diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5e88138b..d7ef7aa4b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 - Don’t handle touches on additional attributed message if passthrough is enabled [Michael Schneider](https://github.com/maicki)[#1184] (https://github.com/TextureGroup/Texture/pull/1184)
 - Yoga integration improvements [Michael Schneider](https://github.com/maicki)[#1187] (https://github.com/TextureGroup/Texture/pull/1187)
 - Correct linePositionModifier behavior [Michael Schneider](https://github.com/maicki)[#1192] (https://github.com/TextureGroup/Texture/pull/1192)
+- Tweak a11y label aggregation behavior to enable container label overrides [Michael Schneider](https://github.com/maicki)[#1199] (https://github.com/TextureGroup/Texture/pull/1199)
 
 ## 2.7
 - Fix pager node for interface coalescing. [Max Wang](https://github.com/wsdwsd0829) [#877](https://github.com/TextureGroup/Texture/pull/877)
diff --git a/Source/Details/_ASDisplayViewAccessiblity.mm b/Source/Details/_ASDisplayViewAccessiblity.mm
index 284eacb3a..a1207e979 100644
--- a/Source/Details/_ASDisplayViewAccessiblity.mm
+++ b/Source/Details/_ASDisplayViewAccessiblity.mm
@@ -139,7 +139,14 @@ static void CollectAccessibilityElementsForContainer(ASDisplayNode *container, _
   std::queue<ASDisplayNode *> queue;
   queue.push(container);
 
-  ASDisplayNode *node;
+  // If the container does not have an accessibility label set, or if the label is meant for custom
+  // actions only, then aggregate its subnodes' labels. Otherwise, treat the label as an overriden
+  // value and do not perform the aggregation.
+  BOOL shouldAggregateSubnodeLabels =
+      (container.accessibilityLabel.length == 0) ||
+      (container.accessibilityTraits & InteractiveAccessibilityTraitsMask());
+
+  ASDisplayNode *node = nil;
   while (!queue.empty()) {
     node = queue.front();
     queue.pop();
@@ -156,7 +163,7 @@ static void CollectAccessibilityElementsForContainer(ASDisplayNode *container, _
         action.containerNode = node.supernode;
         action.container = node.supernode.view;
         [actions addObject:action];
-      } else {
+      } else if (node == container || shouldAggregateSubnodeLabels) {
         // Even though not surfaced to UIKit, create a non-interactive element for purposes of building sorted aggregated label.
         ASAccessibilityElement *nonInteractiveElement = [ASAccessibilityElement accessibilityElementWithContainer:view node:node containerNode:container];
         [labeledNodes addObject:nonInteractiveElement];