diff --git a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
index 10b5aaf07..526f164c9 100644
--- a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
+++ b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 - Appendix seperator line no longer added to PNG export when appendix doesn't exist. [#582](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/582)
 - Watch mode only fits to screen on initial load. [#601](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/601)
 - Dimensions (`width`/`height`) were incorrectly giving compiler errors when applied on a shape with style. [#614](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/614)
+- `near` would collide with labels if they were on the diagram boundaries in the same position. [#617](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/617)
 - Fixes routing between sql table columns if the column name is the prefix of the table name [#615](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/615)
diff --git a/d2layouts/d2near/layout.go b/d2layouts/d2near/layout.go
index 99e8a10e1..e05709169 100644
--- a/d2layouts/d2near/layout.go
+++ b/d2layouts/d2near/layout.go
@@ -139,6 +139,16 @@ func boundingBox(g *d2graph.Graph) (tl, br *geo.Point) {
 			y1 = math.Min(y1, obj.TopLeft.Y)
 			x2 = math.Max(x2, obj.TopLeft.X+obj.Width)
 			y2 = math.Max(y2, obj.TopLeft.Y+obj.Height)
+			if obj.Attributes.Label.Value != "" && obj.LabelPosition != nil {
+				labelPosition := label.Position(*obj.LabelPosition)
+				if labelPosition.IsOutside() {
+					labelTL := labelPosition.GetPointOnBox(obj.Box, label.PADDING, float64(*obj.LabelWidth), float64(*obj.LabelHeight))
+					x1 = math.Min(x1, labelTL.X)
+					y1 = math.Min(y1, labelTL.Y)
+					x2 = math.Max(x2, labelTL.X+float64(*obj.LabelWidth))
+					y2 = math.Max(y2, labelTL.Y+float64(*obj.LabelHeight))
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}