diff --git a/samples/ControlCatalog/MainView.xaml b/samples/ControlCatalog/MainView.xaml
index 488aa0535f..f001425964 100644
--- a/samples/ControlCatalog/MainView.xaml
+++ b/samples/ControlCatalog/MainView.xaml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
       <TabItem Header="Acrylic"><pages:AcrylicPage/></TabItem>
       <TabItem Header="AutoCompleteBox"><pages:AutoCompleteBoxPage/></TabItem>
       <TabItem Header="Border"><pages:BorderPage/></TabItem>
-      <TabItem Header="Label"><pages:LabelsPage/></TabItem>
       <TabItem Header="Button"><pages:ButtonPage/></TabItem>
       <TabItem Header="ButtonSpinner"><pages:ButtonSpinnerPage/></TabItem>
       <TabItem Header="Calendar"><pages:CalendarPage/></TabItem>
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@
                ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled">
         <pages:ItemsRepeaterPage/>
       </TabItem>
+      <TabItem Header="Label"><pages:LabelsPage/></TabItem>
       <TabItem Header="LayoutTransformControl"><pages:LayoutTransformControlPage/></TabItem>
       <TabItem Header="ListBox"
                ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled">
diff --git a/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/LabelsPage.axaml b/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/LabelsPage.axaml
index 32c46f080d..961e7ba7e6 100644
--- a/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/LabelsPage.axaml
+++ b/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/LabelsPage.axaml
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
     <ScrollViewer VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" 
                   HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden">
         <Grid HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" RowDefinitions="Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto,Auto,*" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,6,*" Width="246">
-            <Label Target="{Binding #firstNameEdit}" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0">_First name</Label>
+            <Label Target="firstNameEdit" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0">_First name</Label>
             <TextBox Name="firstNameEdit" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="0" Text="{Binding FirstName}"></TextBox>
-            <Label Target="{Binding #lastNameEdit}" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">_Last name</Label>
+            <Label Target="lastNameEdit" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">_Last name</Label>
             <TextBox Name="lastNameEdit" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="1" Text="{Binding LastName}"></TextBox>
-            <Label Target="{Binding #bannedCheck}" Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0">_Banned</Label>
+            <Label Target="bannedCheck" Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0">_Banned</Label>
             <CheckBox Name="bannedCheck" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsBanned}"></CheckBox>
             <GridSplitter Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Grid.RowSpan="3" >
             </GridSplitter>
diff --git a/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/RelativePanelPage.axaml b/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/RelativePanelPage.axaml
index 3657d52bd9..4dcdcc195f 100644
--- a/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/RelativePanelPage.axaml
+++ b/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/RelativePanelPage.axaml
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@
         <Border Name="Rect6" Background="Green" Height="50" Width="50" RelativePanel.AlignBottomWithPanel="True" RelativePanel.AlignRightWithPanel="True">
             <TextBlock Text="Rect6" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
         </Border>
-        <Border Name="Rect7" Background="Blue" Height="50" RelativePanel.RightOf="{Binding ElementName=Rect1}">
+        <Border Name="Rect7" Background="Blue" Height="50" RelativePanel.RightOf="Rect1">
             <TextBlock Text="Rect7 (RightOf Rect1)" Padding="10,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
         </Border>
-        <Border Name="Rect8" Background="Green" Height="50" RelativePanel.Below="{Binding ElementName=Rect7}">
+        <Border Name="Rect8" Background="Green" Height="50" RelativePanel.Below="Rect7">
             <TextBlock Text="Rect8 (Below Rect7)" Padding="10,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
         </Border>
         <Border Name="Rect9" Background="Blue" Height="140" Width="460" RelativePanel.AlignHorizontalCenterWithPanel="True" RelativePanel.AlignVerticalCenterWithPanel="True">
             <TextBlock Text="Rect9" Padding="10" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
         </Border>
-        <Border Name="Rect10" Background="Red" Width="50" RelativePanel.RightOf="{Binding ElementName=Rect9}" RelativePanel.AlignVerticalCenterWith="{Binding ElementName=Rect9}">
+        <Border Name="Rect10" Background="Red" Width="50" RelativePanel.RightOf="Rect9" RelativePanel.AlignVerticalCenterWith="Rect9">
             <TextBlock Text="Rect14 (RightOf Rect9, AlignVerticalCenterWith Rect9)" Padding="10,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">
                 <TextBlock.RenderTransform>
                     <TransformGroup>
@@ -41,19 +41,19 @@
                 </TextBlock.RenderTransform>
             </TextBlock>
         </Border>
-        <Border Name="Rect11" Background="Red" Height="50" RelativePanel.AlignBottomWith="{Binding ElementName=Rect9}" RelativePanel.AlignHorizontalCenterWith="{Binding ElementName=Rect9}">
+        <Border Name="Rect11" Background="Red" Height="50" RelativePanel.AlignBottomWith="Rect9" RelativePanel.AlignHorizontalCenterWith="Rect9">
             <TextBlock Text="Rect11 (AlignBottomWith Rect9, AlignHorizontalCenterWith Rect9)" Padding="10,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
         </Border>
-        <Border Name="Rect12" Background="Red" Height="50" RelativePanel.Below="{Binding ElementName=Rect8}" RelativePanel.AlignLeftWith="{Binding ElementName=Rect7}">
+        <Border Name="Rect12" Background="Red" Height="50" RelativePanel.Below="Rect8" RelativePanel.AlignLeftWith="Rect7">
             <TextBlock Text="Rect12 (Below Rect8, AlignLeftWith Rect7)" Padding="10,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
         </Border>
-        <Border Name="Rect13" Background="Blue" Height="50" RelativePanel.Below="{Binding ElementName=Rect12}" RelativePanel.AlignRightWith="{Binding ElementName=Rect12}">
+        <Border Name="Rect13" Background="Blue" Height="50" RelativePanel.Below="Rect12" RelativePanel.AlignRightWith="Rect12">
             <TextBlock Text="Rect13 (Below Rect12, AlignRightWith Rect12)" Padding="10,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
         </Border>
-        <Border Name="Rect14" Background="Green" Height="50" RelativePanel.Above="{Binding ElementName=Rect9}" RelativePanel.AlignRightWith="{Binding ElementName=Rect9}">
+        <Border Name="Rect14" Background="Green" Height="50" RelativePanel.Above="Rect9" RelativePanel.AlignRightWith="Rect9">
             <TextBlock Text="Rect14 (Above Rect9, AlignRightWith Rect9)" Padding="10,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
         </Border>
-        <Border Name="Rect15" Background="Red" Height="50" RelativePanel.LeftOf="{Binding ElementName=Rect2}" RelativePanel.AlignTopWith="{Binding ElementName=Rect9}">
+        <Border Name="Rect15" Background="Red" Height="50" RelativePanel.LeftOf="Rect2" RelativePanel.AlignTopWith="Rect9">
             <TextBlock Text="Rect15 (LeftOf Rect2, AlignTopWith Rect9)" Padding="10,0" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
         </Border>
     </RelativePanel>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Label.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Label.cs
index 76708b8f00..9d5eda464f 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Label.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Label.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
         /// <summary>
         /// Label focus Target
         /// </summary>
+        [ResolveByName]
         public IInputElement Target
         {
             get => _target;
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/xamlil.github b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/xamlil.github
index 7d15a92274..5420df861c 160000
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/xamlil.github
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/xamlil.github
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7d15a9227461cf4d62bc2ed251fcc25c96b28aaf
+Subproject commit 5420df861ce6f2be5ead9efa078fe7242ce88f18
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/MarkupExtensions/ResolveByNameExtension.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/MarkupExtensions/ResolveByNameExtension.cs
index 8561aa898b..909462392c 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/MarkupExtensions/ResolveByNameExtension.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/MarkupExtensions/ResolveByNameExtension.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.MarkupExtensions
             if (provideValueTarget.TargetProperty is IPropertyInfo property) 
                 value.OnCompleted(() => property.Set(target, value.GetResult()));
 
-            return null;
+            return AvaloniaProperty.UnsetValue;
         }
     }
 }