diff --git a/src/formatters.jl b/src/formatters.jl
index 8f4a6a3..7e838dd 100644
--- a/src/formatters.jl
+++ b/src/formatters.jl
@@ -371,7 +371,10 @@ end
 
 function formatfigures(chunk, docformat::Pandoc)
     fignames = chunk.figures
+    length(fignames) > 0 || (return "")
+
     caption = chunk.options[:fig_cap]
+    label = get(chunk.options, :label, nothing)
     result = ""
     figstring = ""
     attribs = ""
@@ -379,11 +382,11 @@ function formatfigures(chunk, docformat::Pandoc)
     height = chunk.options[:out_height]
 
     #Build figure attibutes
-    width == nothing || (attribs = "width=$width")
-    (attribs ≠ "" && height ≠ nothing ) && (attribs *= " ")
-    height == nothing   || (attribs *= "height=$height")
-    attribs == ""    || (attribs = "{$attribs}")
-    length(fignames) > 0 || (return "")
+    attribs = String[]
+    width == nothing  || push!(attribs, "width=$width")
+    height == nothing || push!(attribs, "height=$height")
+    label == nothing  || push!(attribs, "#fig:$label")
+    attribs = isempty(attribs) ? "" : "{" * join(attribs, " ") * "}"
 
     if caption != nothing
         result *= "![$caption]($(fignames[1]))$attribs\n"
diff --git a/test/documents/plotsjl/plotsjl_test_gr.md.ref b/test/documents/plotsjl/plotsjl_test_gr.md.ref
index b819b4b..0be12b3 100644
--- a/test/documents/plotsjl/plotsjl_test_gr.md.ref
+++ b/test/documents/plotsjl/plotsjl_test_gr.md.ref
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ scatter!(rand(100),markersize=6,c=:orange)
 ![](figures/plotsjl_test_gr_3_1.png)\ 
 
 
-![A random walk.](figures/plotsjl_test_gr_random_1.png)
+![A random walk.](figures/plotsjl_test_gr_random_1.png){#fig:random}
diff --git a/test/figureformatter_test.jl b/test/figureformatter_test.jl
index 8ffb34b..6dc0dda 100644
--- a/test/figureformatter_test.jl
+++ b/test/figureformatter_test.jl
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ chunk.options[:out_width] = "100%"
 @test Weave.formatfigures(chunk, Weave.multimarkdown) == "![Nice plot][figs/figures_plot1.png]\n\n[figs/figures_plot1.png]: figs/figures_plot1.png width=100%\n"
 @test Weave.formatfigures(chunk, Weave.adoc) == "image::figs/figures_plot1.png[width=100%,title=\"Nice plot\"]"
 
+chunk.options[:label] = "somefig"
+@test Weave.formatfigures(chunk, Weave.pandoc) == "![Nice plot](figs/figures_plot1.png){width=100% #fig:somefig}\n"