diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c818976..df4e97a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ scrollback previews. When given root directories to search, it also lists any
 git or jj repositories beneath them. Selecting a session attaches to it;
 selecting a repository starts a numbered session inside it.
 
-<img width="2400" height="1120" alt="Animated demo of the zp session picker" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c80ce837-25eb-4c1f-b394-d9f6f1daed54" />
+<img width="2400" height="1120" alt="Animated demo of the zp session picker" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cdc4ca7a-b4d5-45b7-a1e4-7a956e212261" />
 
 [zmx]: https://github.com/neurosnap/zmx
 [fzf]: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ Sessions created from a repository are named `<repo>.<n>` with the next free
 number and start in the repository's directory; sessions created from a query
 start in the current directory.
 
+Any [zmx] session labels (`zmx set <name> key=value`) are shown alongside each
+session and are fuzzy-searchable, so typing `key=value` narrows the picker to
+the sessions that carry that label.
+
 ## License
 
 zmx-picker is released under the [Zero Clause BSD License](LICENSE) (SPDX:
diff --git a/tests/bin/zmx b/tests/bin/zmx
index 33df6f7..23c402d 100755
--- a/tests/bin/zmx
+++ b/tests/bin/zmx
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ sessions() {
 	fi
 	printf '\342\206\222 name=alpha.1\tpid=11\tclients=1\tcreated=1\tstart_dir=/tmp\n'
 	printf '  name=alpha.2\tpid=12\tclients=0\tcreated=2\tstart_dir=/tmp\n'
-	printf '  name=beta\tpid=13\tclients=0\tcreated=3\tstart_dir=%s\n' \
+	# beta carries labels (trailing tab-separated key=value fields)
+	# and lives in a repo, so it also guards against those fields
+	# leaking into start_dir and breaking the repo-association count.
+	printf '  name=beta\tpid=13\tclients=0\tcreated=3\tstart_dir=%s\tproject=zp\tenv=work\n' \
 		"$ZP_TEST_DIR/root/plain"
 	printf '  name=d.gamma\tpid=14\tclients=0\tcreated=4\tstart_dir=/tmp\n'
 	printf '  name=d.omega.9\tpid=15\tclients=0\tcreated=5\tstart_dir=/tmp\n'
diff --git a/tests/run.sh b/tests/run.sh
index 5aa82b0..deae899 100755
--- a/tests/run.sh
+++ b/tests/run.sh
@@ -130,6 +130,16 @@ else
 	not_ok 'candidates strips list markers and annotates session counts' "$out"
 fi
 
+reset_log
+out=$("$zp" --candidates "$root")
+beta_line=$(grep $'^session\tbeta\t' <<<"$out")
+if [[ $beta_line == *'project=zp env=work'* ]]; then
+	ok 'session labels are surfaced in the searchable display column'
+else
+	not_ok 'session labels are surfaced in the searchable display column' \
+		"$beta_line"
+fi
+
 reset_log
 ZMX_SESSION_PREFIX=d. run '' 'gamma' "$enter" >/dev/null || true
 assert_log 'attaching a listed session never re-applies ZMX_SESSION_PREFIX' \
diff --git a/zp b/zp
index 6bd142c..bde5482 100755
--- a/zp
+++ b/zp
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ tilde() {
 }
 
 candidates() {
-	local name clients dir repo count note sdir width i
+	local name clients dir labels repo count note labelcol sdir width i
 	local session_dirs=()
-	local names=() notes=() session_clients=()
+	local names=() notes=() session_clients=() session_labels=()
 
 	# Existing zmx sessions. Lines carry a marker prefix before
 	# name= (e.g. "→ " on the attached session), so strip through
@@ -68,10 +68,16 @@ candidates() {
 	# so the name column can be padded to the widest name instead
 	# of a fixed width.
 	width=0
-	while IFS=$'\t' read -r name _ clients _ dir; do
+	while IFS=$'\t' read -r name _ clients _ dir labels; do
 		name=${name#*name=}
 		clients=${clients#*clients=}
 		dir=${dir#*start_dir=}
+		# Any session labels arrive as extra tab-separated key=value
+		# fields after start_dir; slurping them into their own field
+		# keeps a stray tab out of $dir, which would corrupt the path
+		# and the start_dir match behind repo session counts. Join
+		# them with spaces for display; absent labels leave it empty.
+		labels=${labels//$'\t'/ }
 
 		[[ -n $name ]] || continue
 
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@ candidates() {
 		names+=("$name")
 		notes+=("$note")
 		session_clients+=("$clients")
+		session_labels+=("$labels")
 		if [[ ${#name} -gt $width ]]; then
 			width=${#name}
 		fi
@@ -95,9 +102,15 @@ candidates() {
 
 	for ((i = 0; i < ${#names[@]}; i++)); do
 		tilde "${session_dirs[i]}"
-		printf 'session\t%s\t%s%-*s  clients:%-2s  %s\n' \
+		# Trailing label column, shown only when the session has
+		# labels so unlabeled rows keep their current shape.
+		labelcol=''
+		if [[ -n ${session_labels[i]} ]]; then
+			labelcol="  ${session_labels[i]}"
+		fi
+		printf 'session\t%s\t%s%-*s  clients:%-2s  %s%s\n' \
 			"${names[i]}" "${notes[i]}" "$width" "${names[i]}" \
-			"${session_clients[i]}" "$tilded"
+			"${session_clients[i]}" "$tilded" "$labelcol"
 	done
 
 	# Repositories, when any search roots are configured: git
@@ -276,7 +289,7 @@ select_session() {
 				--tiebreak=index \
 				--ellipsis='…' \
 				--prompt='zmx> ' \
-				--header=$'Enter: select/create | Tab: mark\n^N: new from query | ^X: kill' \
+				--header=$'Enter: select/create | Tab: mark\n^N: new from query   | ^X: kill' \
 				--bind='enter:clear-selection+accept' \
 				--bind="ctrl-x:execute-silent(printf '%s\n' {+} | $kill_cmd)+reload($reload_cmd)" \
 				--bind="focus:transform:test {1} = session && echo 'change-preview-window(follow)' || echo 'change-preview-window(nofollow)'" \