diff --git a/examples/css2d_label.html b/examples/css2d_label.html
index ce6a7d10d8777f..85317677784ed6 100644
--- a/examples/css2d_label.html
+++ b/examples/css2d_label.html
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 				const MOON_RADIUS = 0.27;
 
 				camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 45, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.1, 200 );
-				camera.position.set( 10, 5, 20 );
+				camera.position.set( 5, 2, 10 );
 				camera.layers.enableAll();
 
 				scene = new THREE.Scene();
@@ -127,32 +127,37 @@
 				earthDiv.className = 'label';
 				earthDiv.textContent = 'Earth';
 				earthDiv.style.backgroundColor = 'transparent';
+				earthDiv.style.border = "1px solid white";
 
 				const earthLabel = new CSS2DObject( earthDiv );
 				earthLabel.position.set( 1.5 * EARTH_RADIUS, 0, 0 );
-				earthLabel.center.set( 0, 1 );
+				earthLabel.center.set( 0, 1 ); // lower-left
 				earth.add( earthLabel );
 				earthLabel.layers.set( 0 );
+				earthLabel.rotationAngle = Math.PI / 8;
 
 				const earthMassDiv = document.createElement( 'div' );
 				earthMassDiv.className = 'label';
 				earthMassDiv.textContent = '5.97237e24 kg';
 				earthMassDiv.style.backgroundColor = 'transparent';
+				earthMassDiv.style.border = "1px solid white";
 
 				const earthMassLabel = new CSS2DObject( earthMassDiv );
 				earthMassLabel.position.set( 1.5 * EARTH_RADIUS, 0, 0 );
-				earthMassLabel.center.set( 0, 0 );
+				earthMassLabel.center.set( 0, 0 ); // upper-left
 				earth.add( earthMassLabel );
 				earthMassLabel.layers.set( 1 );
+				earthMassLabel.rotationAngle = - Math.PI / 8;
 
 				const moonDiv = document.createElement( 'div' );
 				moonDiv.className = 'label';
 				moonDiv.textContent = 'Moon';
 				moonDiv.style.backgroundColor = 'transparent';
+				moonDiv.style.border = "1px solid white";
 
 				const moonLabel = new CSS2DObject( moonDiv );
 				moonLabel.position.set( 1.5 * MOON_RADIUS, 0, 0 );
-				moonLabel.center.set( 0, 1 );
+				moonLabel.center.set( 0, 1 ); // lower-left
 				moon.add( moonLabel );
 				moonLabel.layers.set( 0 );
 
@@ -160,10 +165,11 @@
 				moonMassDiv.className = 'label';
 				moonMassDiv.textContent = '7.342e22 kg';
 				moonMassDiv.style.backgroundColor = 'transparent';
+				moonMassDiv.style.border = "1px solid white";
 
 				const moonMassLabel = new CSS2DObject( moonMassDiv );
 				moonMassLabel.position.set( 1.5 * MOON_RADIUS, 0, 0 );
-				moonMassLabel.center.set( 0, 0 );
+				moonMassLabel.center.set( 0, 0 ); // upper-left
 				moon.add( moonMassLabel );
 				moonMassLabel.layers.set( 1 );
 
diff --git a/examples/jsm/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js b/examples/jsm/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js
index 4e350c711fad66..b4b88efb3fe884 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js
@@ -46,14 +46,23 @@ class CSS2DObject extends Object3D {
 		this.element.setAttribute( 'draggable', false );
 
 		/**
-		 * The 3D objects center point.
-		 * `( 0, 0 )` is the lower left, `( 1, 1 )` is the top right.
+		 * The object's anchor point, and the point around which the object rotates.
+		 * A value of `(0.5, 0.5)` corresponds to the midpoint of the object. A value
+		 * of `(0, 0)` corresponds to the upper left corner of the object.
 		 *
 		 * @type {Vector2}
 		 * @default (0.5,0.5)
 		 */
 		this.center = new Vector2( 0.5, 0.5 );
 
+		/**
+		 * The object's angle of rotation, counterclockwise, in radians.
+		 *
+		 * @type {number}
+		 * @default 0
+		 */
+		this.rotationAngle = 0;
+
 		this.addEventListener( 'removed', function () {
 
 			this.traverse( function ( object ) {
@@ -97,8 +106,7 @@ const _a = new Vector3();
 const _b = new Vector3();
 
 /**
- * This renderer is a simplified version of {@link CSS3DRenderer}. The only transformation that is
- * supported is translation.
+ * This renderer is a simplified version of {@link CSS3DRenderer}.
  *
  * The renderer is very useful if you want to combine HTML based labels with 3D objects. Here too,
  * the respective DOM elements are wrapped into an instance of {@link CSS2DObject} and added to the
@@ -235,7 +243,20 @@ class CSS2DRenderer {
 
 					object.onBeforeRender( _this, scene, camera );
 
-					element.style.transform = 'translate(' + ( - 100 * object.center.x ) + '%,' + ( - 100 * object.center.y ) + '%)' + 'translate(' + ( _vector.x * _widthHalf + _widthHalf ) + 'px,' + ( - _vector.y * _heightHalf + _heightHalf ) + 'px)';
+					// pivot point
+					const cx = 100 * object.center.x;
+					const cy = 100 * object.center.y;
+					element.style.transformOrigin = `${cx}% ${cy}%`;
+
+					// angle of rotation, counter-clockwise convention
+					const angle = - object.rotationAngle;
+
+					// coordinates
+					const tx = _vector.x * _widthHalf + _widthHalf;
+					const ty = -_vector.y * _heightHalf + _heightHalf;
+
+					// transform
+					element.style.transform = `translate(${-cx}%, ${-cy}%) translate(${tx}px, ${ty}px) rotate(${angle}rad)`;
 
 					if ( element.parentNode !== domElement ) {