diff --git a/jenkins/start-slave.sh b/jenkins/start-slave.sh
index cd68110d91f4..ca20a70a6c7d 100755
--- a/jenkins/start-slave.sh
+++ b/jenkins/start-slave.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ if [ "${CLEANUP_WORKSPACE}" = "cleanup" ] ; then ssh -n $SSH_OPTS $TARGET rm -rf
 ssh -n $SSH_OPTS $TARGET mkdir -p $WORKSPACE/tmp $WORKSPACE/workspace
 ssh -n $SSH_OPTS $TARGET rm -f $WORKSPACE/cmsos $WORKSPACE/slave.jar
 JENKINS_CLI_OPTS="-jar ${HOME}/jenkins-cli.jar -i ${HOME}/.ssh/id_dsa -s http://localhost:8080/$(cat ${HOME}/jenkins_prefix) -remoting"
-case ${SLAVE_TYPE} in
+if [ $(cat ${HOME}/nodes/${JENKINS_SLAVE_NAME}/config.xml | grep '<label>' | grep 'no_label' | wc -l) -eq 0 ] ; then
+  case ${SLAVE_TYPE} in
   *dmwm* ) echo "Skipping auto labels" ;;
   aiadm* ) echo "Skipping auto labels" ;;
   lxplus* )
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ case ${SLAVE_TYPE} in
     done
     java ${JENKINS_CLI_OPTS} groovy ${SCRIPT_DIR}/set-slave-labels.groovy "${JENKINS_SLAVE_NAME}" "${new_labs}"
     ;;
-esac
+  esac
+fi
 if ! ssh -n $SSH_OPTS $TARGET test -f '~/.jenkins-slave-setup' ; then
   java ${JENKINS_CLI_OPTS} build 'jenkins-test-slave' -p SLAVE_CONNECTION=${TARGET} -p RSYNC_SLAVE_HOME=true -s || true
 fi