diff --git a/metadata/panel.xml b/metadata/panel.xml
index 82d2eac46..997898714 100644
--- a/metadata/panel.xml
+++ b/metadata/panel.xml
@@ -507,6 +507,19 @@
 				<default>300</default>
 				<min>1</min>
 			</option>
+			<option name="brightness_monitor_label" type="string">
+				<_short>Monitor naming</_short>
+				<_long>Type of name to use for the brightness controls of monitors</_long>
+				<default>model</default>
+				<desc>
+					<value>model</value>
+					<_name>Model name</_name>
+				</desc>
+				<desc>
+					<value>connector</value>
+					<_name>Connector</_name>
+				</desc>
+			</option>
 			<option name="brightness_scroll_sensitivity" type="double">
 				<_short>Scroll sensitivity</_short>
 				<default>1</default>
diff --git a/src/panel/widgets/brightness/brightness.hpp b/src/panel/widgets/brightness/brightness.hpp
index 6e5d71b89..1bb7662b4 100644
--- a/src/panel/widgets/brightness/brightness.hpp
+++ b/src/panel/widgets/brightness/brightness.hpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class WfLightControl : public Gtk::Box
     void update_parent_icon();
 
     WfOption<int> slider_length{"panel/brightness_slider_length"};
+    WfOption<std::string> label_pref{"panel/brightness_monitor_label"};
 
   public:
     WfLightControl(WayfireBrightness *parent);
diff --git a/src/panel/widgets/brightness/ddcutil.cpp b/src/panel/widgets/brightness/ddcutil.cpp
index d04fc3390..d759ba203 100644
--- a/src/panel/widgets/brightness/ddcutil.cpp
+++ b/src/panel/widgets/brightness/ddcutil.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,14 @@ class WfLightDdcaControl : public WfLightControl
         ddca_close_display(handle);
         scale.set_target_value(get_brightness());
         update_parent_icon();
-        label.set_text(get_name());
+
+        if (label_pref.value() == "connector")
+        {
+            label.set_text(connector);
+        } else // "model"
+        {
+            label.set_text(get_name());
+        }
 
         // MCCS doesn’t have anything to track changes to feature codes, so we
         // read the current value and adjust the visual when mapped. New thread
diff --git a/src/panel/widgets/brightness/sysfs.cpp b/src/panel/widgets/brightness/sysfs.cpp
index 45db2c0d6..9bbd7a0df 100644
--- a/src/panel/widgets/brightness/sysfs.cpp
+++ b/src/panel/widgets/brightness/sysfs.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,14 @@ class WfLightSysfsControl : public WfLightControl
         connector_name = connector_name.substr(0, connector_name.find("/"));
 
         scale.set_target_value(get_brightness());
-        label.set_text(get_name());
+
+        if (label_pref.value() == "connector")
+        {
+            label.set_text(connector_name);
+        } else // "model"
+        {
+            label.set_text(get_name());
+        }
     }
 
     std::string get_connector()