diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository/Classes/Domain/Model/ExpressionBasedNodeLabelGenerator.php b/Neos.ContentRepository/Classes/Domain/Model/ExpressionBasedNodeLabelGenerator.php
index 6ae81fc3cc1..695f73ab566 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository/Classes/Domain/Model/ExpressionBasedNodeLabelGenerator.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository/Classes/Domain/Model/ExpressionBasedNodeLabelGenerator.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public function initializeObject()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Render a node label
+     * Render a node label based on an eel expression or return the expression if it is not valid eel.
      *
      * @param \Neos\ContentRepository\Domain\Projection\Content\NodeInterface $node
      * @return string
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ public function initializeObject()
      */
     public function getLabel(\Neos\ContentRepository\Domain\Projection\Content\NodeInterface $node): string
     {
+        if (Utility::parseEelExpression($this->getExpression()) === null) {
+            return $this->getExpression();
+        }
         return (string)Utility::evaluateEelExpression($this->getExpression(), $this->eelEvaluator, ['node' => $node], $this->defaultContextConfiguration);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository/Configuration/Testing/NodeTypes.yaml b/Neos.ContentRepository/Configuration/Testing/NodeTypes.yaml
index 395d476dd84..56362f49579 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository/Configuration/Testing/NodeTypes.yaml
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository/Configuration/Testing/NodeTypes.yaml
@@ -199,3 +199,9 @@
       type: string
     someDate:
       type: DateTime
+
+'Neos.ContentRepository.Testing:NodeTypeWithPlainLabel':
+  label: 'Test nodetype'
+
+'Neos.ContentRepository.Testing:NodeTypeWithEelExpressionLabel':
+  label: '${"Test" + " " + "nodetype"}'
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository/Tests/Functional/Domain/NodesTest.php b/Neos.ContentRepository/Tests/Functional/Domain/NodesTest.php
index d34d6f52fe8..cceb456f964 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository/Tests/Functional/Domain/NodesTest.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository/Tests/Functional/Domain/NodesTest.php
@@ -1060,6 +1060,23 @@ public function getLabelUsesFallbackExpression()
         self::assertEquals('unstructured ()', $node->getLabel());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function getLabelReturnsParsedEelExpressionOrFallback()
+    {
+        $nodeTypeManager = $this->objectManager->get(NodeTypeManager::class);
+        $nodeTypeWithPlainLabel = $nodeTypeManager->getNodeType('Neos.ContentRepository.Testing:NodeTypeWithPlainLabel');
+        $nodeTypeWithEelExpressionLabel = $nodeTypeManager->getNodeType('Neos.ContentRepository.Testing:NodeTypeWithEelExpressionLabel');
+
+        $rootNode = $this->context->getNode('/');
+        $nodeWithPlainLabel = $rootNode->createNode('node-plain', $nodeTypeWithPlainLabel, '30e893c1-caef-0ca5-b53d-e5699bb8e506');
+        $nodeWithEelExpressionLabel = $rootNode->createNode('node-eel', $nodeTypeWithEelExpressionLabel, '81c848ed-abb5-7608-a5db-7eea0331ccfa');
+
+        self::assertEquals('Test nodetype', $nodeWithPlainLabel->getLabel());
+        self::assertEquals('Test nodetype', $nodeWithEelExpressionLabel->getLabel());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      */
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository/Tests/Unit/Domain/Model/NodeDataTest.php b/Neos.ContentRepository/Tests/Unit/Domain/Model/NodeDataTest.php
index 7c4193a395b..ae5851f639f 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository/Tests/Unit/Domain/Model/NodeDataTest.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository/Tests/Unit/Domain/Model/NodeDataTest.php
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ function ($name) {
 
         self::assertEquals('unstructured', $this->nodeData->getNodeType()->getName());
 
-        $myNodeType = $mockNodeTypeManager->getNodeType('typo3:mycontent');
+        $myNodeType = $mockNodeTypeManager->getNodeType('neos:mycontent');
         $this->nodeData->setNodeType($myNodeType);
         self::assertEquals($myNodeType, $this->nodeData->getNodeType());
     }