diff --git a/generator/README.md b/generator/README.md
index 9089cf1d..5b22a84e 100644
--- a/generator/README.md
+++ b/generator/README.md
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ modules:
       metricName:
         ignore: true # Drops the metric from the output.
         help: "string" # Override the generated HELP text provided by the MIB Description.
+        name: "string" # Override the OID name provided in the MIB Description.
         regex_extracts:
           Temp: # A new metric will be created appending this to the metricName to become metricNameTemp.
             - regex: '(.*)' # Regex to extract a value from the returned SNMP walks's value.
diff --git a/generator/config.go b/generator/config.go
index 262aceb7..a0781e27 100644
--- a/generator/config.go
+++ b/generator/config.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type MetricOverrides struct {
 	Scale           float64                           `yaml:"scale,omitempty"`
 	Type            string                            `yaml:"type,omitempty"`
 	Help            string                            `yaml:"help,omitempty"`
+	Name            string                            `yaml:"name,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Unmarshaler interface.
diff --git a/generator/tree.go b/generator/tree.go
index 9611af21..1319ee0b 100644
--- a/generator/tree.go
+++ b/generator/tree.go
@@ -542,6 +542,9 @@ func generateConfigModule(cfg *ModuleConfig, node *Node, nameToNode map[string]*
 				if params.Help != "" {
 					metric.Help = params.Help
 				}
+				if params.Name != "" {
+					metric.Name = params.Name
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}