diff --git a/client/scss/components/_breadcrumbs.scss b/client/scss/components/_breadcrumbs.scss
index e43710f962..cb5e9edee7 100644
--- a/client/scss/components/_breadcrumbs.scss
+++ b/client/scss/components/_breadcrumbs.scss
@@ -11,5 +11,9 @@
         font-size: theme('fontSize.22');
       }
     }
+
+    .w-breadcrumbs__sublabel {
+      display: inline-block;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/breadcrumbs.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/breadcrumbs.html
index fb81c902b3..096f27564a 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/breadcrumbs.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/breadcrumbs.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     The breadcrumb component is reused across most of Wagtail's headers.
     Variables this template accepts:
 
-    `items` - A list of {"url": Union[str, None], "label": str} dicts
+    `items` - A list of {"url": Union[str, None], "label": str, "sublabel": Union[str, None]} dicts
     `classname` - Modifier classes
     `is_expanded` - Whether the breadcrumbs are always expanded or not, if True the breadcrumbs will not be collapsible
 {% endcomment %}
@@ -48,13 +48,23 @@
                                     data-w-breadcrumbs-target="content"
                                 {% endif %}
                             >
+                                {% fragment as sublabel %}
+                                    {% if item.sublabel %}
+                                        <span class="w-sr-only">: </span>
+                                        <span class="w-breadcrumbs__sublabel w-font-normal w-hidden w-ml-2.5">
+                                            {{ item.sublabel }}
+                                        </span>
+                                    {% endif %}
+                                {% endfragment %}
                                 {% if item.url is not None %}
                                     <a class="{{ breadcrumb_link_classes }}" href="{{ item.url }}">
                                         {{ item.label }}
+                                        {{ sublabel }}
                                     </a>
                                 {% else %}
                                     <div class="w-flex w-justify-start w-items-center">
                                         {{ item.label }}
+                                        {{ sublabel }}
                                     </div>
                                 {% endif %}
                                 {% if not forloop.last %}
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/tests/viewsets/test_model_viewset.py b/wagtail/admin/tests/viewsets/test_model_viewset.py
index 2bf66aa9d8..02239d4197 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/tests/viewsets/test_model_viewset.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/tests/viewsets/test_model_viewset.py
@@ -773,6 +773,7 @@ class TestBreadcrumbs(AdminTemplateTestUtils, WagtailTestUtils, TestCase):
             {
                 "url": "",
                 "label": "History",
+                "sublabel": str(self.object),
             },
         ]
         self.assertBreadcrumbsItemsRendered(items, response.content)
@@ -797,6 +798,7 @@ class TestBreadcrumbs(AdminTemplateTestUtils, WagtailTestUtils, TestCase):
             {
                 "url": "",
                 "label": "Usage",
+                "sublabel": str(self.object),
             },
         ]
         self.assertBreadcrumbsItemsRendered(items, response.content)
@@ -821,6 +823,7 @@ class TestBreadcrumbs(AdminTemplateTestUtils, WagtailTestUtils, TestCase):
             {
                 "url": "",
                 "label": "Inspect",
+                "sublabel": str(self.object),
             },
         ]
         self.assertBreadcrumbsItemsRendered(items, response.content)
diff --git a/wagtail/snippets/tests/test_viewset.py b/wagtail/snippets/tests/test_viewset.py
index 80664520f2..53a526472c 100644
--- a/wagtail/snippets/tests/test_viewset.py
+++ b/wagtail/snippets/tests/test_viewset.py
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ class TestBreadcrumbs(AdminTemplateTestUtils, BaseSnippetViewSetTests):
                 "url": self.get_url("edit", args=(self.object.pk,)),
                 "label": str(self.object),
             },
-            {"url": "", "label": "History"},
+            {"url": "", "label": "History", "sublabel": str(self.object)},
         ]
         self.assertBreadcrumbsItemsRendered(items, response.content)
 
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ class TestBreadcrumbs(AdminTemplateTestUtils, BaseSnippetViewSetTests):
                 "url": self.get_url("edit", args=(self.object.pk,)),
                 "label": str(self.object),
             },
-            {"url": "", "label": "Usage"},
+            {"url": "", "label": "Usage", "sublabel": str(self.object)},
         ]
         self.assertBreadcrumbsItemsRendered(items, response.content)
 
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ class TestBreadcrumbs(AdminTemplateTestUtils, BaseSnippetViewSetTests):
                 "url": self.get_url("edit", args=(self.object.pk,)),
                 "label": str(self.object),
             },
-            {"url": "", "label": "Inspect"},
+            {"url": "", "label": "Inspect", "sublabel": str(self.object)},
         ]
         self.assertBreadcrumbsItemsRendered(items, response.content)
 
diff --git a/wagtail/test/utils/template_tests.py b/wagtail/test/utils/template_tests.py
index c89ef1bb7a..e6f5e69f9b 100644
--- a/wagtail/test/utils/template_tests.py
+++ b/wagtail/test/utils/template_tests.py
@@ -58,13 +58,26 @@ class AdminTemplateTestUtils:
                     element,
                     f"Expected '{item['label']}' breadcrumbs item to be a div",
                 )
-            label = element.text.strip()
+
+            # Sublabel is optional and the : separator is invisible
+            label = element.get_text(strip=True)
+            sublabel = None
+            if item.get("sublabel"):
+                label, sublabel = label.split(":", maxsplit=1)
+
             self.assertEqual(
                 label,
                 item["label"],
                 f"Expected '{item['label']}' breadcrumbs item label, found '{label}'",
             )
 
+            if sublabel:
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    sublabel,
+                    item["sublabel"],
+                    f"Expected '{item['sublabel']}' breadcrumbs item sublabel, found '{sublabel}'",
+                )
+
     def assertBreadcrumbsNotRendered(
         self: Union[WagtailTestUtils, SimpleTestCase],
         html: Union[str, bytes],