		// to have the expected value for Buffer.toString() call below.
+		if (i == maxLength) {
+			break;
+		}
+		if (buf.readUInt8(labelOffset + i) == 0) {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	const label = buf.toString('utf8', labelOffset, labelOffset + i).trim();
+	return label;
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c1bb05b..51ca3af 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "lint-fix": "balena-lint --fix --typescript lib tests",
     "clean": "rm -rf build",
     "build": "npm run clean && tsc",
-    "test": "npm run lint && mocha -r ts-node/register tests/e2e.ts",
+    "test": "npm run lint && mocha -r ts-node/register tests/*.ts",
     "readme": "jsdoc2md --template doc/README.hbs build/index.js > README.md",
     "prepublish": "npm run test && npm run build && npm run readme"
   },
diff --git a/tests/fsLabel.ts b/tests/fsLabel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea4f6af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fsLabel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { deepEqual } from 'assert';
+import { FileDisk, withOpenFile } from 'file-disk';
+import * as Fs from 'fs';
+import * as Path from 'path';
+import * as tmp from 'tmp';
+import * as partitioninfo from 'partitioninfo';
+
+import * as imagefs from '../lib';
+
+const RASPBERRYPI = Path.join(__dirname, 'images', 'raspberrypi.img');
+const MBR_FAT32 = Path.join(__dirname, 'images', 'mbr-fat32.img');
+
+async function tmpFile(): Promise<{ path: string; cleanup: () => void }> {
+	return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		tmp.file(
+			{ discardDescriptor: true },
+			(error: Error | null, path: string, _fd: number, cleanup: () => void) => {
+				if (error != null) {
+					reject(error);
+				} else {
+					resolve({ path, cleanup });
+				}
+			},
+		);
+	});
+}
+
+async function withFileCopy<T>(
+	filePath: string,
+	fn: (tmpFilePath: string) => Promise<T>,
+): Promise<T> {
+	const { path, cleanup } = await tmpFile();
+	await Fs.promises.copyFile(filePath, path);
+	try {
+		return await fn(path);
+	} finally {
+		cleanup();
+	}
+}
+
+function testWithFileCopy(
+	title: string,
+	file: string,
+	fn: (fileCopy: string) => Promise<void>,
+) {
+	it(title, async () => {
+		await withFileCopy(file, async (fileCopy: string) => {
+			await fn(fileCopy);
+		});
+	});
+}
+
+function testFileDisk(
+	title: string,
+	image: { image: string; partition: number },
+	fn: (
+		disk: FileDisk,
+		partition: partitioninfo.GPTPartition | partitioninfo.MBRPartition,
+	) => Promise<void>,
+) {
+	testWithFileCopy(
+		`${title} (filedisk)`,
+		image.image,
+		async (fileCopy: string) => {
+			await withOpenFile(fileCopy, 'r+', async (handle) => {
+				const disk = new FileDisk(handle);
+				const partition = await partitioninfo.get(disk, image.partition);
+				await fn(disk, partition);
+			});
+		},
+	);
+}
+
+testFileDisk(
+	'should find label in MBR with FAT16 (0xB) partition',
+	{
+		image: RASPBERRYPI,
+		partition: 1,
+	},
+	async (
+		disk: FileDisk,
+		partition: partitioninfo.GPTPartition | partitioninfo.MBRPartition,
+	) => {
+		const label = await imagefs.getLabel(disk, partition);
+		deepEqual(label, 'RESIN-BOOT');
+	},
+);
+
+testFileDisk(
+	'should find label in MBR with FAT32 (0xC) partition',
+	{
+		image: MBR_FAT32,
+		partition: 1,
+	},
+	async (
+		disk: FileDisk,
+		partition: partitioninfo.GPTPartition | partitioninfo.MBRPartition,
+	) => {
+		const label = await imagefs.getLabel(disk, partition);
+		deepEqual(label, 'resin-boot');
+	},
+);
+
+testFileDisk(
+	'should find label in MBR with ext4 (0x83) partition',
+	{
+		image: MBR_FAT32,
+		partition: 6,
+	},
+	async (
+		disk: FileDisk,
+		partition: partitioninfo.GPTPartition | partitioninfo.MBRPartition,
+	) => {
+		const label = await imagefs.getLabel(disk, partition);
+		deepEqual(label, 'resin-data');
+	},
+);
diff --git a/tests/images/mbr-fat32.img b/tests/images/mbr-fat32.img
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56eb403
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