diff --git a/crates/ui2/src/components/button/button.rs b/crates/ui2/src/components/button/button.rs
index ce26ee76a5df38c29e17c024bb839d0229b332d4..7524a2598724cbdecb3af636e98842f509747ef3 100644
--- a/crates/ui2/src/components/button/button.rs
+++ b/crates/ui2/src/components/button/button.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pub struct Button {
     base: ButtonLike,
     label: SharedString,
     label_color: Option<Color>,
+    selected_label: Option<SharedString>,
 }
 
 impl Button {
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ impl Button {
             base: ButtonLike::new(id),
             label: label.into(),
             label_color: None,
+            selected_label: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -23,6 +25,11 @@ impl Button {
         self.label_color = label_color.into();
         self
     }
+
+    pub fn selected_label<L: Into<SharedString>>(mut self, label: impl Into<Option<L>>) -> Self {
+        self.selected_label = label.into().map(Into::into);
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 impl Selectable for Button {
@@ -74,6 +81,11 @@ impl RenderOnce for Button {
     type Rendered = ButtonLike;
 
     fn render(self, _cx: &mut WindowContext) -> Self::Rendered {
+        let label = self
+            .selected_label
+            .filter(|_| self.base.selected)
+            .unwrap_or(self.label);
+
         let label_color = if self.base.disabled {
             Color::Disabled
         } else if self.base.selected {
@@ -83,7 +95,7 @@ impl RenderOnce for Button {
         };
 
         self.base.child(
-            Label::new(self.label)
+            Label::new(label)
                 .color(label_color)
                 .line_height_style(LineHeightStyle::UILabel),
         )
diff --git a/crates/ui2/src/components/stories/button.rs b/crates/ui2/src/components/stories/button.rs
index 17bcd8b26850333db4dabfbae2fc0e3570f1e7cc..1a95aef6005a056a18792a145f0b75627b7b5652 100644
--- a/crates/ui2/src/components/stories/button.rs
+++ b/crates/ui2/src/components/stories/button.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ impl Render for ButtonStory {
             .child(Button::new("default_filled", "Click me"))
             .child(Story::label("Selected"))
             .child(Button::new("selected_filled", "Click me").selected(true))
+            .child(Story::label("Selected with `selected_label`"))
+            .child(
+                Button::new("selected_label_filled", "Click me")
+                    .selected(true)
+                    .selected_label("I have been selected"),
+            )
             .child(Story::label("With `label_color`"))
             .child(Button::new("filled_with_label_color", "Click me").color(Color::Created))
             .child(Story::label("Default (Subtle)"))