diff --git a/borgmatic/config/validate.py b/borgmatic/config/validate.py
index abcfe3d28..fcf29d380 100644
--- a/borgmatic/config/validate.py
+++ b/borgmatic/config/validate.py
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ def apply_logical_validation(config_filename, parsed_configuration):
     location_repositories = parsed_configuration.get('location', {}).get('repositories')
     check_repositories = parsed_configuration.get('consistency', {}).get('check_repositories', [])
     for repository in check_repositories:
-        if repository not in location_repositories:
+        if not any(
+            repositories_match(repository, config_repository)
+            for config_repository in location_repositories
+        ):
             raise Validation_error(
                 config_filename,
                 (
diff --git a/tests/unit/config/test_validate.py b/tests/unit/config/test_validate.py
index 327a2b44a..d5606bde1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/config/test_validate.py
+++ b/tests/unit/config/test_validate.py
@@ -51,17 +51,33 @@ def test_apply_locical_validation_raises_if_unknown_repository_in_check_reposito
         )
 
 
-def test_apply_locical_validation_does_not_raise_if_known_repository_in_check_repositories():
+def test_apply_locical_validation_does_not_raise_if_known_repository_path_in_check_repositories():
     module.apply_logical_validation(
         'config.yaml',
         {
-            'location': {'repositories': ['repo.borg', 'other.borg']},
+            'location': {'repositories': [{'path': 'repo.borg'}, {'path': 'other.borg'}]},
             'retention': {'keep_secondly': 1000},
             'consistency': {'check_repositories': ['repo.borg']},
         },
     )
 
 
+def test_apply_locical_validation_does_not_raise_if_known_repository_label_in_check_repositories():
+    module.apply_logical_validation(
+        'config.yaml',
+        {
+            'location': {
+                'repositories': [
+                    {'path': 'repo.borg', 'label': 'my_repo'},
+                    {'path': 'other.borg', 'label': 'other_repo'},
+                ]
+            },
+            'retention': {'keep_secondly': 1000},
+            'consistency': {'check_repositories': ['my_repo']},
+        },
+    )
+
+
 def test_apply_logical_validation_does_not_raise_if_archive_name_format_and_prefix_present():
     module.apply_logical_validation(
         'config.yaml',