diff --git a/qemu.go b/qemu.go
index a0067a545..821bdfd6a 100644
--- a/qemu.go
+++ b/qemu.go
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Ctx is not used at the moment.
 	Ctx context.Context
 
+	// Name is the qemu guest name
+	Name string
+	
 	// MachineType is the machine type to be used by qemu.
 	MachineType string
 
@@ -58,6 +61,15 @@ type Config struct {
 	FDs []*os.File
 }
 
+func appendName(params []string, config Config) []string {
+	if config.Name != "" {
+		params = append(params, "-name")
+		params = append(params, config.Name)
+	}
+
+	return params
+}
+
 func appendMachineParams(params []string, config Config) []string {
 	if config.MachineType != "" && config.MachineTypeAcceleration != "" {
 		params = append(params, "-machine")
@@ -88,6 +100,7 @@ func appendCPUModel(params []string, config Config) []string {
 func LaunchQemu(config Config, logger QMPLog) (string, error) {
 	var params []string
 
+	params = appendName(params, config)
 	params = appendMachineParams(params, config)
 	params = appendCPUModel(params, config)
 	params = append(params, config.ExtraParams...)