diff --git a/barcode.php b/barcode.php
index b111501..5aa25b7 100644
--- a/barcode.php
+++ b/barcode.php
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ private function linear_calculate_size($code, $widths) {
 	private function linear_render_image(
 		$image, $code, $x, $y, $w, $h, $colors, $widths, $options
 	) {
+		$showtext = (isset($options['st']) ? false : true);
 		$textheight = (isset($options['th']) ? (int)$options['th'] : 10);
 		$textsize = (isset($options['ts']) ? (int)$options['ts'] : 1);
 		$textcolor = (isset($options['tc']) ? $options['tc'] : '000');
@@ -363,7 +364,9 @@ private function linear_render_image(
 				$lx = ($x + ($mx - $x) * $lx);
 				$lw = imagefontwidth($textsize) * strlen($label);
 				$lx = round($lx - $lw / 2);
-				imagestring($image, $textsize, $lx, $ly, $label, $textcolor);
+				if($showtext) {
+					imagestring($image, $textsize, $lx, $ly, $label, $textcolor);
+				}
 			}
 			$x = $mx;
 		}
@@ -3345,4 +3348,4 @@ private function dmtx_place_b(&$matrix, $rows, $cols, $row, $col, $b) {
 		119, 238, 241, 207, 179,  75, 150,   1,
 	);
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}