diff --git a/demo/src/app/ui/ui-material/slider/app.component.ts b/demo/src/app/ui/ui-material/slider/app.component.ts
index 83aff22f9..a4308ad88 100644
--- a/demo/src/app/ui/ui-material/slider/app.component.ts
+++ b/demo/src/app/ui/ui-material/slider/app.component.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export class AppComponent {
       templateOptions: {
         label: 'Slider label',
         // placeholder: 'Slider Placeholder',
+        // thumbLabel: true,
         description: 'Slider Description',
         required: true,
       },
diff --git a/src/material/slider/src/slider.type.ts b/src/material/slider/src/slider.type.ts
index cb6774628..04efa62df 100644
--- a/src/material/slider/src/slider.type.ts
+++ b/src/material/slider/src/slider.type.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { MatSlider } from '@angular/material/slider';
       [formlyAttributes]="field"
       [tabindex]="to.tabindex || 0"
       [color]="to.color"
+      [thumbLabel]="to.thumbLabel"
       [step]="to.step"
       [max]="to.max"
       [min]="to.min">
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export class FormlySliderTypeComponent extends FieldType {
     templateOptions: {
       hideFieldUnderline: true,
       floatLabel: 'always',
+      thumbLabel: false,
     },
   };