diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e629a5d6c..fc990e9e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1001,6 +1001,7 @@ Below is the complete list of available options that can be used to customize yo
 | `LDAP_BLOCK_AUTO_CREATED_USERS` | Locks down those users until they have been cleared by the admin. Defaults to `false`. |
 | `LDAP_BASE` | Base where we can search for users. No default. |
 | `LDAP_USER_FILTER` | Filter LDAP users. No default. |
+| `LDAP_NAME` | LDAP user's real name. Defaults to `cn` |
 | `LDAP_LOWERCASE_USERNAMES` | GitLab will lower case the username for the LDAP Server. Defaults to `false` |
 | `OAUTH_ENABLED` | Enable OAuth support. Defaults to `true` if any of the support OAuth providers is configured, else defaults to `false`. |
 | `OAUTH_AUTO_SIGN_IN_WITH_PROVIDER` | Automatically sign in with a specific OAuth provider without showing GitLab sign-in page. Accepted values are `cas3`, `github`, `bitbucket`, `gitlab`, `google_oauth2`, `facebook`, `twitter`, `saml`, `crowd`, `auth0` and `azure_oauth2`. No default. |
diff --git a/assets/runtime/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml b/assets/runtime/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml
index 1c09c2c18..f8d20f21b 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml
+++ b/assets/runtime/config/gitlabhq/gitlab.yml
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ production: &base
           # If no full name could be found at the attribute specified for `name`,
           # the full name is determined using the attributes specified for
           # `first_name` and `last_name`.
-          name:       'cn'
+          name:       '{{LDAP_NAME}}'
           first_name: 'givenName'
           last_name:  'sn'
 
diff --git a/assets/runtime/env-defaults b/assets/runtime/env-defaults
index 96a537f96..6e50ade31 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/env-defaults
+++ b/assets/runtime/env-defaults
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ LDAP_ACTIVE_DIRECTORY=${LDAP_ACTIVE_DIRECTORY:-true}
 LDAP_BLOCK_AUTO_CREATED_USERS=${LDAP_BLOCK_AUTO_CREATED_USERS:-false}
 LDAP_BASE=${LDAP_BASE:-}
 LDAP_USER_FILTER=${LDAP_USER_FILTER:-}
+LDAP_NAME=${LDAP_NAME:-cn}
 LDAP_LOWERCASE_USERNAMES="${LDAP_LOWERCASE_USERNAMES:-false}"
 LDAP_LABEL=${LDAP_LABEL:-LDAP}
 LDAP_ALLOW_USERNAME_OR_EMAIL_LOGIN=${LDAP_ALLOW_USERNAME_OR_EMAIL_LOGIN:-}
diff --git a/assets/runtime/functions b/assets/runtime/functions
index ce851b98f..8b134f6c1 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/functions
+++ b/assets/runtime/functions
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ gitlab_configure_ldap() {
     LDAP_BLOCK_AUTO_CREATED_USERS \
     LDAP_BASE \
     LDAP_USER_FILTER \
+    LDAP_NAME \
     LDAP_LOWERCASE_USERNAMES \
     LDAP_LABEL
 }