diff --git a/src/bin/commands/new.rs b/src/bin/commands/new.rs
index 8b8e607400e..ff84722095f 100644
--- a/src/bin/commands/new.rs
+++ b/src/bin/commands/new.rs
@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@ pub fn cli() -> App {
 
 pub fn exec(config: &mut Config, args: &ArgMatches) -> CliResult {
     let opts = args.new_options(config)?;
+
     ops::new(&opts, config)?;
     let path = args.value_of("path").unwrap();
+    let project_name = if let Some(name) = args.value_of("name") {
+        name
+    } else {
+        path
+    };
     config
         .shell()
-        .status("Created", format!("{} `{}` project", opts.kind, path))?;
+        .status("Created", format!("{} `{}` project", opts.kind, project_name))?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/new.rs b/tests/testsuite/new.rs
index e5522f72d4b..1fab114bbb2 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/new.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/new.rs
@@ -545,3 +545,18 @@ fn explicit_invalid_name_not_suggested() {
         ),
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn explicit_project_name() {
+    assert_that(
+        cargo_process("new")
+            .arg("--lib")
+            .arg("foo")
+            .arg("--name")
+            .arg("bar")
+            .env("USER", "foo"),
+        execs()
+            .with_status(0)
+            .with_stderr("[CREATED] library `bar` project"),
+    );
+}