diff --git a/src/label-common.ts b/src/label-common.ts
index b634b17..0e0a721 100644
--- a/src/label-common.ts
+++ b/src/label-common.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export abstract class LabelBase extends TNLabel implements LabelViewDefinition {
     @cssProperty lineBreak: LineBreak;
     @cssProperty linkColor: Color;
     @cssProperty linkUnderline: boolean;
+    @cssProperty selectable: boolean;
     html: string;
     //@ts-ignore
     formattedText: FormattedString;
@@ -103,6 +104,13 @@ export const linkUnderlineProperty = new CssProperty<Style, boolean>({
 });
 linkUnderlineProperty.register(Style);
 
+export const selectableProperty = new CssProperty<Style, boolean>({
+    name: 'selectable',
+    cssName: 'selectable',
+    valueConverter: booleanConverter,
+});
+selectableProperty.register(Style);
+
 export const autoFontSizeProperty = new CssProperty<Style, boolean>({
     name: 'autoFontSize',
     cssName: 'auto-font-size',
diff --git a/src/label.android.ts b/src/label.android.ts
index a916cdf..348bd84 100644
--- a/src/label.android.ts
+++ b/src/label.android.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import {
 import { lineHeightProperty } from '@nativescript/core/ui/text-base/text-base-common';
 import { layout } from '@nativescript/core/utils/utils';
 import { Label as LabelViewDefinition, LineBreak, TextShadow } from './label';
-import { autoFontSizeProperty, lineBreakProperty, maxLinesProperty, needFormattedStringComputation, textShadowProperty } from './label-common';
+import { autoFontSizeProperty, lineBreakProperty, maxLinesProperty, needFormattedStringComputation, selectableProperty, textShadowProperty } from './label-common';
 
 export { enableIOSDTCoreText, createNativeAttributedString } from '@nativescript-community/text';
 
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ abstract class LabelBase extends View implements LabelViewDefinition {
     @cssProperty linkColor: Color;
     @cssProperty linkUnderline: boolean;
     public html: string;
+    @cssProperty selectable: boolean;
 
     public _isSingleLine: boolean;
     public text: string;
@@ -507,6 +508,10 @@ export class Label extends LabelBase {
         }
     }
 
+    [selectableProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.setTextIsSelectable(value);
+    }
+
     @profile
     createHTMLString() {
         const result = createNativeAttributedString({ text: this.html }) as android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
diff --git a/src/label.ios.ts b/src/label.ios.ts
index c211f9d..20d4b62 100644
--- a/src/label.ios.ts
+++ b/src/label.ios.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
     linkUnderlineProperty,
     maxLinesProperty,
     needFormattedStringComputation,
+    selectableProperty,
     textShadowProperty,
 } from './label-common';
 
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ export class Label extends LabelBase {
 
     updateHTMLString() {
         if (!this.html) {
-            this.nativeTextViewProtected.selectable = false;
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.selectable = this.selectable === true;
             this.attributedString = null;
         } else {
             const font = this.nativeViewProtected.font;
@@ -434,10 +435,13 @@ export class Label extends LabelBase {
                 // this.nativeTextViewProtected.linkTextAttributes = null;
             // const color =this.linkColor.ios;
             let hasLink = false;
-            result.enumerateAttributeInRangeOptionsUsingBlock(NSLinkAttributeName, { location: 0, length: result.length }, 0, (attributes: NSDictionary<any, any>, range, stop) => {
-                hasLink = true;
+            result.enumerateAttributeInRangeOptionsUsingBlock(NSLinkAttributeName, { location: 0, length: result.length }, 0, (value, range: NSRange, stop) => {
+                hasLink = hasLink || (!!value && range.length > 0);
+                if (hasLink) {
+                    stop[0] = true;
+                }
             });
-            this.nativeTextViewProtected.selectable = hasLink;
+            this.nativeTextViewProtected.selectable = this.selectable === true || hasLink;
             // }
 
             this.attributedString = result;
@@ -472,6 +476,9 @@ export class Label extends LabelBase {
         }
         nativeView.linkTextAttributes = attributes;
     }
+    [selectableProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
+        this.nativeTextViewProtected.selectable = value;
+    }
     [linkUnderlineProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
         const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
         let attributes =  nativeView.linkTextAttributes as NSMutableDictionary<any, any>;