diff --git a/docs/Datagrid.md b/docs/Datagrid.md
index a5ed353e618..b3b9bd9b353 100644
--- a/docs/Datagrid.md
+++ b/docs/Datagrid.md
@@ -920,6 +920,25 @@ const PostList = () => (
 );
 ```
 
+The inspector uses the field `source` (or `label` when it's a string) to display the column name. If you use non-field children (e.g. action buttons), then it's your responsibility to wrap them in a component with a `label` prop, that will be used by the inspector:
+
+```jsx
+const FieldWrapper = ({ children, label }) => children;
+const PostList = () => (
+    <List>
+        <DatagridConfigurable>
+            <TextField source="id" />
+            <TextField source="title" />
+            <TextField source="author" />
+            <TextField source="year" />
+            <FieldWrapper label="Actions">
+                <EditButton />
+            </FieldWrapper>
+        </DatagridConfigurable>
+    </List>
+);
+```
+
 `<DatagridConfigurable>` accepts the same props as `<Datagrid>`.
 
 ## Editable Spreadsheet
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridConfigurable.spec.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridConfigurable.spec.tsx
index 2f2e534a00a..e328b1e9c10 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridConfigurable.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridConfigurable.spec.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
 import expect from 'expect';
 
-import { Basic, Omit, PreferenceKey } from './DatagridConfigurable.stories';
+import {
+    Basic,
+    Omit,
+    PreferenceKey,
+    LabelElement,
+} from './DatagridConfigurable.stories';
 
 describe('<DatagridConfigurable>', () => {
     it('should render a datagrid with configurable columns', async () => {
@@ -18,7 +23,7 @@ describe('<DatagridConfigurable>', () => {
         screen.getByLabelText('Year').click();
         expect(screen.queryByText('1869')).not.toBeNull();
     });
-    it('should accept fields with a custom title', async () => {
+    it('should accept fields with a custom label', async () => {
         render(<Basic />);
         screen.getByLabelText('Configure mode').click();
         await screen.findByText('Inspector');
@@ -31,6 +36,19 @@ describe('<DatagridConfigurable>', () => {
         screen.getByLabelText('Original title').click();
         expect(screen.queryByText('War and Peace')).not.toBeNull();
     });
+    it('should accept fields with a label element', async () => {
+        render(<LabelElement />);
+        screen.getByLabelText('Configure mode').click();
+        await screen.findByText('Inspector');
+        fireEvent.mouseOver(screen.getByText('Leo Tolstoy'));
+        await screen.getByTitle('ra.configurable.customize').click();
+        await screen.findByText('Datagrid');
+        expect(screen.queryByText('War and Peace')).not.toBeNull();
+        screen.getByLabelText('Title').click();
+        expect(screen.queryByText('War and Peace')).toBeNull();
+        screen.getByLabelText('Title').click();
+        expect(screen.queryByText('War and Peace')).not.toBeNull();
+    });
     it('should accept fields with no source', async () => {
         render(<Basic />);
         screen.getByLabelText('Configure mode').click();
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridConfigurable.stories.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridConfigurable.stories.tsx
index d3c689acbea..154a5b09866 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridConfigurable.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridConfigurable.stories.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { PreferencesEditorContextProvider } from 'ra-core';
 import { Box } from '@mui/material';
+import { memoryStore, StoreContextProvider } from 'ra-core';
 
 import { DatagridConfigurable } from './DatagridConfigurable';
 import { Inspector, InspectorButton } from '../../preferences';
@@ -43,91 +44,100 @@ AuthorField.defaultProps = { label: 'Author' };
 
 const theme = createTheme();
 
+const Wrapper = ({ children }) => (
+    <StoreContextProvider value={memoryStore()}>
+        <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
+            <PreferencesEditorContextProvider>
+                <MemoryRouter>
+                    <Inspector />
+                    <Box display="flex" justifyContent="flex-end">
+                        <InspectorButton />
+                    </Box>
+                    <Box p={2}>{children}</Box>
+                </MemoryRouter>
+            </PreferencesEditorContextProvider>
+        </ThemeProvider>
+    </StoreContextProvider>
+);
+
 export const Basic = () => (
-    <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
-        <PreferencesEditorContextProvider>
-            <MemoryRouter>
-                <Inspector />
-                <Box display="flex" justifyContent="flex-end">
-                    <InspectorButton />
-                </Box>
-                <Box p={2}>
-                    <DatagridConfigurable
-                        resource="books1"
-                        data={data}
-                        sort={{ field: 'title', order: 'ASC' }}
-                        bulkActionButtons={false}
-                    >
-                        <TextField source="id" />
-                        <TextField source="title" label="Original title" />
-                        <TextField source="author" />
-                        <TextField source="year" />
-                        <EditButton />
-                    </DatagridConfigurable>
-                </Box>
-            </MemoryRouter>
-        </PreferencesEditorContextProvider>
-    </ThemeProvider>
+    <Wrapper>
+        <DatagridConfigurable
+            resource="books1"
+            data={data}
+            sort={{ field: 'title', order: 'ASC' }}
+            bulkActionButtons={false}
+        >
+            <TextField source="id" />
+            <TextField source="title" label="Original title" />
+            <TextField source="author" />
+            <TextField source="year" />
+            <EditButton />
+        </DatagridConfigurable>
+    </Wrapper>
 );
 
 export const Omit = () => (
-    <PreferencesEditorContextProvider>
-        <MemoryRouter>
-            <Inspector />
-            <Box display="flex" justifyContent="flex-end">
-                <InspectorButton />
-            </Box>
-            <Box p={2}>
-                <DatagridConfigurable
-                    resource="books2"
-                    data={data}
-                    sort={{ field: 'title', order: 'ASC' }}
-                    bulkActionButtons={false}
-                    omit={['title']}
-                >
-                    <TextField source="id" />
-                    <TextField source="title" label="Original title" />
-                    <AuthorField />
-                    <TextField source="year" />
-                </DatagridConfigurable>
-            </Box>
-        </MemoryRouter>
-    </PreferencesEditorContextProvider>
+    <Wrapper>
+        <DatagridConfigurable
+            resource="books2"
+            data={data}
+            sort={{ field: 'title', order: 'ASC' }}
+            bulkActionButtons={false}
+            omit={['title']}
+        >
+            <TextField source="id" />
+            <TextField source="title" label="Original title" />
+            <AuthorField />
+            <TextField source="year" />
+        </DatagridConfigurable>
+    </Wrapper>
 );
 
 export const PreferenceKey = () => (
-    <PreferencesEditorContextProvider>
-        <MemoryRouter>
-            <Inspector />
-            <Box display="flex" justifyContent="flex-end">
-                <InspectorButton />
-            </Box>
-            <Box p={2} display="flex" justifyContent="space-between">
-                <DatagridConfigurable
-                    resource="books3"
-                    data={data}
-                    sort={{ field: 'title', order: 'ASC' }}
-                    bulkActionButtons={false}
-                    preferenceKey="pref1"
-                >
-                    <TextField source="id" />
-                    <TextField source="title" label="Original title" />
-                    <TextField source="author" />
-                    <TextField source="year" />
-                </DatagridConfigurable>
-                <DatagridConfigurable
-                    resource="books3"
-                    data={data}
-                    sort={{ field: 'title', order: 'ASC' }}
-                    bulkActionButtons={false}
-                    preferenceKey="pref2"
-                >
-                    <TextField source="id" />
-                    <TextField source="title" label="Original title" />
-                    <TextField source="author" />
-                    <TextField source="year" />
-                </DatagridConfigurable>
-            </Box>
-        </MemoryRouter>
-    </PreferencesEditorContextProvider>
+    <Wrapper>
+        <Box p={2} display="flex" justifyContent="space-between">
+            <DatagridConfigurable
+                resource="books3"
+                data={data}
+                sort={{ field: 'title', order: 'ASC' }}
+                bulkActionButtons={false}
+                preferenceKey="pref1"
+            >
+                <TextField source="id" />
+                <TextField source="title" label="Original title" />
+                <TextField source="author" />
+                <TextField source="year" />
+            </DatagridConfigurable>
+            <DatagridConfigurable
+                resource="books3"
+                data={data}
+                sort={{ field: 'title', order: 'ASC' }}
+                bulkActionButtons={false}
+                preferenceKey="pref2"
+            >
+                <TextField source="id" />
+                <TextField source="title" label="Original title" />
+                <TextField source="author" />
+                <TextField source="year" />
+            </DatagridConfigurable>
+        </Box>
+    </Wrapper>
+);
+
+export const LabelElement = () => (
+    <Wrapper>
+        <DatagridConfigurable
+            resource="books1"
+            data={data}
+            sort={{ field: 'title', order: 'ASC' }}
+            bulkActionButtons={false}
+        >
+            <TextField source="id" />
+            <TextField source="title" label={<>Original title</>} />
+            <TextField source="author" />
+            <TextField source="year" />
+            <EditButton />
+        </DatagridConfigurable>
+    </Wrapper>
 );
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridConfigurable.tsx b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridConfigurable.tsx
index 68c0f6f2468..5b9bffb3c1c 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridConfigurable.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/list/datagrid/DatagridConfigurable.tsx
@@ -64,9 +64,14 @@ export const DatagridConfigurable = ({
                       index: String(index),
                       source: child.props.source,
                       label:
-                          child.props.source || child.props.label
+                          child.props.label &&
+                          typeof child.props.label === 'string' // this list is serializable, so we can't store ReactElement in it
                               ? child.props.label
-                              : translate(
+                              : child.props.source
+                              ? //  force the label to be the source
+                                undefined
+                              : // no source or label, generate a label
+                                translate(
                                     'ra.configurable.Datagrid.unlabeled',
                                     {
                                         column: index,