diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09712db17..3be895010 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 - Better scale float-valued tiles ([#1725](../../pull/1725))
 - Tile iterators now report their length ([#1730](../../pull/1730))
 - When using griddata annotations as heatmaps, allow setting scaleWithZoom ([#1731](../../pull/1731))
+- Handle any sort of label as an extra property when importing geojson annotations ([#1732](../../pull/1732))
 
 ### Changes
 
diff --git a/girder_annotation/girder_large_image_annotation/utils/__init__.py b/girder_annotation/girder_large_image_annotation/utils/__init__.py
index 43b4173a0..3a29cfc0e 100644
--- a/girder_annotation/girder_large_image_annotation/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/girder_annotation/girder_large_image_annotation/utils/__init__.py
@@ -264,6 +264,10 @@ def _parseFeature(self, geoelem):
             'fillColor', 'radius', 'width', 'height', 'rotation',
             'normal',
         }}
+        if 'label' in element:
+            if not isinstance(element['label'], dict):
+                element['label'] = {'value': element['label']}
+            element['label']['value'] = str(element['label']['value'])
         if 'annotation' in geoelem.get('properties', {}):
             self._annotation.update(geoelem['properties']['annotation'])
             self._annotation['elements'] = self._elements