diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
 
 You can also use `autoSectionLabels` variable to automatically prepend all section labels (automatically generated with pandoc included) with "sec:". Bear in mind that references can't contain periods, commas etc, so some auto-generated labels will still be unusable.
 
+WARNING: With LaTeX output, you have to invoke pandoc with `--number-sections`, otherwise section labels won't work. It's also advised with other output formats, since with no numbers in section titles, it would be hard to navigate anyway.
+
 ### Section reference labels
 
 ***Not currently supported with LaTeX output***
diff --git a/pandoc-crossref.cabal b/pandoc-crossref.cabal
--- a/pandoc-crossref.cabal
+++ b/pandoc-crossref.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                pandoc-crossref
-version:             0.1.5.3
+version:             0.1.5.4
 synopsis:            Pandoc filter for cross-references
 description:         pandoc-crossref is a pandoc filter for numbering figures, equations, tables and cross-references to them.
 license:             GPL-2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 source-repository this
   type: git
   location: https://github.com/lierdakil/pandoc-crossref
-  tag: v0.1.5.3
+  tag: v0.1.5.4
 
 library
   exposed-modules:     Text.Pandoc.CrossRef
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/CrossRef/Util/ModifyMeta.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/CrossRef/Util/ModifyMeta.hs
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/CrossRef/Util/ModifyMeta.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/CrossRef/Util/ModifyMeta.hs
@@ -64,10 +64,12 @@
           , "\\crefname{table}" ++ prefix tblPrefix False
           , "\\crefname{equation}" ++ prefix eqnPrefix False
           , "\\crefname{listing}" ++ prefix lstPrefix False
+          , "\\crefname{section}" ++ prefix secPrefix False
           , "\\Crefname{figure}" ++ prefix figPrefix True
           , "\\Crefname{table}" ++ prefix tblPrefix True
           , "\\Crefname{equation}" ++ prefix eqnPrefix True
           , "\\Crefname{listing}" ++ prefix lstPrefix True
+          , "\\Crefname{section}" ++ prefix secPrefix True
           ]
         cleverefCodelisting = [
             "\\makeatletter"