diff --git a/docs/resources/changelog.md b/docs/resources/changelog.md
index 8ba8c8ca..923553cb 100644
--- a/docs/resources/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/resources/changelog.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ New versions of Shoelace are released as-needed and generally occur when a criti
 - Fixed a bug in `<sl-checkbox>` and `<sl-switch>` that caused the browser to scroll incorrectly when focusing on a control in a container with overflow [#1169](https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/issues/1169)
 - Fixed a bug in `<sl-menu-item>` that caused the `click` event to be emitted when the item was disabled [#1113](https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/issues/1113)
 - Fixed a bug in form controls that erroneously prevented validation states from being set when `novalidate` was used on the containing form [#1164](https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/issues/1164)
+- Fixed a bug in `<sl-checkbox>` that caused the required asterisk to appear before the label in Chrome
 - Improved the behavior of `<sl-dropdown>` in Safari so keyboard interaction works the same as in other browsers [#1177](https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/issues/1177)
 - Improved the [icons](/components/icon) page so it's not as sluggish in Safari [#1122](https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/issues/1122)
 - Improved the accessibility of `<sl-switch>` when used in forced-colors / Windows High Contrast mode [#1114](https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/issues/1114)
diff --git a/src/components/checkbox/checkbox.ts b/src/components/checkbox/checkbox.ts
index e645e4ab..893aa151 100644
--- a/src/components/checkbox/checkbox.ts
+++ b/src/components/checkbox/checkbox.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ export default class SlCheckbox extends ShoelaceElement implements ShoelaceFormC
   }
 
   render() {
+    //
+    // NOTE: we use a <div> around the label slot because of this Chrome bug.
+    //
+    // https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1413733
+    //
     return html`
       <label
         part="base"
@@ -209,7 +214,9 @@ export default class SlCheckbox extends ShoelaceElement implements ShoelaceFormC
             : ''}
         </span>
 
-        <slot part="label" class="checkbox__label"></slot>
+        <div part="label" class="checkbox__label">
+          <slot></slot>
+        </div>
       </label>
     `;
   }