diff --git a/.changeset/stupid-suns-cheat.md b/.changeset/stupid-suns-cheat.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f936571554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stupid-suns-cheat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@primer/react': patch
+---
+
+FormControl: Adds new props to `FormControl.Label`, `requiredText` and `requiredIndicator`
diff --git a/packages/react/src/FormControl/FormControl.docs.json b/packages/react/src/FormControl/FormControl.docs.json
index a4c737b98b6..94dcd39ad7c 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/FormControl/FormControl.docs.json
+++ b/packages/react/src/FormControl/FormControl.docs.json
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@
           "defaultValue": "'label'",
           "description": "The label element can be changed to a 'legend' when it's being used to label a fieldset, or a 'span' when it's being used to label an element that is not a form input. For example: when using a FormControl to render a labeled SegementedControl, the label should be a 'span'"
         },
+        {
+          "name": "requiredText",
+          "type": "string",
+          "defaultValue": "'*'",
+          "description": "The text to display when the field is required"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "requiredIndicator",
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "defaultValue": "true",
+          "description": "Whether to show or hide the required text in the accessibility tree, the required text is still shown visually."
+        },
         {
           "name": "sx",
           "type": "SystemStyleObject"
diff --git a/packages/react/src/FormControl/FormControl.features.stories.tsx b/packages/react/src/FormControl/FormControl.features.stories.tsx
index 07bb3fecb8d..b8184d635e6 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/FormControl/FormControl.features.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/FormControl/FormControl.features.stories.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   Radio,
   RadioGroup,
   Select,
+  Text,
   TextInput,
   TextInputWithTokens,
   Textarea,
@@ -306,3 +307,30 @@ export const DisabledInputs = () => (
     </FormControl>
   </Box>
 )
+
+export const CustomRequired = () => (
+  <Box sx={{display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: '1rem'}}>
+    <FormControl required={true}>
+      <FormControl.Label requiredText="(required)">Form Input Label</FormControl.Label>
+      <FormControl.Caption>This is a form field with a custom required indicator</FormControl.Caption>
+      <TextInput />
+    </FormControl>
+
+    <Text sx={{fontSize: 1}}>Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*)</Text>
+    <FormControl required={true}>
+      <FormControl.Label requiredIndicator={false}>Form Input Label</FormControl.Label>
+      <FormControl.Caption>
+        This is a form field with a required indicator that is hidden in the accessibility tree
+      </FormControl.Caption>
+      <TextInput />
+    </FormControl>
+
+    <FormControl required={false}>
+      <FormControl.Label requiredText="(optional)" requiredIndicator={false}>
+        Form Input Label
+      </FormControl.Label>
+      <FormControl.Caption>This is a form field that is marked as optional, it is not required</FormControl.Caption>
+      <TextInput />
+    </FormControl>
+  </Box>
+)
diff --git a/packages/react/src/FormControl/_FormControlLabel.tsx b/packages/react/src/FormControl/_FormControlLabel.tsx
index 62c346d8ff8..8c52c909c52 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/FormControl/_FormControlLabel.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/FormControl/_FormControlLabel.tsx
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ export type Props = {
    * Whether the label should be visually hidden
    */
   visuallyHidden?: boolean
+  requiredText?: string
+  requiredIndicator?: boolean
   id?: string
 } & SxProp
 
 const FormControlLabel: React.FC<
   React.PropsWithChildren<{htmlFor?: string} & React.ComponentProps<typeof InputLabel> & Props>
-> = ({as, children, htmlFor, id, visuallyHidden, sx, ...props}) => {
+> = ({as, children, htmlFor, id, visuallyHidden, requiredIndicator = true, requiredText, sx, ...props}) => {
   const {disabled, id: formControlId, required} = useFormControlContext()
 
   /**
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ const FormControlLabel: React.FC<
           id,
           visuallyHidden,
           required,
+          requiredText,
+          requiredIndicator,
           disabled,
           sx,
           ...props,
@@ -36,6 +40,8 @@ const FormControlLabel: React.FC<
           visuallyHidden,
           htmlFor: htmlFor || formControlId,
           required,
+          requiredText,
+          requiredIndicator,
           disabled,
           sx,
           ...props,
diff --git a/packages/react/src/internal/components/InputLabel.tsx b/packages/react/src/internal/components/InputLabel.tsx
index 68ac9e129c6..e932a4d5418 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/internal/components/InputLabel.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/internal/components/InputLabel.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import VisuallyHidden from '../../_VisuallyHidden'
 type BaseProps = SxProp & {
   disabled?: boolean
   required?: boolean
+  requiredText?: string
+  requiredIndicator?: boolean
   visuallyHidden?: boolean
   id?: string
 }
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ const InputLabel: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<Props>> = ({
   htmlFor,
   id,
   required,
+  requiredText,
+  requiredIndicator,
   visuallyHidden,
   sx,
   as = 'label',
@@ -52,10 +56,10 @@ const InputLabel: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<Props>> = ({
       }}
       {...props}
     >
-      {required ? (
+      {required || requiredText ? (
         <Box display="flex" as="span">
           <Box mr={1}>{children}</Box>
-          <span>*</span>
+          <span aria-hidden={requiredIndicator ? undefined : true}>{requiredText ?? '*'}</span>
         </Box>
       ) : (
         children