diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/checkbox_2018-03-27-15-24.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/checkbox_2018-03-27-15-24.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1e8405353de1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/checkbox_2018-03-27-15-24.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Checkbox: label text should be selectable, but not the checkmark icons.",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "dzearing@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Checkbox/Checkbox.styles.ts b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Checkbox/Checkbox.styles.ts
index 3f737ccb6b64d..b1d8aebafba1f 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Checkbox/Checkbox.styles.ts
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Checkbox/Checkbox.styles.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ export const getStyles = memoizeFunction((
       alignItems: 'center',
       cursor: 'pointer',
       position: 'relative',
-      userSelect: 'none',
       textAlign: 'left'
     },
     labelReversed: {
@@ -73,6 +72,7 @@ export const getStyles = memoizeFunction((
       transitionProperty: 'background, border, border-color',
       transitionDuration: MS_CHECKBOX_TRANSITION_DURATION,
       transitionTimingFunction: MS_CHECKBOX_TRANSITION_TIMING,
+      userSelect: 'none',
 
       /* incase the icon is bigger than the box */
       overflow: 'hidden'
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Checkbox/__snapshots__/Checkbox.test.tsx.snap b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Checkbox/__snapshots__/Checkbox.test.tsx.snap
index 01505cb4f7b2f..f4cc49943ab2c 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Checkbox/__snapshots__/Checkbox.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Checkbox/__snapshots__/Checkbox.test.tsx.snap
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ exports[`Checkbox renders Checkbox correctly 1`] = `
           margin-top: 0;
           position: relative;
           text-align: left;
-          user-select: none;
         }
     htmlFor="checkbox-0"
   >
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@ exports[`Checkbox renders Checkbox correctly 1`] = `
             transition-duration: 200ms;
             transition-property: background, border, border-color;
             transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(.4, 0, .23, 1);
+            user-select: none;
             width: 20px;
           }
     >