diff --git a/data/mapfiles/point_symbol_style_in_label.map b/data/mapfiles/point_symbol_style_in_label.map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ada171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/mapfiles/point_symbol_style_in_label.map
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+LAYER
+  NAME point_symbol_style_in_label
+  MAXSCALEDENOM 35000
+  TYPE POINT
+  EXTENT -20026376.39 -20048966.10 20026376.39 20048966.10
+  PROJECTION
+    "init=epsg:3857"
+  END
+  CLASS
+    MAXSCALEDENOM 35000
+    LABEL
+      SIZE 6.644432194046306
+      COLOR "#ffffff"
+      TEXT '[ref]'
+      PARTIALS false
+      FONT "ptsansbold"
+      TYPE truetype
+      STYLE
+        SYMBOL "simple_point_1_symbol_svg"
+      END
+      STYLE
+        SYMBOL "simple_point_2_symbol_svg"
+      END
+    END
+  END
+  CLASS
+    MAXSCALEDENOM 25000
+    LABEL
+      SIZE 5.644432194046306
+      COLOR "#ffffff"
+      TEXT '[ref]'
+      PARTIALS false
+      FONT "ptsansbold"
+      TYPE truetype
+      STYLE
+        SYMBOL "simple_point_2_symbol_svg"
+      END
+    END
+  END
+  CLASS
+    MAXSCALEDENOM 20000
+    LABEL
+      SIZE 4.644432194046306
+      COLOR "#ffffff"
+      TEXT '[ref]'
+      PARTIALS false
+      FONT "ptsansbold"
+      TYPE truetype
+      STYLE
+        SYMBOL "simple_point_3_symbol_svg"
+      END
+    END
+  END
+END
+SYMBOL
+  NAME simple_point_1_symbol_svg
+  IMAGE "simple_point_1_symbol.svg"
+  TYPE svg
+END
+SYMBOL
+  NAME simple_point_2_symbol_svg
+  IMAGE "simple_point_2_symbol.svg"
+  TYPE svg
+END
+SYMBOL
+  NAME simple_point_3_symbol_svg
+  IMAGE "simple_point_3_symbol.svg"
+  TYPE svg
+END
diff --git a/data/styles/point_symbol_style_in_label.ts b/data/styles/point_symbol_style_in_label.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2e73a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/styles/point_symbol_style_in_label.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { Style } from 'geostyler-style';
+
+const pointSymbolStyle: Style = [
+  {
+    name: 'point_symbol_style_in_label',
+    rules: [
+      {
+        name: '',
+        scaleDenominator: { max: 35000 },
+        symbolizers: [
+          { kind: 'Icon', image: 'simple_point_1_symbol.svg' },
+          { kind: 'Icon', image: 'simple_point_2_symbol.svg' },
+          {
+            kind: 'Text',
+            label: '{{ref}}',
+            font: ['ptsansbold'],
+            size: 6.644432194046306,
+            color: '#ffffff'
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        name: '',
+        scaleDenominator: { max: 25000 },
+        symbolizers: [
+          { kind: 'Icon', image: 'simple_point_2_symbol.svg' },
+          {
+            kind: 'Text',
+            label: '{{ref}}',
+            font: ['ptsansbold'],
+            size: 5.644432194046306,
+            color: '#ffffff'
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        name: '',
+        scaleDenominator: { max: 20000 },
+        symbolizers: [
+          { kind: 'Icon', image: 'simple_point_3_symbol.svg' },
+          {
+            kind: 'Text',
+            label: '{{ref}}',
+            font: ['ptsansbold'],
+            size: 4.644432194046306,
+            color: '#ffffff'
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+];
+export default pointSymbolStyle;
diff --git a/src/MapfileStyleParser.spec.ts b/src/MapfileStyleParser.spec.ts
index 526ec02..8d87922 100644
--- a/src/MapfileStyleParser.spec.ts
+++ b/src/MapfileStyleParser.spec.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import raster_resampling_average from '../data/styles/raster_resampling_average'
 import raster_resampling_bilinear from '../data/styles/raster_resampling_bilinear';
 import raster_resampling_nearest from '../data/styles/raster_resampling_nearest';
 import line_set_of_expressions from '../data/styles/line_set_of_expressions';
+import point_symbol_style_in_label from '../data/styles/point_symbol_style_in_label';
 
 
 it('MapfileStyleParser is defined', () => {
@@ -203,6 +204,13 @@ describe('MapfileStyleParser implements StyleParser', () => {
       expect(geoStylerStyle).toBeDefined();
       expect(geoStylerStyle).toEqual(line_set_of_expressions);
     });
+    it('can read a simple MapFile with symbol style in label', async () => {
+      expect.assertions(2);
+      const mapfile = fs.readFileSync( './data/mapfiles/point_symbol_style_in_label.map', 'utf8');
+      const geoStylerStyle = await styleParser.readMultiStyles(mapfile);
+      expect(geoStylerStyle).toBeDefined();
+      expect(geoStylerStyle).toEqual(point_symbol_style_in_label);
+    });
 
  it('can translate Mapfile to SLD', async () => {
    const mapfile = fs.readFileSync('./data/mapfiles/point_simple_point.map', 'utf8');
diff --git a/src/MapfileStyleParser.ts b/src/MapfileStyleParser.ts
index 6050b3c..be24515 100644
--- a/src/MapfileStyleParser.ts
+++ b/src/MapfileStyleParser.ts
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ export class MapfileStyleParser implements StyleParser {
   getIconSymbolizerFromMapfileStyle(mapfileStyle: MapfileStyle): IconSymbolizer {
     const iconSymbolizer: IconSymbolizer = {
       kind: 'Icon',
-      image: mapfileStyle.symbol.image,
+      image: mapfileStyle.symbol.image
     } as IconSymbolizer;
 
     if (mapfileStyle.size) {
@@ -810,6 +810,13 @@ export class MapfileStyleParser implements StyleParser {
       mapfileLayerLabelItem = mapfileClass.text ? mapfileClass.text : mapfileLayerLabelItem;
       mapfileClass.labels.forEach((mapfileLabel) => {
         mapfileLabel.text = mapfileLabel.text ? mapfileLabel.text : mapfileLayerLabelItem;
+
+        // Set Icons in front of the associated label
+        const labelIcons = this.getIconsFromMapfileLabel(mapfileLabel);
+        labelIcons?.forEach(labelIcon => {
+          symbolizers.push(labelIcon);
+        });
+
         const symbolizer = Object.assign(
           this.getTextSymbolizerFromMapfileStyle(mapfileLabel),
           this.getBaseSymbolizerFromMapfileStyle(mapfileLabel)
@@ -824,6 +831,24 @@ export class MapfileStyleParser implements StyleParser {
     return symbolizers;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Collect icon data if defined within the label tag
+   *
+   * @param {MapfileLabel} mapfileLabel Mapfile label data
+   * @return {IconSymbolizer[]} The IconSymbolizer
+   */
+  getIconsFromMapfileLabel(mapfileLabel: MapfileLabel): IconSymbolizer[] {
+    const labelStyles: IconSymbolizer[] = [];
+    mapfileLabel?.styles?.forEach((style: MapfileStyle) => {
+      if (style.symbol) {
+        labelStyles.push(this.getIconSymbolizerFromMapfileStyle(
+          {symbol: {image: style.symbol}} as unknown as MapfileStyle
+        ));
+      }
+    });
+    return labelStyles;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get the GeoStyler-Style Rule from an Mapfile Object.
    *
diff --git a/src/mapfile2js/mapfileTypes.ts b/src/mapfile2js/mapfileTypes.ts
index ea0287f..9bd9dbb 100644
--- a/src/mapfile2js/mapfileTypes.ts
+++ b/src/mapfile2js/mapfileTypes.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ export interface MapfileLabel {
   color: string;
   outlinecolor: string;
   outlinewidth: number;
+  styles?: MapfileStyle[];
 }
 
 interface MapfileScaleTokenValue {}
diff --git a/src/mapfile2js/parse/resolveSymbolset.ts b/src/mapfile2js/parse/resolveSymbolset.ts
index 4f57c22..dd7428d 100644
--- a/src/mapfile2js/parse/resolveSymbolset.ts
+++ b/src/mapfile2js/parse/resolveSymbolset.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,23 @@ export function resolveSymbolsFromMapfile(mapfile: Mapfile): Mapfile {
                 });
               }
             });
+          }  else if (mclass.labels) {
+            // parse symbol data within a style tag of a label
+            mclass.labels.forEach((label) => {
+              const styles: MapfileStyle[] = label.styles as MapfileStyle[];
+              styles?.forEach((style: MapfileStyle) => {
+                symbols?.forEach((symbol: any) => {
+                  if (
+                    symbol.name &&
+                    symbol.image &&
+                    symbol.name === style.symbol
+                  ) {
+                    style.symbol = (parse(symbol.image)
+                      .base as unknown) as MapfileSymbol;
+                  }
+                });
+              });
+            });
           }
         });
       }