diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 50c7b7ae..b30aedf3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 procps-ng-NEXT
 ----------------
   * ps: sort by cgroup Debian #692279
+  * ps: display control group name with -o cgname
 
 procps-ng-3.3.11
 ----------------
diff --git a/ps/output.c b/ps/output.c
index 35286c0b..4722fee5 100644
--- a/ps/output.c
+++ b/ps/output.c
@@ -98,13 +98,29 @@ static int sr_nop(const proc_t* a, const proc_t* b){
 
 static int sr_cgroup(const proc_t* a, const proc_t* b)
 {
-    int i;
-    int cmpval;
-    for (i=0; a->cgroup[i] != NULL && b->cgroup[i] != NULL; i++) {
-        if ((cmpval = strcmp(a->cgroup[i], b->cgroup[i])) != 0)
-            return cmpval;
-    }
-    return 0;
+    /* This is a "vector" of one */
+    if (*a->cgroup == NULL || *b->cgroup == NULL)
+        return 0;
+    return strcmp(*a->cgroup, *b->cgroup);
+}
+
+static int sr_cgname(const proc_t* a, const proc_t* b)
+{
+    char *aname, *bname;
+    /* This is a "vector" of one */
+    if (*a->cgroup == NULL || *b->cgroup == NULL)
+        return 0;
+  aname = strstr(*a->cgroup, ":name=");
+  bname = strstr(*b->cgroup, ":name=");
+  /* check for missing names, they win */
+  if (aname == NULL || aname[6] == '\0') {
+      if (bname == NULL || bname[6] == '\0')
+          return 0;
+      return -1;
+  } else if (bname == NULL || bname[6] == '\0')
+      return 1;
+  return strcmp(aname+6,bname+6);
+
 }
 
 
@@ -455,6 +471,22 @@ static int pr_cgroup(char *restrict const outbuf,const proc_t *restrict const pp
   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;
+
+  if ((name = strstr(*pp->cgroup, ":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;
@@ -1451,6 +1483,7 @@ static const format_struct format_array[] = {
 {"bsdtime",   "TIME",    pr_bsdtime,  sr_nop,     6,   0,    LNX, ET|RIGHT},
 {"c",         "C",       pr_c,        sr_pcpu,    2,   0,    SUN, ET|RIGHT},
 {"caught",    "CAUGHT",  pr_sigcatch, sr_nop,     9,   0,    BSD, TO|SIGNAL}, /*sigcatch*/
+{"cgname",    "CGNAME",  pr_cgname,   sr_cgname, 27,CGRP,    LNX, PO|UNLIMITED},
 {"cgroup",    "CGROUP",  pr_cgroup,   sr_cgroup, 27,CGRP,    LNX, PO|UNLIMITED},
 {"class",     "CLS",     pr_class,    sr_sched,   3,   0,    XXX, TO|LEFT},
 {"cls",       "CLS",     pr_class,    sr_sched,   3,   0,    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}