diff --git a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
index 2c23ad0e..68f416b2 100644
--- a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
+++ b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ def run_actions(
     global_arguments = arguments['global']
     dry_run_label = ' (dry run; not making any changes)' if global_arguments.dry_run else ''
     hook_context = {
+        'repository_label': repository.get('label', ''),
         'repository': repository_path,
         # Deprecated: For backwards compatibility with borgmatic < 1.6.0.
         'repositories': ','.join([repo['path'] for repo in config['repositories']]),
diff --git a/docs/how-to/add-preparation-and-cleanup-steps-to-backups.md b/docs/how-to/add-preparation-and-cleanup-steps-to-backups.md
index 2c71a415..1d05c0d9 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/add-preparation-and-cleanup-steps-to-backups.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/add-preparation-and-cleanup-steps-to-backups.md
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ variables you can use here:
    path of the borgmatic log file, only set when the `--log-file` flag is used
  * `repository`: path of the current repository as configured in the current
    borgmatic configuration file
+ * `repository_label`: current repository label as configured in the current
+   borgmatic configuration file
 
 Note that you can also interpolate in [arbitrary environment
 variables](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/provide-your-passwords/).
diff --git a/tests/unit/commands/test_borgmatic.py b/tests/unit/commands/test_borgmatic.py
index 911e2add..b0b6a153 100644
--- a/tests/unit/commands/test_borgmatic.py
+++ b/tests/unit/commands/test_borgmatic.py
@@ -494,10 +494,15 @@ def test_run_actions_adds_log_file_to_hook_context():
     expected = flexmock()
     flexmock(borgmatic.actions.create).should_receive('run_create').with_args(
         config_filename=object,
-        repository={'path': 'repo'},
+        repository={'path': 'repo', 'label': ''},
         config={'repositories': []},
         config_paths=[],
-        hook_context={'repository': 'repo', 'repositories': '', 'log_file': 'foo'},
+        hook_context={
+            'repository': 'repo',
+            'repository_label': '',
+            'repositories': '',
+            'log_file': 'foo',
+        },
         local_borg_version=object,
         create_arguments=object,
         global_arguments=object,
@@ -515,7 +520,7 @@ def test_run_actions_adds_log_file_to_hook_context():
             local_path=flexmock(),
             remote_path=flexmock(),
             local_borg_version=flexmock(),
-            repository={'path': 'repo'},
+            repository={'path': 'repo', 'label': ''},
         )
     )
     assert result == (expected,)