diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide.coffee
index dabf166578..54164c2659 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide.coffee
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ define [
 	"ide/pdf/PdfManager"
 	"ide/binary-files/BinaryFilesManager"
 	"ide/references/ReferencesManager"
+	"ide/labels/LabelsManager"
 	"ide/review-panel/ReviewPanelManager"
 	"ide/SafariScrollPatcher"
 	"ide/FeatureOnboardingController"
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ define [
 	PdfManager
 	BinaryFilesManager
 	ReferencesManager
+	LabelsManager
 	ReviewPanelManager
 	SafariScrollPatcher
 ) ->
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ define [
 		ide.$scope = $scope
 
 		ide.referencesSearchManager = new ReferencesManager(ide, $scope)
+		ide.labelsSearchManager = new LabelsManager(ide, $scope)
 		ide.connectionManager = new ConnectionManager(ide, $scope)
 		ide.fileTreeManager = new FileTreeManager(ide, $scope)
 		ide.editorManager = new EditorManager(ide, $scope)
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/Document.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/Document.coffee
index a321b85049..d1aa883734 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/Document.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/Document.coffee
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ define [
 			@doc?.attachToAce(@ace)
 			editorDoc = @ace.getSession().getDocument()
 			editorDoc.on "change", @_checkConsistency
+			@ide.$scope.$emit 'document:opened', @doc
 
 		detachFromAce: () ->
 			@doc?.detachFromAce()
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/auto-complete/AutoCompleteManager.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/auto-complete/AutoCompleteManager.coffee
index c5b37d1f3b..c7f83bdf51 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/auto-complete/AutoCompleteManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/auto-complete/AutoCompleteManager.coffee
@@ -40,6 +40,37 @@ define [
 
 			SnippetCompleter = new SnippetManager()
 
+			labelsState = @$scope.$root._labels
+			LabelsCompleter =
+				getCompletions: (editor, session, pos, prefxi, callback) ->
+					console.log ">> [LabelsCompleter] getting completions"
+					upToCursorRange = new Range(pos.row, 0, pos.row, pos.column)
+					lineUpToCursor = editor.getSession().getTextRange(upToCursorRange)
+					commandFragment = getLastCommandFragment(lineUpToCursor)
+					if commandFragment
+						refMatch = commandFragment.match(/^~?\\ref{([^}]*, *)?(\w*)/)
+						if refMatch
+							beyondCursorRange = new Range(pos.row, pos.column, pos.row, 99999)
+							lineBeyondCursor = editor.getSession().getTextRange(beyondCursorRange)
+							needsClosingBrace = !lineBeyondCursor.match(/^[^{]*}/)
+							currentArg = refMatch[1]
+							result = []
+							result.push {
+								caption: "\\ref{}",
+								snippet: "\\ref{}",
+								meta: "cross-reference",
+								score: 11000
+							}
+							labels = _.flatten(labels for docId, labels of labelsState.documents)
+							for label in labels
+								result.push {
+									caption: "\\ref{#{label}#{if needsClosingBrace then '}' else ''}",
+									value: "\\ref{#{label}#{if needsClosingBrace then '}' else ''}",
+									meta: "cross-reference",
+									score: 10000
+								}
+							callback null, result
+
 			references = @$scope.$root._references
 			ReferencesCompleter =
 				getCompletions: (editor, session, pos, prefix, callback) ->
@@ -78,7 +109,7 @@ define [
 							else
 								callback null, result
 
-			@editor.completers = [@suggestionManager, SnippetCompleter, ReferencesCompleter]
+			@editor.completers = [@suggestionManager, SnippetCompleter, ReferencesCompleter, LabelsCompleter]
 
 		disable: () ->
 			@editor.setOptions({
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/labels/LabelsManager.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/labels/LabelsManager.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c56f2f7793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/labels/LabelsManager.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+define [
+], () ->
+	class LabelsManager
+		constructor: (@ide, @$scope) ->
+
+			@$scope.$root._labels = @state =
+				documents: {}
+
+			window.STATE = @state
+
+			setTimeout(
+				(self) ->
+					self.$scope.$on 'document:opened', (e, doc) ->
+						console.log ">> [LabelsManager] document opened"
+						setTimeout(
+							(self, doc) ->
+								self.loadLabelsFromDoc(doc)
+							, 1000
+							, self
+							, doc
+						)
+				, 0
+				this
+			)
+
+		loadLabelsFromDoc: (doc) ->
+			docId = doc.doc_id
+			console.log ">> [LabelsMangager] loading labels", docId
+			docText = doc._doc.getText()
+			labels = []
+			re = /\\label{(.*)}/g
+			while labelMatch = re.exec(docText)
+				labels.push(labelMatch[1])
+			@state.documents[docId] = labels
+			console.log ">> [LabelsMangager] success, loaded labels", docId, labels
+
+		getAllLabels: () ->
+			_.flatten(labels for docId, labels of @state.documents)