diff --git a/.changeset/itchy-ears-warn.md b/.changeset/itchy-ears-warn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c76258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/itchy-ears-warn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@zazuko/rdf-entity-webcomponent": patch
+---
+
+Fix language resolution for labels (closes #4)
diff --git a/src/builder/labels.js b/src/builder/labels.js
index e5dbdb5..e383857 100644
--- a/src/builder/labels.js
+++ b/src/builder/labels.js
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 import { splitIfVocab } from './utils.js'
 
 function getWithLang (cf, options) {
+  let highlightLanguage = options.highlightLanguage ? [options.highlightLanguage] : undefined
+  if (!highlightLanguage) {
+    highlightLanguage = options.preferredLanguages ?? []
+  }
+
   for (const property of options.labelProperties) {
     const terms = cf.out(property,
-      { language: [...(options.preferredLanguages ?? []), '*'] }).terms
+      { language: [...highlightLanguage, '*'] }).terms
     if (terms.length) {
       const language = terms[0].language
       return {