diff --git a/lib/formtastic.rb b/lib/formtastic.rb
index 92dd14fe2..76bb96f7d 100644
--- a/lib/formtastic.rb
+++ b/lib/formtastic.rb
@@ -1402,7 +1402,8 @@ def find_collection_for_column(column, options) #:nodoc:
 
         # Return if we have an Array of strings, fixnums or arrays
         return collection if (collection.instance_of?(Array) || collection.instance_of?(Range)) &&
-                             [Array, Fixnum, String, Symbol].include?(collection.first.class)
+                             [Array, Fixnum, String, Symbol].include?(collection.first.class) &&
+                             !options.include?(:label_method)
 
         label, value = detect_label_and_value_method!(collection, options)
         collection.map { |o| [send_or_call(label, o), send_or_call(value, o)] }
diff --git a/spec/label_spec.rb b/spec/label_spec.rb
index b21904cb6..8117d6539 100644
--- a/spec/label_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/label_spec.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'when label method is given' do
+    it 'should ignore the shortcut for simple collections if a label_method is supplied' do
+      semantic_form_for(:project, :url => 'http://test.host') do |builder|
+        concat(builder.input(:author_id, :as => :check_boxes, :collection => [:a, :b, :c], :value_method => :to_s, :label_method => proc {|f| ('Label_%s' % [f])}))
+      end
+      output_buffer.should have_tag('form li fieldset ol li label', :with => /Label_[abc]/, :count => 3)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'when label is given' do
     it 'should allow the text to be given as label option' do
       semantic_form_for(@new_post) do |builder|