diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/RefSeqGPFFParser.pm b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/RefSeqGPFFParser.pm
index b97b3595aa27e06ded824e126ba7c79ae8a63cf7..1aa5722b6500b22d11178278d4b3fa4f0adc1001 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/RefSeqGPFFParser.pm
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/RefSeqGPFFParser.pm
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ sub create_xrefs {
 	$dep{SOURCE_ID} = $dependent_sources{'wormbase_transcript'};
 	$dep{LINKAGE_SOURCE_ID} = $source_id;
 	$dep{ACCESSION} = $ll;
+	$dep{LABEL} = $ll;
 	push @{$xref->{DEPENDENT_XREFS}}, \%dep;
 	if($ll =~ /(\S+\.\d+)/){
 	  my $temp = $1;
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ sub create_xrefs {
 	  $dep2{SOURCE_ID} = $dependent_sources{'wormbase_gene'};
 	  $dep2{LINKAGE_SOURCE_ID} = $source_id;
 	  $dep2{ACCESSION} = $temp;
+	  $dep2{LABEL} = $temp;
 	  push @{$xref->{DEPENDENT_XREFS}}, \%dep2;
 	}
       }
diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/UniProtParser.pm b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/UniProtParser.pm
index 0cbbf6cdb191f222c4479478b4cd06aa556fbe1a..e296e33b5a0aa0b5b2b0a1e9df0aab8b22280f21 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/UniProtParser.pm
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefParser/UniProtParser.pm
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ sub create_xrefs {
 	  $dep{LINKAGE_SOURCE_ID} = $xref->{SOURCE_ID};
 	  $dep{SOURCE_ID} = $dependent_sources{'wormbase_transcript'};
 	  $dep{ACCESSION} = $acc;
+	  $dep{LABEL} = $acc;
 	  push @{$xref->{DEPENDENT_XREFS}}, \%dep; # array of hashrefs
 
 	  my $gene;
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ sub create_xrefs {
 	    $dep2{LINKAGE_SOURCE_ID} = $xref->{SOURCE_ID};
 	    $dep2{SOURCE_ID} = $dependent_sources{'wormbase_gene'};
 	    $dep2{ACCESSION} = $gene;
+	    $dep2{LABEL} = $gene;
 	    push @{$xref->{DEPENDENT_XREFS}}, \%dep2; # array of hashrefs
 	  }
 
@@ -274,6 +276,7 @@ sub create_xrefs {
 	  $dep3{LINKAGE_SOURCE_ID} = $xref->{SOURCE_ID};
 	  $dep3{SOURCE_ID} = $dependent_sources{'wormpep_id'};
 	  $dep3{ACCESSION} = $worm_id;
+	  $dep3{LABEL} = $worm_id;
 	  push @{$xref->{DEPENDENT_XREFS}}, \%dep3; # array of hashrefs
 
 #	  print $worm_id."\t".$gene."\t".$acc."\n";