diff --git a/core/src/components/item/item.scss b/core/src/components/item/item.scss
index 2f36fe53405..94329434c35 100644
--- a/core/src/components/item/item.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/item/item.scss
@@ -426,6 +426,13 @@ button, a {
   // shrink and wrap its text instead of moving to its
   // own row if there are slotted elements next to it
   width: min-content;
+
+  /**
+   * We allow labels in the default
+   * slot to grow. However, we do not
+   * want them to grow indefinitely.
+   */
+  max-width: 100%;
 }
 
 // Item Input
diff --git a/core/src/components/label/test/a11y/label.e2e.ts b/core/src/components/label/test/a11y/label.e2e.ts
index ce84ec06451..00485eb4d3f 100644
--- a/core/src/components/label/test/a11y/label.e2e.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/label/test/a11y/label.e2e.ts
@@ -82,3 +82,34 @@ configs({ directions: ['ltr'] }).forEach(({ title, screenshot, config }) => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+configs({ modes: ['ios'], directions: ['ltr'] }).forEach(({ title, screenshot, config }) => {
+  test.describe(title('label: text wrapping in item'), () => {
+    test('long text should not cause label to expand infinitely', async ({ page }) => {
+      await page.setContent(
+        `
+        <style>
+          div {
+            text-overflow: ellipsis;
+            overflow: hidden;
+            white-space: nowrap;
+          }
+        </style>
+        <ion-item>
+          <ion-label>
+            <!-- This text should be truncated with ellipses -->
+            <div>
+              Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
+            </div>
+          </ion-label>
+        </ion-item>
+      `,
+        config
+      );
+
+      const item = page.locator('ion-item');
+
+      await expect(item).toHaveScreenshot(screenshot(`label-item-wrap`));
+    });
+  });
+});
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