diff --git a/widgets/label.cpp b/widgets/label.cpp
index c6e280657..6269ae541 100644
--- a/widgets/label.cpp
+++ b/widgets/label.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ Label::Label(QGraphicsWidget *parent)
 {
     QLabel *native = new QLabel;
     native->setWindowFlags(native->windowFlags()|Qt::BypassGraphicsProxyWidget);
+    native->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
     d->textSelectable = false;
     connect(native, SIGNAL(linkActivated(QString)), this, SIGNAL(linkActivated(QString)));
     connect(native, SIGNAL(linkHovered(QString)), this, SIGNAL(linkHovered(QString)));
@@ -189,9 +190,9 @@ bool Label::hasScaledContents() const
 
 void Label::setTextSelectable(bool enable)
 {
-  d->textSelectable = enable;
+    d->textSelectable = enable;
 }
-    
+
 bool Label::textSelectable() const
 {
   return d->textSelectable;
@@ -251,10 +252,14 @@ void Label::resizeEvent(QGraphicsSceneResizeEvent *event)
 
 void Label::mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
 {
-    if (!d->textSelectable) {
-        event->ignore();
-    } else {
-        QGraphicsProxyWidget::mousePressEvent(event);
+    QGraphicsProxyWidget::mousePressEvent(event);
+    event->accept();
+}
+
+void Label::mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
+{
+    if (d->textSelectable) {
+        QGraphicsProxyWidget::mouseMoveEvent(event);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/widgets/label.h b/widgets/label.h
index d672ae0b0..dbf28509a 100644
--- a/widgets/label.h
+++ b/widgets/label.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
 protected:
     void resizeEvent(QGraphicsSceneResizeEvent *event);
     void mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event);
+    void mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event);
     void paint(QPainter *painter,
                const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option,
                QWidget *widget);