diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/govuk_publishing_components/analytics/track-click.js b/app/assets/javascripts/govuk_publishing_components/analytics/track-click.js
index 12d4ba7a53..5c5b0ca77e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/govuk_publishing_components/analytics/track-click.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/govuk_publishing_components/analytics/track-click.js
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ window.GOVUK.Modules = window.GOVUK.Modules || {};
 
   GemTrackClick.prototype.handleClick = function (target) {
     var options = { transport: 'beacon' }
+    var linkText
 
     // if clicked element hasn't got the right attributes, look for a parent that matches
     if (!target.hasAttribute('data-track-category') && !target.hasAttribute('data-track-action')) {
+      linkText = target.textContent || target.innerText
       target = target.closest('[data-track-category][data-track-action]')
     }
 
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ window.GOVUK.Modules = window.GOVUK.Modules || {};
 
       if (label) {
         options.label = label
+      } else {
+        options.label = linkText
       }
 
       if (value) {
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/govuk_publishing_components/analytics/track-click.spec.js b/spec/javascripts/govuk_publishing_components/analytics/track-click.spec.js
index 26f8ae845c..273a886342 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/govuk_publishing_components/analytics/track-click.spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/govuk_publishing_components/analytics/track-click.spec.js
@@ -124,6 +124,28 @@ describe('A click tracker', function () {
     expect(GOVUK.analytics.trackEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith('cat2', 'action2', { label: 'label2', transport: 'beacon' })
   })
 
+  it('tracks all links in a trackable container and uses the link text as the label if no label is specified', function () {
+    element = $(
+      '<div data-module="gem-track-click" data-track-category="cat1" data-track-action="action1">' +
+        '<a class="first" href="#">Link 1</a>' +
+        '<a class="second" href="#" ' +
+          'data-track-category="cat2"' +
+          'data-track-action="action2"' +
+          'data-track-label="label2">' +
+          'Link 2' +
+        '</a>' +
+      '</div>'
+    )
+
+    new GOVUK.Modules.GemTrackClick().start(element)
+
+    element.find('a.first')[0].click()
+    expect(GOVUK.analytics.trackEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith('cat1', 'action1', { label: 'Link 1', transport: 'beacon' })
+
+    element.find('a.second')[0].click()
+    expect(GOVUK.analytics.trackEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith('cat2', 'action2', { label: 'label2', transport: 'beacon' })
+  })
+
   it('tracks a click correctly when event target is a child element of trackable element', function () {
     element = $(
       '<div data-module="gem-track-click">' +