diff --git a/tests/unit/core/core.js b/tests/unit/core/core.js
index 0d25e22d8..1eaa055e5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/core/core.js
+++ b/tests/unit/core/core.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ define( [
 	"jquery",
 	"lib/common",
 	"ui/core",
-	"ui/form"
+	"ui/form",
+	"ui/labels"
 ], function( $, common ) {
 
 module( "core - jQuery extensions" );
diff --git a/ui/button.js b/ui/button.js
index ec6525d2b..bc391810f 100644
--- a/ui/button.js
+++ b/ui/button.js
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 		// AMD. Register as an anonymous module.
 		define([
 			"jquery",
-			"./core",
 			"./data",
 			"./keycode",
+			"./labels",
 			"./version",
 			"./widget"
 		], factory );
diff --git a/ui/core.js b/ui/core.js
index 6c948d058..412354151 100644
--- a/ui/core.js
+++ b/ui/core.js
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 			"jquery",
 			"./data",
 			"./disable-selection",
-			"./escape-selector",
 			"./focusable",
 			"./form",
 			"./ie",
 			"./keycode",
+			"./labels",
 			"./version"
 		], factory );
 	} else {
@@ -113,41 +113,6 @@ $.fn.extend( {
 				$( this ).removeAttr( "id" );
 			}
 		} );
-	},
-
-	labels: function() {
-		var ancestor, selector, id, labels, ancestors;
-
-		// Check control.labels first
-		if ( this[ 0 ].labels && this[ 0 ].labels.length ) {
-			return this.pushStack( this[ 0 ].labels );
-		}
-
-		// Support: IE <= 11, FF <= 37, Android <= 2.3 only
-		// Above browsers do not support control.labels. Everything below is to support them
-		// as well as document fragments. control.labels does not work on document fragments
-		labels = this.eq( 0 ).parents( "label" );
-
-		// Look for the label based on the id
-		id = this.attr( "id" );
-		if ( id ) {
-
-			// We don't search against the document in case the element
-			// is disconnected from the DOM
-			ancestor = this.eq( 0 ).parents().last();
-
-			// Get a full set of top level ancestors
-			ancestors = ancestor.add( ancestor.length ? ancestor.siblings() : this.siblings() );
-
-			// Create a selector for the label based on the id
-			selector = "label[for='" + $.ui.escapeSelector( id ) + "']";
-
-			labels = labels.add( ancestors.find( selector ).addBack( selector ) );
-
-		}
-
-		// Return whatever we have found for labels
-		return this.pushStack( labels );
 	}
 } );
 
diff --git a/ui/labels.js b/ui/labels.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a78d886b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/labels.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*!
+ * jQuery UI Labels @VERSION
+ * http://jqueryui.com
+ *
+ * Copyright jQuery Foundation and other contributors
+ * Released under the MIT license.
+ * http://jquery.org/license
+ */
+
+//>>label: labels
+//>>group: Core
+//>>description: Find all the labels associated with a given input
+//>>docs: http://api.jqueryui.com/labels/
+
+( function( factory ) {
+	if ( typeof define === "function" && define.amd ) {
+
+		// AMD. Register as an anonymous module.
+		define( [ "jquery", "./version", "./escape-selector" ], factory );
+	} else {
+
+		// Browser globals
+		factory( jQuery );
+	}
+} ( function( $ ) {
+
+return $.fn.labels = function() {
+	var ancestor, selector, id, labels, ancestors;
+
+	// Check control.labels first
+	if ( this[ 0 ].labels && this[ 0 ].labels.length ) {
+		return this.pushStack( this[ 0 ].labels );
+	}
+
+	// Support: IE <= 11, FF <= 37, Android <= 2.3 only
+	// Above browsers do not support control.labels. Everything below is to support them
+	// as well as document fragments. control.labels does not work on document fragments
+	labels = this.eq( 0 ).parents( "label" );
+
+	// Look for the label based on the id
+	id = this.attr( "id" );
+	if ( id ) {
+
+		// We don't search against the document in case the element
+		// is disconnected from the DOM
+		ancestor = this.eq( 0 ).parents().last();
+
+		// Get a full set of top level ancestors
+		ancestors = ancestor.add( ancestor.length ? ancestor.siblings() : this.siblings() );
+
+		// Create a selector for the label based on the id
+		selector = "label[for='" + $.ui.escapeSelector( id ) + "']";
+
+		labels = labels.add( ancestors.find( selector ).addBack( selector ) );
+
+	}
+
+	// Return whatever we have found for labels
+	return this.pushStack( labels );
+};
+
+} ) );
diff --git a/ui/selectmenu.js b/ui/selectmenu.js
index dc8df9f1b..04808a87d 100644
--- a/ui/selectmenu.js
+++ b/ui/selectmenu.js
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@
 			"./version",
 			"./escape-selector",
 			"./menu",
+			"./keycode",
+			"./labels",
 			"./position",
 			"./version",
-			"./widget" ], factory );
+			"./widget"
+		], factory );
 	} else {
 
 		// Browser globals