diff --git a/lib/redistat/label.rb b/lib/redistat/label.rb
index a6ce099..f3385ba 100644
--- a/lib/redistat/label.rb
+++ b/lib/redistat/label.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ module Redistat
       self.new(name, opts).save
     end
     
+    def self.join(*args)
+      args = args.map {|i| i.to_s}
+      self.new(args.reject {|i| i.blank? }.join(GROUP_SEPARATOR))
+    end
+    
     def initialize(str, opts = {})
       parse_options(opts)
       @raw = str.to_s
diff --git a/spec/label_spec.rb b/spec/label_spec.rb
index 6e34004..7ef6f2d 100644
--- a/spec/label_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/label_spec.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ describe Redistat::Label do
     db.hget(Redistat::KEY_LABELS, label.hash).should == name
   end
   
+  it "should join labels" do
+    include Redistat
+    label = Label.join('email', 'message', 'public')
+    label.should be_a(Label)
+    label.to_s.should == 'email/message/public'
+    label = Label.join(Label.new('email'), Label.new('message'), Label.new('public'))
+    label.should be_a(Label)
+    label.to_s.should == 'email/message/public'
+    label = Label.join('email', '', 'message', nil, 'public')
+    label.should be_a(Label)
+    label.to_s.should == 'email/message/public'
+  end
+  
   describe "Grouping" do
     before(:each) do
       @name = "message/public/offensive"