diff --git a/src/datamanager.js b/src/datamanager.js
index 6e7ba0b..012a70b 100644
--- a/src/datamanager.js
+++ b/src/datamanager.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export default class DataManager {
         if (this.options.serialNoColumn && !this.hasColumnById('_rowIndex')) {
             let cell = {
                 id: '_rowIndex',
-                content: '',
+                content: this.options.serialNoColumnLabel || '',
                 align: 'center',
                 editable: false,
                 resizable: false,
diff --git a/src/defaults.js b/src/defaults.js
index 359f8e8..6465ee7 100644
--- a/src/defaults.js
+++ b/src/defaults.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export default function getDefaultOptions(instance) {
         freezeMessage: '',
         getEditor: null,
         serialNoColumn: true,
+        serialNoColumnLabel: '',
         checkboxColumn: false,
         clusterize: true,
         logs: false,