diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 47c4f00e..7a100a25 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-12-03  Curtis Gedak  <gedakc@gmail.com>
+
+	* include/Utils.h,
+	  src/Utils.cc: Added text selectable parameter to mk_label()
+
 2008-12-02  Curtis Gedak  <gedakc@gmail.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Append -svn to version for continuing development
diff --git a/include/Utils.h b/include/Utils.h
index 95cd53aa..61041960 100644
--- a/include/Utils.h
+++ b/include/Utils.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ public:
 			      	      Gtk::AlignmentEnum x_align = Gtk::ALIGN_LEFT,
 			      	      Gtk::AlignmentEnum y_align = Gtk::ALIGN_CENTER,
 				      bool wrap = false,
+				      bool selectable = false,
 				      const Glib::ustring & text_color = "black" ) ;
 	static Glib::ustring num_to_str( Sector number, bool use_C_locale = false ) ;
 	static Glib::ustring get_color( FILESYSTEM filesystem ) ;
diff --git a/src/Utils.cc b/src/Utils.cc
index 28d45bff..bfd744dd 100644
--- a/src/Utils.cc
+++ b/src/Utils.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Gtk::Label * Utils::mk_label( const Glib::ustring & text,
 			      Gtk::AlignmentEnum x_align,
 			      Gtk::AlignmentEnum y_align,
 			      bool wrap,
+			      bool selectable,
 			      const Glib::ustring & text_color ) 
 {
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ Gtk::Label * Utils::mk_label( const Glib::ustring & text,
 	
 	label ->set_use_markup( use_markup ) ;
 	label ->set_line_wrap( wrap ) ;
+	label ->set_selectable( selectable ) ;
 	
 	if ( text_color != "black" )
 	{