diff --git a/spacy/cli/package.py b/spacy/cli/package.py
index c457b3e17..8d6cd84c1 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/package.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/package.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def package_cli(
     output_dir: Path = Arg(..., help="Output parent directory", exists=True, file_okay=False),
     meta_path: Optional[Path] = Opt(None, "--meta-path", "--meta", "-m", help="Path to meta.json", exists=True, dir_okay=False),
     create_meta: bool = Opt(False, "--create-meta", "-c", "-C", help="Create meta.json, even if one exists"),
+    name: Optional[str] = Opt(None, "--name", "-n", help="Package name to override meta"),
     version: Optional[str] = Opt(None, "--version", "-v", help="Package version to override meta"),
     no_sdist: bool = Opt(False, "--no-sdist", "-NS", help="Don't build .tar.gz sdist, can be set if you want to run this step manually"),
     force: bool = Opt(False, "--force", "-f", "-F", help="Force overwriting existing data in output directory"),
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ def package_cli(
         input_dir,
         output_dir,
         meta_path=meta_path,
+        name=name,
         version=version,
         create_meta=create_meta,
         create_sdist=not no_sdist,
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ def package(
     input_dir: Path,
     output_dir: Path,
     meta_path: Optional[Path] = None,
+    name: Optional[str] = None,
     version: Optional[str] = None,
     create_meta: bool = False,
     create_sdist: bool = True,
@@ -71,6 +74,8 @@ def package(
         msg.fail("Can't load pipeline meta.json", meta_path, exits=1)
     meta = srsly.read_json(meta_path)
     meta = get_meta(input_dir, meta)
+    if name is not None:
+        meta["name"] = name
     if version is not None:
         meta["version"] = version
     if not create_meta:  # only print if user doesn't want to overwrite
diff --git a/website/docs/api/cli.md b/website/docs/api/cli.md
index ea61b9ae3..47af9be96 100644
--- a/website/docs/api/cli.md
+++ b/website/docs/api/cli.md
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ this, you can set the `--no-sdist` flag.
 </Infobox>
 
 ```cli
-$ python -m spacy package [input_dir] [output_dir] [--meta-path] [--create-meta] [--no-sdist] [--version] [--force]
+$ python -m spacy package [input_dir] [output_dir] [--meta-path] [--create-meta] [--no-sdist] [--name] [--version] [--force]
 ```
 
 > #### Example
@@ -870,6 +870,7 @@ $ python -m spacy package [input_dir] [output_dir] [--meta-path] [--create-meta]
 | `--meta-path`, `-m` <Tag variant="new">2</Tag>   | Path to [`meta.json`](/api/data-formats#meta) file (optional). ~~Optional[Path] \(option)~~                                                                                                                     |
 | `--create-meta`, `-C` <Tag variant="new">2</Tag> | Create a `meta.json` file on the command line, even if one already exists in the directory. If an existing file is found, its entries will be shown as the defaults in the command line prompt. ~~bool (flag)~~ |
 | `--no-sdist`, `-NS`,                             | Don't build the `.tar.gz` sdist automatically. Can be set if you want to run this step manually. ~~bool (flag)~~                                                                                                |
+| `--name`, `-n` <Tag variant="new">3</Tag>        | Package name to override in meta. ~~Optional[str] \(option)~~                                                                                                                                                   |
 | `--version`, `-v` <Tag variant="new">3</Tag>     | Package version to override in meta. Useful when training new versions, as it doesn't require editing the meta template. ~~Optional[str] \(option)~~                                                            |
 | `--force`, `-f`                                  | Force overwriting of existing folder in output directory. ~~bool (flag)~~                                                                                                                                       |
 | `--help`, `-h`                                   | Show help message and available arguments. ~~bool (flag)~~                                                                                                                                                      |