diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
index 7ac529f71..19db0fc8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ jobs:
             data.table
             rstudioapi
             tibble
+            haven
 
       - name: Setup SSH access
         uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
diff --git a/crates/ark/src/data_explorer/histogram.rs b/crates/ark/src/data_explorer/histogram.rs
index 568c8b737..4c3d1d062 100644
--- a/crates/ark/src/data_explorer/histogram.rs
+++ b/crates/ark/src/data_explorer/histogram.rs
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ mod tests {
     use stdext::assert_match;
 
     use super::*;
+    use crate::fixtures::package_is_installed;
     use crate::r_task;
 
     fn default_options() -> FormatOptions {
@@ -606,4 +607,29 @@ mod tests {
             );
         })
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_frequency_table_haven_labelled() {
+        r_task(|| {
+            if !package_is_installed("haven") {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            test_frequency_table(
+                "haven::labelled(c(rep(1, 100), rep(2, 200), rep(3, 150)), labels = c('A' = 1, 'B' = 2, 'C' = 3))",
+                10,
+                harp::parse_eval_global("c('B', 'C', 'A')").unwrap(),
+                vec![200, 150, 100],
+                None,
+            );
+            // Account for all factor levels, even if they don't appear in the data
+            test_frequency_table(
+                "haven::labelled(c(rep(1, 100), rep(2, 200)), labels = c('A' = 1, 'B' = 2, 'C' = 3))",
+                10,
+                harp::parse_eval_global("c('B', 'A', 'C')").unwrap(),
+                vec![200, 100, 0],
+                None,
+            );
+        })
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ark/src/data_explorer/summary_stats.rs b/crates/ark/src/data_explorer/summary_stats.rs
index 913594283..c2f6a749e 100644
--- a/crates/ark/src/data_explorer/summary_stats.rs
+++ b/crates/ark/src/data_explorer/summary_stats.rs
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ where
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::fixtures::package_is_installed;
 
     fn default_options() -> FormatOptions {
         FormatOptions {
@@ -327,4 +328,32 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(stats.date_stats, Some(expected));
         })
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_haven_labelled() {
+        crate::r_task(|| {
+            if !package_is_installed("haven") {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            let column =
+                harp::parse_eval_base("haven::labelled(c(1, 1, 2), c(Male = 1, Female = 2))")
+                    .unwrap();
+
+            let column_factor =
+                harp::parse_eval_base("factor(c(1,1,2), labels = c('Male', 'Female'))").unwrap();
+
+            let stats =
+                summary_stats(column.sexp, ColumnDisplayType::String, &default_options()).unwrap();
+
+            let stats_factor = summary_stats(
+                column_factor.sexp,
+                ColumnDisplayType::String,
+                &default_options(),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+
+            assert_eq!(stats, stats_factor);
+        })
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ark/src/data_explorer/utils.rs b/crates/ark/src/data_explorer/utils.rs
index 2749a1715..5a696d602 100644
--- a/crates/ark/src/data_explorer/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/ark/src/data_explorer/utils.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ pub fn display_type(x: SEXP) -> ColumnDisplayType {
     }
 
     if r_is_object(x) {
+        // `haven_labelled` objects inherit from their internal data type
+        // such as integer or character. We special case them here before
+        // checking the internal types below.
+        if r_inherits(x, "haven_labelled") {
+            return ColumnDisplayType::String;
+        }
+
         if r_inherits(x, "logical") {
             return ColumnDisplayType::Boolean;
         }
diff --git a/crates/ark/src/fixtures/utils.rs b/crates/ark/src/fixtures/utils.rs
index 598f7bc99..ca709efa7 100644
--- a/crates/ark/src/fixtures/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/ark/src/fixtures/utils.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use serde::Serialize;
 use tree_sitter::Point;
 
 use crate::modules;
+use crate::modules::ARK_ENVS;
 
 // Lock for tests that can't be run concurrently. Only needed for tests that can't
 // be wrapped in an `r_task()`.
@@ -92,6 +93,16 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+pub fn package_is_installed(package: &str) -> bool {
+    harp::parse_eval0(
+        format!(".ps.is_installed('{package}')").as_str(),
+        ARK_ENVS.positron_ns,
+    )
+    .unwrap()
+    .try_into()
+    .unwrap()
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use tree_sitter::Point;
diff --git a/crates/ark/src/modules/positron/r_data_explorer.R b/crates/ark/src/modules/positron/r_data_explorer.R
index a18ee40fc..40647c86b 100644
--- a/crates/ark/src/modules/positron/r_data_explorer.R
+++ b/crates/ark/src/modules/positron/r_data_explorer.R
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ summary_stats_number <- function(col) {
 }
 
 summary_stats_string <- function(col) {
+    if (inherits(col, 'haven_labelled')) {
+        col <- haven::as_factor(col)
+    }
+
     if(is.factor(col)) {
         # We could have an optimization here to get unique and empty values
         # from levels, but probably not worth it.
@@ -463,6 +467,10 @@ profile_frequency_table <- function(x, limit) {
         ))
     }
 
+    if (inherits(x, "haven_labelled")) {
+        x <- haven::as_factor(x)
+    }
+
     if (is.factor(x)) {
         values <- levels(x)
         counts <- table(x)