diff --git a/src/utils/bivariate/helpers/converters/axisDTOtoAxis.ts b/src/utils/bivariate/helpers/converters/axisDTOtoAxis.ts
index 06bde73ad..4010b5c4e 100644
--- a/src/utils/bivariate/helpers/converters/axisDTOtoAxis.ts
+++ b/src/utils/bivariate/helpers/converters/axisDTOtoAxis.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { formatBivariateAxisLabel } from '~utils/bivariate/labelFormatters';
+import {
+  formatBivariateAxisLabel,
+  formatCustomBivariateAxisLabel,
+} from '~utils/bivariate/labelFormatters';
 import type { AxisDTO } from '~core/resources/bivariateStatisticsResource/types';
 import type { Axis } from '~utils/bivariate/types/stat.types';
 
@@ -6,7 +9,9 @@ export function axisDTOtoAxis(dto: AxisDTO): Axis {
   return {
     ...dto,
     id: dto.quotient.join('|'),
-    label: dto.label || formatBivariateAxisLabel(dto.quotients),
+    label: dto.label
+      ? formatCustomBivariateAxisLabel(dto.label, dto.quotients)
+      : formatBivariateAxisLabel(dto.quotients),
     transformation: {
       ...dto.transformation!,
       transformation: dto.transformation?.transformation ?? 'no',
diff --git a/src/utils/bivariate/labelFormatters.test.ts b/src/utils/bivariate/labelFormatters.test.ts
index 567a81f09..1ee2a24ee 100644
--- a/src/utils/bivariate/labelFormatters.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/bivariate/labelFormatters.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { expect, describe, it } from 'vitest';
-import { hasUnits, formatBivariateAxisLabel } from './labelFormatters';
+import {
+  hasUnits,
+  formatBivariateAxisLabel,
+  formatCustomBivariateAxisLabel,
+} from './labelFormatters';
 import type { Axis } from '~utils/bivariate';
 
 describe('BivariateLegend labels formatting', () => {
@@ -118,4 +122,64 @@ describe('BivariateLegend labels formatting', () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe('formatCustomLabelForBivariateAxis', () => {
+    it('must return customLabel with units from quotients', () => {
+      const quotients: Axis['quotients'] = [
+        {
+          name: 'total_road_length',
+          label: 'Total road length',
+          direction: [['unimportant'], ['important']],
+          unit: {
+            id: 'km',
+            shortName: 'km',
+            longName: 'kilometers',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'population',
+          label: 'Population',
+          direction: [['unimportant'], ['important']],
+          unit: {
+            id: 'ppl',
+            shortName: 'ppl',
+            longName: 'people',
+          },
+        },
+      ];
+      const customLabel = 'Custom man-distance label';
+      expect(formatCustomBivariateAxisLabel(customLabel, quotients)).toEqual(
+        'Custom man-distance label (km/ppl)',
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('must return customLabel without units if numerator has no unit', () => {
+      const quotients: Axis['quotients'] = [
+        {
+          name: 'total_road_length',
+          label: 'Total road length',
+          direction: [['unimportant'], ['important']],
+          unit: {
+            id: null,
+            shortName: null,
+            longName: null,
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'population',
+          label: 'Population',
+          direction: [['unimportant'], ['important']],
+          unit: {
+            id: 'ppl',
+            shortName: 'ppl',
+            longName: 'people',
+          },
+        },
+      ];
+      const customLabel = 'Custom man-distance label';
+      expect(formatCustomBivariateAxisLabel(customLabel, quotients)).toEqual(
+        'Custom man-distance label',
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/utils/bivariate/labelFormatters.ts b/src/utils/bivariate/labelFormatters.ts
index 072eca2fa..350f63a97 100644
--- a/src/utils/bivariate/labelFormatters.ts
+++ b/src/utils/bivariate/labelFormatters.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ export const convertDirectionsArrayToLabel = (directions: string[][]) => {
   return `${formatSentimentDirection(from)} → ${formatSentimentDirection(to)}`;
 };
 
+export const formatCustomBivariateAxisLabel = (
+  customLabel: string,
+  quotients: Axis['quotients'],
+): string => {
+  const units = formatBivariateAxisUnit(quotients);
+  return units ? `${customLabel} (${units})` : customLabel;
+};
+
 export const formatBivariateAxisLabel = (quotients: Axis['quotients']): string => {
   if (!quotients) return '';
   const [numerator, denominator] = quotients;