diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 071a3d6c24..9393c6ce65 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ All:
 
 All (GUI):
 
-- XRC handler for wxAuiToolBar added (Kinaou Hervé).
+- XRC handler for wxAuiToolBar added (Kinaou Hervé, David Hart).
 - Add support for sorting wxDataViewCtrl by multiple columns (Trigve).
 - Add wxHtmlWindow::SetDefaultHTMLCursor() (Jeff A. Marr).
 - Add default ctor and Create() to wxContextHelpButton (Hanmac).
diff --git a/docs/doxygen/overviews/xrc_format.h b/docs/doxygen/overviews/xrc_format.h
index a39a71ac2a..9b55c0fe30 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/overviews/xrc_format.h
+++ b/docs/doxygen/overviews/xrc_format.h
@@ -597,6 +597,13 @@ Building an XRC for wxAuiToolBar is quite similar to wxToolBar.
 The only significant differences are:
 @li the use of the class name wxAuiToolBar
 @li the styles supported are the ones described in the wxAuiToolBar class definition
+@li the 'space' pseudo-class has two optional, mutually exclusive,
+integer properties: 'proportion' and 'width'. If 'width' is specified, a space
+is added using wxAuiToolBar::AddSpacer(); if 'proportion', the value is used in
+wxAuiToolBar::AddStretchSpacer(). If neither are provided, the default is a
+stretch-spacer with a proportion of 1.
+@li there is an additional pseudo-class, 'label', that has a string property.
+See wxAuiToolBar::AddLabel().
 
 Refer to the section @ref xrc_wxtoolbar for more details.
 
diff --git a/misc/schema/xrc_schema.rnc b/misc/schema/xrc_schema.rnc
index 5cf3bca212..f8892c439c 100644
--- a/misc/schema/xrc_schema.rnc
+++ b/misc/schema/xrc_schema.rnc
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ builtinNestedClassesNames =
     | "separator"
     | "break"
     | "space"
+    | "label"
     | "tool"
     | "panewindow"
     | "notebookpage"
@@ -540,11 +541,24 @@ wxAuiToolBar =
         (
             windowNode |
             wxToolBar_tool |
+            wxAuiToolBar_label |
             element object { attribute class { "separator" }, platform } |
-            element object { attribute class { "space" },     platform }
+            element object { attribute class { "space" } &
+                platform &
+                [xrc:p="o"] element width {_, t_integer }* &
+                [xrc:p="o"] element proportion {_, t_integer }*
+            }
         )*
     }
 
+wxAuiToolBar_label =
+    element object {
+        attribute class { "label" } &
+            platform &
+            attribute name { t_identifier }? &
+            [xrc:p="important"] element label {_, t_text }* &
+            [xrc:p="o"]         element width {_, t_integer }*
+        }
 
 wxBannerWindow =
     element object {
diff --git a/samples/xrc/rc/aui.xrc b/samples/xrc/rc/aui.xrc
index 649f18eb13..4c64d9d7b4 100644
--- a/samples/xrc/rc/aui.xrc
+++ b/samples/xrc/rc/aui.xrc
@@ -4,16 +4,24 @@
     <title>AUI XRC demo</title>
     <centered>1</centered>
     <style>wxCAPTION|wxRESIZE_BORDER</style>
-    <size>-1,300</size>
+    <size>500,300</size>
     <object class="wxBoxSizer">
       <orient>wxVERTICAL</orient>
       <object class="sizeritem">
+        <flag>wxEXPAND</flag>
         <object class="wxAuiToolBar" name="aui_toolbar">
           <style>wxAUI_TB_TEXT|wxAUI_TB_GRIPPER</style>
+          <object class="label" name="label1">
+            <label>Tools:</label>
+            <width>-1</width>
+          </object>
           <object class="tool" name="tool1">
             <bitmap stock_id="wxART_NEW"/>
             <label>Tool 1</label>
           </object>
+          <object class="space">
+            <width>25</width>
+          </object>
           <object class="tool" name="tool2">
             <bitmap stock_id="wxART_FILE_OPEN"/>
             <label>Tool 2</label>
@@ -34,7 +42,9 @@
             </dropdown>
           </object>
           <object class="separator"/>
-          <object class="space"/>
+          <object class="space">
+            <proportion>3</proportion>
+          </object>
           <object class="wxComboBox">
             <content>
               <item>Just a</item>
@@ -43,7 +53,7 @@
             </content>
           </object>
           <object class="space"/>
-        </object>
+      </object>
       </object>
       <object class="sizeritem">
         <option>1</option>
diff --git a/src/xrc/xh_auitoolb.cpp b/src/xrc/xh_auitoolb.cpp
index 2043594835..d187db582e 100644
--- a/src/xrc/xh_auitoolb.cpp
+++ b/src/xrc/xh_auitoolb.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ wxObject *wxAuiToolBarXmlHandler::DoCreateResource()
         return m_toolbar; // must return non-NULL
     }
 
-    else if (m_class == wxS("separator") || m_class == wxS("space"))
+    else if (m_class == wxS("separator") || m_class == wxS("space") || m_class == wxS("label"))
     {
         if ( !m_toolbar )
         {
@@ -146,8 +146,43 @@ wxObject *wxAuiToolBarXmlHandler::DoCreateResource()
 
         if ( m_class == wxS("separator") )
             m_toolbar->AddSeparator();
-        else
-            m_toolbar->AddStretchSpacer();
+
+        else if (m_class == wxS("space"))
+        {
+            // This may be a stretch spacer (the default) or a non-stretch one
+            bool hasProportion = HasParam(wxS("proportion"));
+            bool hasWidth = HasParam(wxS("width"));
+            if (hasProportion && hasWidth)
+            {
+                ReportError("A space can't both stretch and have width");
+                return NULL;
+            }
+
+            if (hasWidth)
+            {
+                m_toolbar->AddSpacer
+                (
+                    GetLong(wxS("width"))
+                );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                m_toolbar->AddStretchSpacer
+                (
+                    GetLong(wxS("proportion"), 1l)
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        else if (m_class == wxS("label"))
+        {
+            m_toolbar->AddLabel
+            (
+                GetID(),
+                GetText(wxS("label")),
+                GetLong(wxS("width"), -1l)
+            );
+        }
 
         return m_toolbar; // must return non-NULL
     }
@@ -201,6 +236,7 @@ wxObject *wxAuiToolBarXmlHandler::DoCreateResource()
                 wxControl *control = wxDynamicCast(created, wxControl);
                 if (!IsOfClass(n, wxS("tool")) &&
                     !IsOfClass(n, wxS("separator")) &&
+                    !IsOfClass(n, wxS("label")) &&
                     !IsOfClass(n, wxS("space")) &&
                     control != NULL)
                     toolbar->AddControl(control);
@@ -221,6 +257,7 @@ bool wxAuiToolBarXmlHandler::CanHandle(wxXmlNode *node)
 {
     return ((!m_isInside && IsOfClass(node, wxS("wxAuiToolBar"))) ||
             (m_isInside && IsOfClass(node, wxS("tool"))) ||
+            (m_isInside && IsOfClass(node, wxS("label"))) ||
             (m_isInside && IsOfClass(node, wxS("space"))) ||
             (m_isInside && IsOfClass(node, wxS("separator"))));
 }