diff --git a/fclabels.cabal b/fclabels.cabal
--- a/fclabels.cabal
+++ b/fclabels.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:          fclabels
-Version:       1.1.3
+Version:       1.1.4
 Author:        Sebastiaan Visser, Erik Hesselink, Chris Eidhof, Sjoerd Visscher
                with lots of help and feedback from others.
 Synopsis:      First class accessor labels.
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@
                .
                See the "Data.Label.Maybe" module for the use of partial labels.
                .
-               > 1.1.1.0 -> 1.1.2
-               >   - Added partial set/modify versions that act as identity
-               >     when the constructor field is not available.
+               > 1.1.3 -> 1.1.4
+               >   - Added function to derive labels for a single datatype.
 
 Maintainer:    Sebastiaan Visser <code@fvisser.nl>
 License:       BSD3
diff --git a/src/Data/Label.hs b/src/Data/Label.hs
--- a/src/Data/Label.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Label.hs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 derive lenses for these fields. Deriving lenses can be done with this simple
 one-liner:
 
->$(mkLabels [''Person, ''Place])
+>mkLabels [''Person, ''Place]
 
 For all labels a lens will created.
 
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 -- functions from "Data.Label.Maybe".
 
 , mkLabels
+, mkLabel
 , mkLabelsWith
 , mkLabelsMono
 , mkLabelsNoTypes
diff --git a/src/Data/Label/Derive.hs b/src/Data/Label/Derive.hs
--- a/src/Data/Label/Derive.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Label/Derive.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   #-}
 module Data.Label.Derive
 ( mkLabels
+, mkLabel
 , mkLabelsWith
 , mkLabelsMono
 , mkLabelsNoTypes
@@ -33,12 +34,19 @@
 fclError :: String -> a
 fclError err = error ("Data.Label.Derive: " ++ err)
 
--- | Derive lenses including type signatures for all the record selectors in a
--- datatype. The types will be polymorphic and can be used in an arbitrary
--- context.
+-- | Derive lenses including type signatures for all the record selectors for a
+-- collection of datatypes. The types will be polymorphic and can be used in an
+-- arbitrary context.
 
 mkLabels :: [Name] -> Q [Dec]
 mkLabels = mkLabelsWith defaultMakeLabel
+
+-- | Derive lenses including type signatures for all the record selectors in a
+-- single datatype. The types will be polymorphic and can be used in an
+-- arbitrary context.
+
+mkLabel :: Name -> Q [Dec]
+mkLabel = mkLabels . return
 
 -- | Generate the label name from the record field name.
 -- For instance, @drop 1 . dropWhile (/='_')@ creates a label @val@ from a