diff --git a/src/__tests__/suggestions.js b/src/__tests__/suggestions.js
index f0c7fb66..00b40dfb 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/suggestions.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/suggestions.js
@@ -578,3 +578,44 @@ test('should suggest hidden option if element is not in the accessibilty tree',
     ]
   `)
 })
+
+test('should find label text using the aria-labelledby', () => {
+  const {container} = renderIntoDocument(`
+  <div>
+      <div>
+        <input id="sixth-label-one" value="6th one"/>
+        <input id="sixth-label-two" value="6th two"/>
+        <label id="sixth-label-three">6th three</label>
+        <input aria-labelledby="sixth-label-one sixth-label-two sixth-label-three" id="sixth-id" />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  `)
+
+  expect(
+    getSuggestedQuery(
+      container.querySelector('[id="sixth-id"]'),
+      'get',
+      'labelText',
+    ),
+  ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+    {
+      queryArgs: [/6th one 6th two 6th three/i],
+      queryMethod: 'getByLabelText',
+      queryName: 'LabelText',
+      variant: 'get',
+      warning: '',
+    },
+    `
+    Object {
+      "queryArgs": Array [
+        Object {},
+      ],
+      "queryMethod": "getByLabelText",
+      "queryName": "LabelText",
+      "toString": [Function],
+      "variant": "get",
+      "warning": "",
+    }
+  `,
+  )
+})
diff --git a/src/label-helpers.js b/src/label-helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52c5dc99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/label-helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import {TEXT_NODE} from './helpers'
+
+const labelledNodeNames = [
+  'button',
+  'meter',
+  'output',
+  'progress',
+  'select',
+  'textarea',
+  'input',
+]
+
+function getTextContent(node) {
+  if (labelledNodeNames.includes(node.nodeName.toLowerCase())) {
+    return ''
+  }
+
+  if (node.nodeType === TEXT_NODE) return node.textContent
+
+  return Array.from(node.childNodes)
+    .map(childNode => getTextContent(childNode))
+    .join('')
+}
+
+function getLabelContent(node) {
+  let textContent
+  if (node.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'label') {
+    textContent = getTextContent(node)
+  } else {
+    textContent = node.value || node.textContent
+  }
+  return textContent
+}
+
+// Based on https://github.com/eps1lon/dom-accessibility-api/pull/352
+function getRealLabels(element) {
+  if (element.labels !== undefined) return element.labels
+
+  if (!isLabelable(element)) return []
+
+  const labels = element.ownerDocument.querySelectorAll('label')
+  return Array.from(labels).filter(label => label.control === element)
+}
+
+function isLabelable(element) {
+  return (
+    element.tagName.match(/BUTTON|METER|OUTPUT|PROGRESS|SELECT|TEXTAREA/) ||
+    (element.tagName === 'INPUT' && element.getAttribute('type') !== 'hidden')
+  )
+}
+
+function getLabels(container, element, {selector = '*'} = {}) {
+  const labelsId = element.getAttribute('aria-labelledby')
+    ? element.getAttribute('aria-labelledby').split(' ')
+    : []
+  return labelsId.length
+    ? labelsId.map(labelId => {
+        const labellingElement = container.querySelector(`[id="${labelId}"]`)
+        return labellingElement
+          ? {content: getLabelContent(labellingElement), formControl: null}
+          : {content: '', formControl: null}
+      })
+    : Array.from(getRealLabels(element)).map(label => {
+        const textToMatch = getLabelContent(label)
+        const formControlSelector =
+          'button, input, meter, output, progress, select, textarea'
+        const labelledFormControl = Array.from(
+          label.querySelectorAll(formControlSelector),
+        ).filter(formControlElement => formControlElement.matches(selector))[0]
+
+        return {content: textToMatch, formControl: labelledFormControl}
+      })
+}
+
+export {getLabels, getRealLabels, getLabelContent}
diff --git a/src/queries/label-text.js b/src/queries/label-text.js
index fc86d583..b4a45cc6 100644
--- a/src/queries/label-text.js
+++ b/src/queries/label-text.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {getConfig} from '../config'
-import {checkContainerType, TEXT_NODE} from '../helpers'
+import {checkContainerType} from '../helpers'
+import {getLabels, getRealLabels, getLabelContent} from '../label-helpers'
 import {
   fuzzyMatches,
   matches,
@@ -11,16 +12,6 @@ import {
   wrapSingleQueryWithSuggestion,
 } from './all-utils'
 
-const labelledNodeNames = [
-  'button',
-  'meter',
-  'output',
-  'progress',
-  'select',
-  'textarea',
-  'input',
-]
-
 function queryAllLabels(container) {
   return Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('label,input'))
     .map(node => {
@@ -46,28 +37,6 @@ function queryAllLabelsByText(
     .map(({node}) => node)
 }
 
-function getTextContent(node) {
-  if (labelledNodeNames.includes(node.nodeName.toLowerCase())) {
-    return ''
-  }
-
-  if (node.nodeType === TEXT_NODE) return node.textContent
-
-  return Array.from(node.childNodes)
-    .map(childNode => getTextContent(childNode))
-    .join('')
-}
-
-function getLabelContent(node) {
-  let textContent
-  if (node.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'label') {
-    textContent = getTextContent(node)
-  } else {
-    textContent = node.value || node.textContent
-  }
-  return textContent
-}
-
 function queryAllByLabelText(
   container,
   text,
@@ -79,34 +48,21 @@ function queryAllByLabelText(
   const matchNormalizer = makeNormalizer({collapseWhitespace, trim, normalizer})
   const matchingLabelledElements = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('*'))
     .filter(element => {
-      return getLabels(element) || element.hasAttribute('aria-labelledby')
+      return (
+        getRealLabels(element).length || element.hasAttribute('aria-labelledby')
+      )
     })
     .reduce((labelledElements, labelledElement) => {
-      const labelsId = labelledElement.getAttribute('aria-labelledby')
-        ? labelledElement.getAttribute('aria-labelledby').split(' ')
-        : []
-      let labelsValue = labelsId.length
-        ? labelsId.map(labelId => {
-            const labellingElement = container.querySelector(
-              `[id="${labelId}"]`,
-            )
-            return labellingElement ? getLabelContent(labellingElement) : ''
-          })
-        : Array.from(getLabels(labelledElement)).map(label => {
-            const textToMatch = getLabelContent(label)
-            const formControlSelector = labelledNodeNames.join(',')
-            const labelledFormControl = Array.from(
-              label.querySelectorAll(formControlSelector),
-            ).filter(element => element.matches(selector))[0]
-            if (labelledFormControl) {
-              if (
-                matcher(textToMatch, labelledFormControl, text, matchNormalizer)
-              )
-                labelledElements.push(labelledFormControl)
-            }
-            return textToMatch
-          })
-      labelsValue = labelsValue.filter(Boolean)
+      const labelList = getLabels(container, labelledElement, {selector})
+      labelList
+        .filter(label => Boolean(label.formControl))
+        .forEach(label => {
+          if (matcher(label.content, label.formControl, text, matchNormalizer))
+            labelledElements.push(label.formControl)
+        })
+      const labelsValue = labelList
+        .filter(label => Boolean(label.content))
+        .map(label => label.content)
       if (
         matcher(labelsValue.join(' '), labelledElement, text, matchNormalizer)
       )
@@ -232,6 +188,7 @@ const queryAllByLabelTextWithSuggestions = wrapAllByQueryWithSuggestion(
   queryAllByLabelText.name,
   'queryAll',
 )
+
 export {
   queryAllByLabelTextWithSuggestions as queryAllByLabelText,
   queryByLabelText,
@@ -240,20 +197,3 @@ export {
   findAllByLabelText,
   findByLabelText,
 }
-
-// Based on https://github.com/eps1lon/dom-accessibility-api/pull/352
-function getLabels(element) {
-  if (element.labels !== undefined) return element.labels
-
-  if (!isLabelable(element)) return null
-
-  const labels = element.ownerDocument.querySelectorAll('label')
-  return Array.from(labels).filter(label => label.control === element)
-}
-
-function isLabelable(element) {
-  return (
-    element.tagName.match(/BUTTON|METER|OUTPUT|PROGRESS|SELECT|TEXTAREA/) ||
-    (element.tagName === 'INPUT' && element.getAttribute('type') !== 'hidden')
-  )
-}
diff --git a/src/suggestions.js b/src/suggestions.js
index e3fef0e7..0f1bef6a 100644
--- a/src/suggestions.js
+++ b/src/suggestions.js
@@ -3,33 +3,10 @@ import {getDefaultNormalizer} from './matches'
 import {getNodeText} from './get-node-text'
 import {DEFAULT_IGNORE_TAGS, getConfig} from './config'
 import {getImplicitAriaRoles, isInaccessible} from './role-helpers'
+import {getLabels} from './label-helpers'
 
 const normalize = getDefaultNormalizer()
 
-function getLabelTextFor(element) {
-  let label =
-    element.labels &&
-    Array.from(element.labels).find(el => Boolean(normalize(el.textContent)))
-
-  // non form elements that are using aria-labelledby won't be included in `element.labels`
-  if (!label) {
-    const ariaLabelledBy = element.getAttribute('aria-labelledby')
-    if (ariaLabelledBy) {
-      // this is only a temporary fix. The problem is that at the moment @testing-library/dom
-      // not support label concatenation
-      // see https://github.com/testing-library/dom-testing-library/issues/545
-      const firstId = ariaLabelledBy.split(' ')[0]
-      // we're using this notation because with the # selector we would have to escape special characters e.g. user.name
-      // see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/querySelector#Escaping_special_characters
-      label = document.querySelector(`[id="${firstId}"]`)
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (label) {
-    return label.textContent
-  }
-  return undefined
-}
 function escapeRegExp(string) {
   return string.replace(/[.*+\-?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&') // $& means the whole matched string
 }
@@ -113,7 +90,9 @@ export function getSuggestedQuery(element, variant = 'get', method) {
     })
   }
 
-  const labelText = getLabelTextFor(element)
+  const labelText = getLabels(document, element)
+    .map(label => label.content)
+    .join(' ')
   if (canSuggest('LabelText', method, labelText)) {
     return makeSuggestion('LabelText', element, labelText, {variant})
   }