diff --git a/apps/provisioning_api/appinfo/routes.php b/apps/provisioning_api/appinfo/routes.php
index fb0a6b235ce78baeeee06d46fe168c9f3b996b5d..ef13159af5b958f4a937987c34d15a30972d6cd7 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning_api/appinfo/routes.php
+++ b/apps/provisioning_api/appinfo/routes.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ return [
 		['root' => '/cloud', 'name' => 'Groups#getSubAdminsOfGroup', 'url' => '/groups/{groupId}/subadmins', 'verb' => 'GET', 'requirements' => ['groupId' => '.+']],
 		['root' => '/cloud', 'name' => 'Groups#addGroup', 'url' => '/groups', 'verb' => 'POST'],
 		['root' => '/cloud', 'name' => 'Groups#getGroup', 'url' => '/groups/{groupId}', 'verb' => 'GET', 'requirements' => ['groupId' => '.+']],
+		['root' => '/cloud', 'name' => 'Groups#updateGroup', 'url' => '/groups/{groupId}', 'verb' => 'PUT', 'requirements' => ['groupId' => '.+']],
 		['root' => '/cloud', 'name' => 'Groups#deleteGroup', 'url' => '/groups/{groupId}', 'verb' => 'DELETE', 'requirements' => ['groupId' => '.+']],
 
 		// Users
diff --git a/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/GroupsController.php b/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/GroupsController.php
index 7c4447ac4ebea7594a69ee1400e7f6118f8cb793..72285f55192b62cca6d118890b1be0af0cd5eabf 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/GroupsController.php
+++ b/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/GroupsController.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class GroupsController extends AUserData {
 	 *
 	 * @param string $groupId
 	 * @return DataResponse
-	 * @throws OCSException	
+	 * @throws OCSException
 	 *
 	 * @deprecated 14 Use getGroupUsers
 	 */
@@ -248,6 +248,28 @@ class GroupsController extends AUserData {
 		return new DataResponse();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @PasswordConfirmationRequired
+	 *
+	 * @param string $groupId
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @param string $value
+	 * @return DataResponse
+	 * @throws OCSException
+	 */
+	public function updateGroup(string $groupId, string $key, string $value): DataResponse {
+		if ($key === 'displayname') {
+			$group = $this->groupManager->get($groupId);
+			if ($group->setDisplayName($value)) {
+				return new DataResponse();
+			}
+
+			throw new OCSException('Not supported by backend', 101);
+		} else {
+			throw new OCSException('', \OCP\API::RESPOND_UNAUTHORISED);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @PasswordConfirmationRequired
 	 *
diff --git a/core/Command/Group/Add.php b/core/Command/Group/Add.php
index 61253cf163de86c8e01d4ae98ec373bf7ca321de..f2ee6195a447c8c582fe394755b1cd9b8bc145a6 100644
--- a/core/Command/Group/Add.php
+++ b/core/Command/Group/Add.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use OC\Core\Command\Base;
 use OCP\IGroupManager;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 
 class Add extends Base {
@@ -49,7 +50,13 @@ class Add extends Base {
 			->addArgument(
 				'groupid',
 				InputArgument::REQUIRED,
-				'Group name'
+				'Group id'
+			)
+			->addOption(
+				'display-name',
+				null,
+				InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED,
+				'Group name used in the web UI (can contain any characters)'
 			);
 	}
 
@@ -62,6 +69,11 @@ class Add extends Base {
 		} else {
 			$group = $this->groupManager->createGroup($gid);
 			$output->writeln('Created group "' . $group->getGID() . '"');
+
+			$displayName = trim((string) $input->getOption('display-name'));
+			if ($displayName !== '') {
+				$group->setDisplayName($displayName);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/core/Migrations/Version18000Date20190920085628.php b/core/Migrations/Version18000Date20190920085628.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e84c698bb7bdbbbc3ac97e8bd5994ef54a0494d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/Migrations/Version18000Date20190920085628.php
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2019 Joas Schilling <coding@schilljs.com>
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OC\Core\Migrations;
+
+use Closure;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
+use OCP\DB\ISchemaWrapper;
+use OCP\IDBConnection;
+use OCP\Migration\SimpleMigrationStep;
+use OCP\Migration\IOutput;
+
+class Version18000Date20190920085628 extends SimpleMigrationStep {
+
+	/** @var IDBConnection */
+	protected $connection;
+
+	public function __construct(IDBConnection $connection) {
+		$this->connection = $connection;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param IOutput $output
+	 * @param Closure $schemaClosure The `\Closure` returns a `ISchemaWrapper`
+	 * @param array $options
+	 * @return null|ISchemaWrapper
+	 */
+	public function changeSchema(IOutput $output, Closure $schemaClosure, array $options): ?ISchemaWrapper {
+		/** @var ISchemaWrapper $schema */
+		$schema = $schemaClosure();
+
+		if ($schema->hasTable('groups')) {
+			$table = $schema->getTable('groups');
+
+			$table->addColumn('displayname', Type::STRING, [
+				'notnull' => true,
+				'length' => 255,
+				'default' => '',
+			]);
+		}
+
+		return $schema;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param IOutput $output
+	 * @param Closure $schemaClosure The `\Closure` returns a `ISchemaWrapper`
+	 * @param array $options
+	 */
+	public function postSchemaChange(IOutput $output, Closure $schemaClosure, array $options) {
+		$query = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
+		$query->update('groups')
+			->set('displayname', 'gid');
+		$query->execute();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index ab0543b0068bdea185ebf6acfcff8a74eebda514..203b6cfecdac3b8d21c57e9e84d1c388090b0019 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ return array(
     'OCP\\Group\\Backend\\IHideFromCollaborationBackend' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Group/Backend/IHideFromCollaborationBackend.php',
     'OCP\\Group\\Backend\\IIsAdminBackend' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Group/Backend/IIsAdminBackend.php',
     'OCP\\Group\\Backend\\IRemoveFromGroupBackend' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Group/Backend/IRemoveFromGroupBackend.php',
+    'OCP\\Group\\Backend\\ISetDisplayNameBackend' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Group/Backend/ISetDisplayNameBackend.php',
     'OCP\\Group\\ISubAdmin' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Group/ISubAdmin.php',
     'OCP\\Http\\Client\\IClient' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Http/Client/IClient.php',
     'OCP\\Http\\Client\\IClientService' => $baseDir . '/lib/public/Http/Client/IClientService.php',
@@ -777,6 +778,7 @@ return array(
     'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version16000Date20190427105638' => $baseDir . '/core/Migrations/Version16000Date20190427105638.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version16000Date20190428150708' => $baseDir . '/core/Migrations/Version16000Date20190428150708.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version17000Date20190514105811' => $baseDir . '/core/Migrations/Version17000Date20190514105811.php',
+    'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version18000Date20190920085628' => $baseDir . '/core/Migrations/Version18000Date20190920085628.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Notification\\RemoveLinkSharesNotifier' => $baseDir . '/core/Notification/RemoveLinkSharesNotifier.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Service\\LoginFlowV2Service' => $baseDir . '/core/Service/LoginFlowV2Service.php',
     'OC\\DB\\Adapter' => $baseDir . '/lib/private/DB/Adapter.php',
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index d6c449bff4881af33030ce9a08e97c1677ce93bf..7641293473c3c67e23b753f17e9a65c1b3f05bc0 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInit53792487c5a8370acc0b06b1a864ff4c
         'OCP\\Group\\Backend\\IHideFromCollaborationBackend' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Group/Backend/IHideFromCollaborationBackend.php',
         'OCP\\Group\\Backend\\IIsAdminBackend' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Group/Backend/IIsAdminBackend.php',
         'OCP\\Group\\Backend\\IRemoveFromGroupBackend' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Group/Backend/IRemoveFromGroupBackend.php',
+        'OCP\\Group\\Backend\\ISetDisplayNameBackend' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Group/Backend/ISetDisplayNameBackend.php',
         'OCP\\Group\\ISubAdmin' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Group/ISubAdmin.php',
         'OCP\\Http\\Client\\IClient' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Http/Client/IClient.php',
         'OCP\\Http\\Client\\IClientService' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/public/Http/Client/IClientService.php',
@@ -806,6 +807,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInit53792487c5a8370acc0b06b1a864ff4c
         'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version16000Date20190427105638' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Migrations/Version16000Date20190427105638.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version16000Date20190428150708' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Migrations/Version16000Date20190428150708.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version17000Date20190514105811' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Migrations/Version17000Date20190514105811.php',
+        'OC\\Core\\Migrations\\Version18000Date20190920085628' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Migrations/Version18000Date20190920085628.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Notification\\RemoveLinkSharesNotifier' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Notification/RemoveLinkSharesNotifier.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Service\\LoginFlowV2Service' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Service/LoginFlowV2Service.php',
         'OC\\DB\\Adapter' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/private/DB/Adapter.php',
diff --git a/lib/private/Group/Database.php b/lib/private/Group/Database.php
index 4df70f143ba88eafca2ade34f6288bf1b190bfaa..7028b1fa81b9f9d863f327d19a305e127d5974c5 100644
--- a/lib/private/Group/Database.php
+++ b/lib/private/Group/Database.php
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ use OCP\Group\Backend\ICountDisabledInGroup;
 use OCP\Group\Backend\ICountUsersBackend;
 use OCP\Group\Backend\ICreateGroupBackend;
 use OCP\Group\Backend\IDeleteGroupBackend;
+use OCP\Group\Backend\IGetDisplayNameBackend;
+use OCP\Group\Backend\IGroupDetailsBackend;
 use OCP\Group\Backend\IRemoveFromGroupBackend;
+use OCP\Group\Backend\ISetDisplayNameBackend;
 use OCP\IDBConnection;
 
 /**
@@ -61,7 +64,10 @@ class Database extends ABackend
 	           ICountUsersBackend,
 	           ICreateGroupBackend,
 	           IDeleteGroupBackend,
-	           IRemoveFromGroupBackend {
+	           IGetDisplayNameBackend,
+	           IGroupDetailsBackend,
+	           IRemoveFromGroupBackend,
+	           ISetDisplayNameBackend {
 
 	/** @var string[] */
 	private $groupCache = [];
@@ -103,6 +109,7 @@ class Database extends ABackend
 			$builder = $this->dbConn->getQueryBuilder();
 			$result = $builder->insert('groups')
 				->setValue('gid', $builder->createNamedParameter($gid))
+				->setValue('displayname', $builder->createNamedParameter($gid))
 				->execute();
 		} catch(UniqueConstraintViolationException $e) {
 			$result = 0;
@@ -396,7 +403,7 @@ class Database extends ABackend
 	 */
 	public function countDisabledInGroup(string $gid): int {
 		$this->fixDI();
-		
+
 		$query = $this->dbConn->getQueryBuilder();
 		$query->select($query->createFunction('COUNT(DISTINCT ' . $query->getColumnName('uid') . ')'))
 			->from('preferences', 'p')
@@ -405,11 +412,11 @@ class Database extends ABackend
 			->andWhere($query->expr()->eq('configkey', $query->createNamedParameter('enabled')))
 			->andWhere($query->expr()->eq('configvalue', $query->createNamedParameter('false'), IQueryBuilder::PARAM_STR))
 			->andWhere($query->expr()->eq('gid', $query->createNamedParameter($gid), IQueryBuilder::PARAM_STR));
-		
+
 		$result = $query->execute();
 		$count = $result->fetchColumn();
 		$result->closeCursor();
-		
+
 		if ($count !== false) {
 			$count = (int)$count;
 		} else {
@@ -419,4 +426,49 @@ class Database extends ABackend
 		return $count;
 	}
 
+	public function getDisplayName(string $gid): string {
+		$this->fixDI();
+
+		$query = $this->dbConn->getQueryBuilder();
+		$query->select('displayname')
+			->from('groups')
+			->where($query->expr()->eq('gid', $query->createNamedParameter($gid)));
+
+		$result = $query->execute();
+		$displayName = $result->fetchColumn();
+		$result->closeCursor();
+
+		return (string) $displayName;
+	}
+
+	public function getGroupDetails(string $gid): array {
+		$displayName = $this->getDisplayName($gid);
+		if ($displayName !== '') {
+			return ['displayName' => $displayName];
+		}
+
+		return [];
+	}
+
+	public function setDisplayName(string $gid, string $displayName): bool {
+		if (!$this->groupExists($gid)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$this->fixDI();
+
+		$displayName = trim($displayName);
+		if ($displayName === '') {
+			$displayName = $gid;
+		}
+
+		$query = $this->dbConn->getQueryBuilder();
+		$query->update('groups')
+			->set('displayname', $query->createNamedParameter($displayName))
+			->where($query->expr()->eq('gid', $query->createNamedParameter($gid)));
+		$query->execute();
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/lib/private/Group/Group.php b/lib/private/Group/Group.php
index a50a5ffde78431178288e3ab7ed40104c90ff367..8d86425c8e57fab0e3328e38f312d26175453db7 100644
--- a/lib/private/Group/Group.php
+++ b/lib/private/Group/Group.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace OC\Group;
 use OCP\Group\Backend\IGetDisplayNameBackend;
 use OCP\Group\Backend\IHideFromCollaborationBackend;
 use OC\Hooks\PublicEmitter;
+use OCP\Group\Backend\ISetDisplayNameBackend;
 use OCP\GroupInterface;
 use OCP\IGroup;
 use OCP\IUser;
@@ -101,6 +102,20 @@ class Group implements IGroup {
 		return $this->displayName;
 	}
 
+	public function setDisplayName(string $displayName): bool {
+		$displayName = trim($displayName);
+		if ($displayName !== '') {
+			foreach ($this->backends as $backend) {
+				if (($backend instanceof ISetDisplayNameBackend)
+					&& $backend->setDisplayName($this->gid, $displayName)) {
+					$this->displayName = $displayName;
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * get all users in the group
 	 *
diff --git a/lib/public/Group/Backend/IGetDisplayNameBackend.php b/lib/public/Group/Backend/IGetDisplayNameBackend.php
index 69d1742a1e5fa740547857ec1e5b5f162276f6d3..2d750b8385501f856e11c70563204d2878121290 100644
--- a/lib/public/Group/Backend/IGetDisplayNameBackend.php
+++ b/lib/public/Group/Backend/IGetDisplayNameBackend.php
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ namespace OCP\Group\Backend;
  * @since 17.0.0
  */
 interface IGetDisplayNameBackend {
+
 	/**
+	 * @param string $gid
+	 * @return string
 	 * @since 17.0.0
 	 */
 	public function getDisplayName(string $gid): string;
diff --git a/lib/public/Group/Backend/ISetDisplayNameBackend.php b/lib/public/Group/Backend/ISetDisplayNameBackend.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f75be69438dae60cdd88c9033b88efa400ead7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/Group/Backend/ISetDisplayNameBackend.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2019 Joas Schilling <coding@schilljs.com>
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OCP\Group\Backend;
+
+/**
+ * @since 18.0.0
+ */
+interface ISetDisplayNameBackend {
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $gid
+	 * @param string $displayName
+	 * @return bool
+	 * @since 18.0.0
+	 */
+	public function setDisplayName(string $gid, string $displayName): bool;
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/public/IGroup.php b/lib/public/IGroup.php
index 48fa84df393d6c12b7a80cadd8b0e5b53de7a8c2..8b0eaf0ec0c455fa0eef6231890ba088e7cbe043 100644
--- a/lib/public/IGroup.php
+++ b/lib/public/IGroup.php
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ interface IGroup {
 	 */
 	public function getDisplayName();
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the group display name
+	 *
+	 * @param string $displayName
+	 * @return bool
+	 * @since 18.0.0
+	 */
+	public function setDisplayName(string $displayName): bool;
+
 	/**
 	 * get all users in the group
 	 *