diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commanditemname.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commanditemname.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52aa9f46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commanditemname.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.earth2me.essentials.commands;
+
+import static com.earth2me.essentials.I18n.tl;
+
+import com.earth2me.essentials.CommandSource;
+import com.earth2me.essentials.I18n;
+import com.earth2me.essentials.User;
+import com.earth2me.essentials.utils.FormatUtil;
+
+import org.bukkit.Material;
+import org.bukkit.Server;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+public class Commanditemname extends EssentialsCommand {
+    
+    public Commanditemname() {
+        super("itemname");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void run(Server server, User user, String commandLabel, String[] args) throws Exception {
+        ItemStack item = user.getBase().getItemInHand();
+        if (item.getType() != Material.AIR) {
+            String name = FormatUtil.formatString(user, "essentials.itemname", getFinalArg(args, 0));
+            ItemMeta im = item.getItemMeta();
+            im.setDisplayName(name);
+            item.setItemMeta(im);
+            user.sendMessage(tl("itemnameSuccess", name));
+            return;
+        }
+        user.sendMessage(tl("itemnameInvalidItem", item.getType().toString().toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).replace('_', ' ')));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Essentials/src/plugin.yml b/Essentials/src/plugin.yml
index 5f73a1d1d..5049c2c03 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/plugin.yml
+++ b/Essentials/src/plugin.yml
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ commands:
     description: Searches for an item.
     usage: /<command> <item>
     aliases: [dura,edura,durability,edurability,eitemdb,itemno,eitemno]
+  itemname:
+    description: Names an item.
+    usage: /<command> <name...>
+    aliases: [iname, einame, eitemname]
   jails:
     description: List all jails.
     usage: /<command>