diff --git a/private/ctf2grad.m b/private/ctf2grad.m
index 26ccf1ff8d..6405b0a2d9 100644
--- a/private/ctf2grad.m
+++ b/private/ctf2grad.m
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
 
       grad.chanpos(i,:) = pos;
       grad.chanori(i,:) = ez;
+      grad.label{i}     = hdr.res4.chanNames(i,:);
 
     end % if MEG or MEGREF
   end % for each channel