diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 7002b26..ba9c854 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ certbot_auto_renew_options: "--quiet --no-self-upgrade"
 certbot_create_if_missing: false
 certbot_create_method: standalone
 certbot_admin_email: email@example.com
+certbot_cert_name: ""
 certbot_certs: []
 # - email: janedoe@example.com
 #   domains:
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ certbot_certs: []
 #     - example3.com
 certbot_create_command: >-
   {{ certbot_script }} certonly --standalone --noninteractive --agree-tos
-  --email {{ cert_item.email | default(certbot_admin_email) }}
+  {% if certbot_cert_name %} --cert-name {{certbot_cert_name}} {%endif%} --email {{ cert_item.email | default(certbot_admin_email) }}
   -d {{ cert_item.domains | join(',') }}
 
 certbot_create_standalone_stop_services:
diff --git a/tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml b/tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml
index 6f25b8a..9f67890 100644
--- a/tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml
+++ b/tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Check if certificate already exists.
   stat:
-    path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ cert_item.domains | first | replace('*.', '') }}/cert.pem
+    path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/{% if certbot_cert_name %}{{certbot_cert_name}}{% else %}{{ cert_item.domains | first | replace('*.', '') }}{% endif %}/cert.pem
   register: letsencrypt_cert
 
 - name: Stop services to allow certbot to generate a cert.