diff --git a/src/registry/registry.json b/src/registry/registry.json
index 92e2e18679..6c576f9a0e 100644
--- a/src/registry/registry.json
+++ b/src/registry/registry.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "customlabels": {
       "id": "customlabels",
       "name": "CustomLabels",
+      "ignoreTypeName": true,
       "suffix": "labels",
       "directoryName": "labels",
       "inFolder": false,
@@ -2563,7 +2564,7 @@
     "bots": "bot",
     "objectTranslations": "customobjecttranslation",
     "staticresources": "staticresource",
-    "sites": "customsite",
+    "sites": "customsite"
   },
   "childTypes": {
     "customlabel": "customlabels",
diff --git a/src/registry/types.ts b/src/registry/types.ts
index 5b98569b6b..de755e8957 100644
--- a/src/registry/types.ts
+++ b/src/registry/types.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ export interface MetadataType {
    * Whether or not components are required to reside in a folder named after the type's directoryName.
    */
   strictDirectoryName?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Whether or not to ignore the fullName that's parsed from the file path. If true, the metadata type's
+   * name will be used instead. For example, CustomLabels instead of MyLabels.
+   */
+  ignoreTypeName?: boolean;
   /**
    * If the type is a folder type (container for components), the id of the type it is a container for.
    */
diff --git a/src/resolve/sourceComponent.ts b/src/resolve/sourceComponent.ts
index 30e67dcb0b..0f2b96c327 100644
--- a/src/resolve/sourceComponent.ts
+++ b/src/resolve/sourceComponent.ts
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ export class SourceComponent implements MetadataComponent {
   }
 
   get fullName(): string {
+    if (this.type.ignoreTypeName) {
+      return this.type.name;
+    }
     if (this.parent && this.type.ignoreParentName) {
       return this.name;
     } else {