diff --git a/Sources/tart/VM.swift b/Sources/tart/VM.swift
index 77ef457..c5cc89f 100644
--- a/Sources/tart/VM.swift
+++ b/Sources/tart/VM.swift
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class VM: NSObject, VZVirtualMachineDelegate, ObservableObject {
     self.network = network
     configuration = try Self.craftConfiguration(diskURL: vmDir.diskURL,
                                                 nvramURL: vmDir.nvramURL, vmConfig: config,
+                                                label: name,
                                                 network: network, additionalStorageDevices: additionalStorageDevices,
                                                 directorySharingDevices: directorySharingDevices,
                                                 serialPorts: serialPorts,
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ class VM: NSObject, VZVirtualMachineDelegate, ObservableObject {
       // Initialize the virtual machine and its configuration
       self.network = network
       configuration = try Self.craftConfiguration(diskURL: vmDir.diskURL, nvramURL: vmDir.nvramURL,
-                                                  vmConfig: config, network: network,
+                                                  vmConfig: config, label: name, network: network,
                                                   additionalStorageDevices: additionalStorageDevices,
                                                   directorySharingDevices: directorySharingDevices,
                                                   serialPorts: serialPorts
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ class VM: NSObject, VZVirtualMachineDelegate, ObservableObject {
     diskURL: URL,
     nvramURL: URL,
     vmConfig: VMConfig,
+    label: String? = nil,
     network: Network = NetworkShared(),
     additionalStorageDevices: [VZStorageDeviceConfiguration],
     directorySharingDevices: [VZDirectorySharingDeviceConfiguration],
@@ -444,11 +446,26 @@ class VM: NSObject, VZVirtualMachineDelegate, ObservableObject {
     // Socket device
     configuration.socketDevices = [VZVirtioSocketDeviceConfiguration()]
 
+    #if compiler(>=6.4)
+      if #available(macOS 27, *), let label, let virtualMachineLabel = Self.virtualMachineLabel(for: label) {
+        configuration.label = virtualMachineLabel
+      }
+    #endif
+
     try configuration.validate()
 
     return configuration
   }
 
+  static func virtualMachineLabel(for name: String) -> String? {
+    let trimmedName = name.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+    guard trimmedName.contains(where: { !$0.isWhitespace }) else {
+      return nil
+    }
+
+    return String(trimmedName.prefix(64))
+  }
+
   func guestDidStop(_ virtualMachine: VZVirtualMachine) {
     print("guest has stopped the virtual machine")
     sema.signal()
diff --git a/Tests/TartTests/VMTests.swift b/Tests/TartTests/VMTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82407d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/TartTests/VMTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import XCTest
+@testable import tart
+
+final class VMTests: XCTestCase {
+  func testVirtualMachineLabelUsesVMName() {
+    XCTAssertEqual(VM.virtualMachineLabel(for: "macos-runner"), "macos-runner")
+  }
+
+  func testVirtualMachineLabelTrimsWhitespace() {
+    XCTAssertEqual(VM.virtualMachineLabel(for: "  macos-runner  "), "macos-runner")
+  }
+
+  func testVirtualMachineLabelRejectsWhitespaceOnlyName() {
+    XCTAssertNil(VM.virtualMachineLabel(for: "   "))
+  }
+
+  func testVirtualMachineLabelCapsAtSixtyFourCharacters() {
+    XCTAssertEqual(
+      VM.virtualMachineLabel(for: String(repeating: "a", count: 65)),
+      String(repeating: "a", count: 64)
+    )
+  }
+}