diff --git a/EndlessClient/Controllers/NPCInteractionController.cs b/EndlessClient/Controllers/NPCInteractionController.cs
index 9f1c30be3..5d5a4e27d 100644
--- a/EndlessClient/Controllers/NPCInteractionController.cs
+++ b/EndlessClient/Controllers/NPCInteractionController.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 using AutomaticTypeMapper;
 using EndlessClient.Dialogs;
 using EndlessClient.Dialogs.Actions;
+using EndlessClient.HUD;
 using EndlessClient.Input;
 using EOLib.Domain.Interact;
 using EOLib.Domain.NPC;
 using EOLib.IO.Repositories;
+using EOLib.Localization;
 using System.Linq;
 
 namespace EndlessClient.Controllers
@@ -14,18 +16,21 @@ public class NPCInteractionController : INPCInteractionController
     {
         private readonly IMapNPCActions _mapNpcActions;
         private readonly IInGameDialogActions _inGameDialogActions;
+        private readonly IStatusLabelSetter _statusLabelSetter;
         private readonly IENFFileProvider _enfFileProvider;
         private readonly IActiveDialogProvider _activeDialogProvider;
         private readonly IUserInputRepository _userInputRepository;
 
         public NPCInteractionController(IMapNPCActions mapNpcActions,
                                         IInGameDialogActions inGameDialogActions,
+                                        IStatusLabelSetter statusLabelSetter,
                                         IENFFileProvider enfFileProvider,
                                         IActiveDialogProvider activeDialogProvider,
                                         IUserInputRepository userInputRepository)
         {
             _mapNpcActions = mapNpcActions;
             _inGameDialogActions = inGameDialogActions;
+            _statusLabelSetter = statusLabelSetter;
             _enfFileProvider = enfFileProvider;
             _activeDialogProvider = activeDialogProvider;
             _userInputRepository = userInputRepository;
@@ -38,6 +43,9 @@ public void ShowNPCDialog(INPC npc)
 
             var data = _enfFileProvider.ENFFile[npc.ID];
 
+            // there is no "NPC" text in the localized files
+            _statusLabelSetter.SetStatusLabel($"[ NPC ] {data.Name}");
+
             switch(data.Type)
             {
                 case EOLib.IO.NPCType.Shop:
diff --git a/EndlessClient/HUD/IStatusLabelSetter.cs b/EndlessClient/HUD/IStatusLabelSetter.cs
index bae49c721..424789e7b 100644
--- a/EndlessClient/HUD/IStatusLabelSetter.cs
+++ b/EndlessClient/HUD/IStatusLabelSetter.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-using EOLib.Localization;
+using EOLib.Domain.Interact.Quest;
+using EOLib.Localization;
 
 namespace EndlessClient.HUD
 {
-    public interface IStatusLabelSetter
+    public interface IStatusLabelSetter : IStatusLabelNotifier
     {
         void SetStatusLabel(EOResourceID type, EOResourceID text, string appended = "");
 
         void SetStatusLabel(EOResourceID type, string prepended, EOResourceID text);
 
         void SetStatusLabel(EOResourceID type, string text);
+
+        void SetStatusLabel(string text);
     }
 }
diff --git a/EndlessClient/HUD/StatusLabelSetter.cs b/EndlessClient/HUD/StatusLabelSetter.cs
index 8627bc17a..c36de056a 100644
--- a/EndlessClient/HUD/StatusLabelSetter.cs
+++ b/EndlessClient/HUD/StatusLabelSetter.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 using System;
 using AutomaticTypeMapper;
-using EOLib.Domain.Interact.Quest;
 using EOLib.Localization;
 
 namespace EndlessClient.HUD
 {
     [AutoMappedType]
-    public class StatusLabelSetter : IStatusLabelSetter, IStatusLabelNotifier
+    public class StatusLabelSetter : IStatusLabelSetter
     {
         private readonly IStatusLabelTextRepository _statusLabelTextRepository;
         private readonly ILocalizedStringFinder _localizedStringFinder;
@@ -41,6 +40,12 @@ public void SetStatusLabel(EOResourceID type, string text)
             SetStatusLabelText(_localizedStringFinder.GetString(type), text);
         }
 
+        public void SetStatusLabel(string text)
+        {
+            _statusLabelTextRepository.StatusText = text;
+            _statusLabelTextRepository.SetTime = DateTime.Now;
+        }
+
         public void ShowWarning(string message)
         {
             SetStatusLabel(EOResourceID.STATUS_LABEL_TYPE_WARNING, message);