diff --git a/ps/output.c b/ps/output.c
index 866f135f..bff7f5ce 100644
--- a/ps/output.c
+++ b/ps/output.c
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ setREL3(CMD,CMDLINE,ENVIRON)
   return max_rightward-rightward;
 }
 
+
 static int pr_cgroup(char *restrict const outbuf,const proc_t *restrict const pp) {
   int rightward = max_rightward;
 setREL1(CGROUP)
@@ -320,6 +321,23 @@ setREL1(CGROUP)
   return max_rightward-rightward;
 }
 
+static int pr_cgname(char *restrict const outbuf,const proc_t *restrict const pp) {
+  int rightward = max_rightward;
+  int i;
+  char *name;
+setREL1(CGROUP)
+
+  if ((name = strstr(rSv(CGROUP, str, pp), ":name=")) != NULL) {
+      name += 6;
+      if (name != '\0') {
+          escape_str(outbuf, name, OUTBUF_SIZE, &rightward);
+          return max_rightward - rightward;
+      }
+  }
+  /* fallback: use full cgroup for name */
+  return pr_cgroup(outbuf, pp);
+}
+
 /* Non-standard, from SunOS 5 */
 static int pr_fname(char *restrict const outbuf, const proc_t *restrict const pp){
   char *endp = outbuf;
@@ -1390,6 +1408,7 @@ static const format_struct format_array[] = { /*
 {"bsdtime",   "TIME",    pr_bsdtime,       PROCPS_PIDS_TICS_ALL,            6,    LNX,  ET|RIGHT},
 {"c",         "C",       pr_c,             PROCPS_PIDS_extra,               2,    SUN,  ET|RIGHT},
 {"caught",    "CAUGHT",  pr_sigcatch,      PROCPS_PIDS_SIGCATCH,            9,    BSD,  TO|SIGNAL}, /*sigcatch*/
+{"cgname",    "CGNAME",  pr_cgname,        PROCPS_PIDS_CGROUP,             27,    LNX,  PO|UNLIMITED},
 {"cgroup",    "CGROUP",  pr_cgroup,        PROCPS_PIDS_CGROUP,             27,    LNX,  PO|UNLIMITED},
 {"class",     "CLS",     pr_class,         PROCPS_PIDS_SCHED_CLASS,         3,    XXX,  TO|LEFT},
 {"cls",       "CLS",     pr_class,         PROCPS_PIDS_SCHED_CLASS,         3,    HPU,  TO|RIGHT}, /*says HPUX or RT*/
diff --git a/ps/ps.1 b/ps/ps.1
index bce55bd9..ee9c38f0 100644
--- a/ps/ps.1
+++ b/ps/ps.1
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\" Quick hack conversion by Albert Cahalan, 1998.
 .\" Licensed under version 2 of the Gnu General Public License.
 .\"
-.TH PS 1 "June 2015" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
+.TH PS 1 "August 2015" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
 .\"
 .\" To render this page:
 .\"    groff -t -b -man -X -P-resolution -P100 -Tps ps.1 &
@@ -1080,6 +1080,10 @@ format is displayed.  (alias
 .BR sig_catch , \ sigcatch ).
 T}
 
+cgname	CGNAME	T{
+display name of control groups to which the process belongs.
+T}
+
 cgroup	CGROUP	T{
 display control groups to which the process belongs.
 T}