diff --git a/lib/form/checkbox.php b/lib/form/checkbox.php
index b62861b1de0..294cd322846 100644
--- a/lib/form/checkbox.php
+++ b/lib/form/checkbox.php
@@ -99,5 +99,19 @@ class MoodleQuickForm_checkbox extends HTML_QuickForm_checkbox{
         }
         return true;
     } // end func onQuickFormEvent
+    /**
+     * Slightly different container template when frozen. Don't want to use a label tag
+     * with a for attribute in that case for the element label but instead use a div.
+     * Templates are defined in renderer constructor.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function getElementTemplateType(){
+        if ($this->_flagFrozen){
+            return 'static';
+        } else {
+            return 'default';
+        }
+    }
 }
 ?>
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