diff --git a/doc/configuration.rst b/doc/configuration.rst
index 90621bbc..14947feb 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/configuration.rst
@@ -1887,9 +1887,14 @@ will thus create a new OCI archive image *from scratch*.
     * ``runroot_packages`` -- (*list*) A list of additional package names to be
       installed in the runroot environment in Koji.
     * ``subvariant`` -- (*str*) The subvariant value to be used in the metadata
-      for the image. Also used in the image's filename. Defaults to being the
-      same as the variant. If building more than one ostree container in a
-      variant, each must have a unique subvariant.
+      for the image. Also used in the image's filename, unless overridden by
+      ``name``. Defaults to being the same as the variant. If building more
+      than one ostree container in a variant, each must have a unique
+      subvariant.
+    * ``name`` -- (*str*) The base for the image's filename. To produce the
+      complete filename, the image's architecture, the version string, and the
+      format suffix are appended to this. Defaults to the value of
+      ``release_short`` and the subvariant, joined by a dash.
 
 Example config
 --------------
diff --git a/pungi/checks.py b/pungi/checks.py
index df9ff28e..291cf234 100644
--- a/pungi/checks.py
+++ b/pungi/checks.py
@@ -1115,6 +1115,7 @@ def make_schema():
                                     "$ref": "#/definitions/list_of_strings",
                                 },
                                 "subvariant": {"type": "string"},
+                                "name": {"type": "string"},
                             },
                             "required": [
                                 "treefile",
diff --git a/pungi/phases/ostree_container.py b/pungi/phases/ostree_container.py
index e1119985..c50633db 100644
--- a/pungi/phases/ostree_container.py
+++ b/pungi/phases/ostree_container.py
@@ -123,11 +123,8 @@ class OSTreeContainerThread(WorkerThread):
         target_dir = compose.paths.compose.image_dir(variant) % {"arch": arch}
         util.makedirs(target_dir)
         version = util.version_generator(compose, config.get("version"))
-        archive_name = "%s-%s-%s" % (
-            compose.conf["release_short"],
-            subvariant,
-            version,
-        )
+        anb = config.get("name", "%s-%s" % (compose.conf["release_short"], subvariant))
+        archive_name = "%s-%s-%s" % (anb, arch, version)
 
         # Run the pungi-make-ostree command locally to create a script to
         # execute in runroot environment.