diff --git a/ghost/admin/mirage/serializers/member.js b/ghost/admin/mirage/serializers/member.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a831c2232e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/admin/mirage/serializers/member.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import BaseSerializer from './application';
+
+export default BaseSerializer.extend({
+    embed: true,
+
+    include(request) {
+        let queryIncludes = (request.queryParams.include || '').split(',').compact();
+        const includes = new Set(queryIncludes);
+
+        // embedded records that are included by default in the API
+        includes.add('labels');
+
+        return Array.from(includes);
+    }
+});
diff --git a/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/members/filter-test.js b/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/members/filter-test.js
index f4146c2f82..de4627b750 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/members/filter-test.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/members/filter-test.js
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ describe('Acceptance: Members filtering', function () {
 
             expect(findAll('[data-test-list="members-list-item"]').length, `# of filtered member rows - ${label.name}`)
                 .to.equal(3);
+
+            // table shows labels column+data
             expect(find('[data-test-table-column="label"]')).to.exist;
+            expect(findAll('[data-test-table-data="label"]').length).to.equal(3);
+            expect(find('[data-test-table-data="label"]')).to.contain.text(label.name);
 
             // can delete filter
             await click('[data-test-delete-members-filter="0"]');