diff --git a/packages/extension-mention/src/mention.ts b/packages/extension-mention/src/mention.ts
index c6165f497..18ac31da5 100644
--- a/packages/extension-mention/src/mention.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-mention/src/mention.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,22 @@ export const Mention = Node.create<MentionOptions>({
           }
         },
       },
+      label: {
+        default: null,
+        parseHTML: element => {
+          return {
+            label: element.getAttribute('data-label'),
+          };
+        },
+        renderHTML: attributes => {
+          if (!attributes.label) {
+            return {};
+          }
+          return {
+            'data-label': attributes.label,
+          };
+        },
+      },
     }
   },
 
@@ -77,12 +93,12 @@ export const Mention = Node.create<MentionOptions>({
     return [
       'span',
       mergeAttributes(this.options.HTMLAttributes, HTMLAttributes),
-      `${this.options.suggestion.char}${node.attrs.id}`,
+      `${this.options.suggestion.char}${node.attrs.label ?? node.attrs.id}`,
     ]
   },
 
   renderText({ node }) {
-    return `${this.options.suggestion.char}${node.attrs.id}`
+    return `${this.options.suggestion.char}${node.attrs.label ?? node.attrs.id}`
   },
 
   addKeyboardShortcuts() {