diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index 31d47ad6af..f8e068fe19 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@ trust_model_helper_collaborator_committer = Collaborator+Committer: Trust signat
 trust_model_helper_default = Default: Use the default trust model for this installation
 create_repo = Create Repository
 default_branch = Default Branch
+default_branch_label = default
 default_branch_helper = The default branch is the base branch for pull requests and code commits.
 mirror_prune = Prune
 mirror_prune_desc = Remove obsolete remote-tracking references
diff --git a/templates/repo/branch_dropdown.tmpl b/templates/repo/branch_dropdown.tmpl
index a011111d5b..79eff1c53a 100644
--- a/templates/repo/branch_dropdown.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/branch_dropdown.tmpl
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 		'textCreateBranchFrom': {{.root.locale.Tr "repo.branch.create_from"}},
 		'textBranches': {{.root.locale.Tr "repo.branches"}},
 		'textTags': {{.root.locale.Tr "repo.tags"}},
+		'textDefaultBranchLabel': {{.root.locale.Tr "repo.default_branch_label"}},
 
 		'mode': '{{if or .root.IsViewTag .isTag}}tags{{else}}branches{{end}}',
 		'showBranchesInDropdown': {{$showBranchesInDropdown}},
diff --git a/web_src/js/components/RepoBranchTagSelector.vue b/web_src/js/components/RepoBranchTagSelector.vue
index 07fbd634fd..1889bfb222 100644
--- a/web_src/js/components/RepoBranchTagSelector.vue
+++ b/web_src/js/components/RepoBranchTagSelector.vue
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
         <div class="loading-indicator is-loading" v-if="isLoading"/>
         <div v-for="(item, index) in filteredItems" :key="item.name" class="item" :class="{selected: item.selected, active: active === index}" @click="selectItem(item)" :ref="'listItem' + index">
           {{ item.name }}
+          <div class="ui label" v-if="item.name===defaultBranch && mode === 'branches'">
+            {{ textDefaultBranchLabel }}
+          </div>
           <a v-show="enableFeed && mode === 'branches'" role="button" class="rss-icon ui compact right" :href="rssURLPrefix + item.url" target="_blank" @click.stop>
             <!-- creating a lot of Vue component is pretty slow, so we use a static SVG here -->
             <svg width="14" height="14" class="svg octicon-rss"><use href="#svg-symbol-octicon-rss"/></svg>