diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8cf06c4b8..dfb848a2c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+This fork fixes https://github.com/honza/vim-snippets/issues/1514.
+
 snipMate & UltiSnip Snippets
 ============================
 
diff --git a/snippets/tex.snippets b/snippets/tex.snippets
index 4d54fe011..5e8db29bf 100644
--- a/snippets/tex.snippets
+++ b/snippets/tex.snippets
@@ -152,63 +152,63 @@ snippet spl split environment
 # Part
 snippet part document \part
 	\\part{${1:part name}} % (fold)%
-	\\label{prt:${2:$1}}
+	\\label{prt:${2:${1/\W/-/g}}}
 	${0}
 	% part $2 (end)
 # Chapter
 snippet cha \chapter
 	\\chapter{${1:chapter name}}%
-	\\label{cha:${2:$1}}
+	\\label{cha:${2:${1/\W/-/g}}}
 	${0}
 # Section
 snippet sec \section
 	\\section{${1:section name}}%
-	\\label{sec:${2:$1}}
+	\\label{sec:${2:${1/\W/-/g}}}
 	${0}
 # Section without number
 snippet sec* \section*
 	\\section*{${1:section name}}%
-	\\label{sec:${2:$1}}
+	\\label{sec:${2:${1/\W/-/g}}}
 	${0}
 # Sub Section
 snippet sub \subsection
 	\\subsection{${1:subsection name}}%
-	\\label{sub:${2:$1}}
+	\\label{sub:${2:${1/\W/-/g}}}
 	${0}
 # Sub Section without number
 snippet sub* \subsection*
 	\\subsection*{${1:subsection name}}%
-	\\label{sub:${2:$1}}
+	\\label{sub:${2:${1/\W/-/g}}}
 	${0}
 # Sub Sub Section
 snippet ssub \subsubsection
 	\\subsubsection{${1:subsubsection name}}%
-	\\label{ssub:${2:$1}}
+	\\label{ssub:${2:${1/\W/-/g}}}
 	${0}
 # Sub Sub Section without number
 snippet ssub* \subsubsection*
 	\\subsubsection*{${1:subsubsection name}}%
-	\\label{ssub:${2:$1}}
+	\\label{ssub:${2:${1/\W/-/g}}}
 	${0}
 # Paragraph
 snippet par \paragraph
 	\\paragraph{${1:paragraph name}}%
-	\\label{par:${2:$1}}
+	\\label{par:${2:${1/\W/-/g}}}
 	${0}
 # Paragraph*
 snippet par* \paragraph*
 	\\paragraph*{${1:paragraph name}}%
-	\\label{par:${2:$1}}
+	\\label{par:${2:${1/\W/-/g}}}
 	${0}
 # Sub Paragraph
 snippet subp \subparagraph
 	\\subparagraph{${1:subparagraph name}}%
-	\\label{subp:${2:$1}}
+	\\label{subp:${2:${1/\W/-/g}}}
 	${0}
 # Sub Paragraph*
 snippet subp* \subparagraph*
 	\\subparagraph*{${1:subparagraph name}}%
-	\\label{subp:${2:$1}}
+	\\label{subp:${2:${1/\W/-/g}}}
 	${0}
 snippet ni \noindent
 	\\noindent