diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/templates/deform/checkbox.pt b/src/wuttaweb/templates/deform/checkbox.pt
index c4536e8..45e076d 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/templates/deform/checkbox.pt
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/templates/deform/checkbox.pt
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <div tal:omit-tag=""
      tal:define="name name|field.name;
                  oid oid|field.oid;
-                 vmodel vmodel|'modelData.'+oid;">
+                 vmodel vmodel|'modelData.'+oid;
+                 static_text static_text|None;">
   <b-checkbox name="${name}"
               v-model="${vmodel}"
               native-value="true"
               tal:attributes="attributes|field.widget.attributes|{};">
-    {{ ${vmodel} ? "Yes" : "No" }}
+    <span tal:omit-tag="" tal:condition="static_text">${static_text}</span>
+    <span tal:omit-tag="" tal:condition="not static_text">{{ ${vmodel} ? "Yes" : "No" }}</span>
   </b-checkbox>
 </div>