diff --git a/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/GroupsController.php b/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/GroupsController.php
index 05c738bdbd..b5219fa0c0 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/GroupsController.php
+++ b/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/GroupsController.php
@@ -234,10 +234,11 @@ class GroupsController extends AUserData {
 	 * @PasswordConfirmationRequired
 	 *
 	 * @param string $groupid
+	 * @param string $displayname
 	 * @return DataResponse
 	 * @throws OCSException
 	 */
-	public function addGroup(string $groupid): DataResponse {
+	public function addGroup(string $groupid, string $displayname = ''): DataResponse {
 		// Validate name
 		if (empty($groupid)) {
 			$this->logger->error('Group name not supplied', ['app' => 'provisioning_api']);
@@ -247,7 +248,13 @@ class GroupsController extends AUserData {
 		if ($this->groupManager->groupExists($groupid)) {
 			throw new OCSException('group exists', 102);
 		}
-		$this->groupManager->createGroup($groupid);
+		$group = $this->groupManager->createGroup($groupid);
+		if ($group === null) {
+			throw new OCSException('Not supported by backend', 103);
+		}
+		if ($displayname !== '') {
+			$group->setDisplayName($displayname);
+		}
 		return new DataResponse();
 	}
 
diff --git a/build/integration/features/bootstrap/Provisioning.php b/build/integration/features/bootstrap/Provisioning.php
index d613986df6..14c2844de8 100644
--- a/build/integration/features/bootstrap/Provisioning.php
+++ b/build/integration/features/bootstrap/Provisioning.php
@@ -176,6 +176,38 @@ trait Provisioning {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @Then /^group "([^"]*)" has$/
+	 *
+	 * @param string $user
+	 * @param \Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode|null $settings
+	 */
+	public function groupHasSetting($group, $settings) {
+		$fullUrl = $this->baseUrl . "v{$this->apiVersion}.php/cloud/groups/details?search=$group";
+		$client = new Client();
+		$options = [];
+		if ($this->currentUser === 'admin') {
+			$options['auth'] = $this->adminUser;
+		} else {
+			$options['auth'] = [$this->currentUser, $this->regularUser];
+		}
+		$options['headers'] = [
+			'OCS-APIREQUEST' => 'true',
+		];
+		
+		$response = $client->get($fullUrl, $options);
+		$groupDetails = simplexml_load_string($response->getBody())->data[0]->groups[0]->element;
+		foreach ($settings->getRows() as $setting) {
+			$value = json_decode(json_encode($groupDetails->{$setting[0]}), 1);
+			if (isset($value[0])) {
+				Assert::assertEquals($setting[1], $value[0], "", 0.0, 10, true);
+			} else {
+				Assert::assertEquals('', $setting[1]);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
 
 	/**
 	 * @Then /^user "([^"]*)" has editable fields$/
diff --git a/build/integration/features/provisioning-v1.feature b/build/integration/features/provisioning-v1.feature
index e56c86a2d4..dec6d2213e 100644
--- a/build/integration/features/provisioning-v1.feature
+++ b/build/integration/features/provisioning-v1.feature
@@ -231,6 +231,21 @@ Feature: provisioning
 		Then the OCS status code should be "100"
 		And the HTTP status code should be "200"
 		And group "new-group" exists
+		And group "new-group" has
+			| displayname | new-group |
+			
+	Scenario: Create a group with custom display name
+		Given As an "admin"
+		And group "new-group" does not exist
+		When sending "POST" to "/cloud/groups" with
+			| groupid | new-group |
+			| password | 123456 |
+			| displayname | new-group-displayname |
+		Then the OCS status code should be "100"
+		And the HTTP status code should be "200"
+		And group "new-group" exists
+		And group "new-group" has
+			| displayname | new-group-displayname |
 
 	Scenario: Create a group with special characters
 		Given As an "admin"
@@ -241,6 +256,8 @@ Feature: provisioning
 		Then the OCS status code should be "100"
 		And the HTTP status code should be "200"
 		And group "España" exists
+		And group "España" has
+			| displayname | España |
 
 	Scenario: adding user to a group without sending the group
 		Given As an "admin"