client.go  | 2 +-
 t.go       | 8 ++++++++
 torrent.go | 4 ++++

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index c12eeb7d53cca85fcbb8685af3fadf811154cbf5..bd7862abbfb50f8bc25ae112ebd5544c29e4d166 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ 			t.chunkSize = pp.Integer(spec.ChunkSize)
 		}
 	}
 	if spec.DisplayName != "" {
-		t.displayName = spec.DisplayName
+		t.setDisplayName(spec.DisplayName)
 	}
 	// Try to merge in info we have on the torrent. Any err left will
 	// terminate the function.
diff --git a/t.go b/t.go
index ae1e1b87a49ef6aedb50dc6807120d07c444ce88..4dfbbdc45a56125169d62103b25569b9f2d099cf 100644
--- a/t.go
+++ b/t.go
@@ -84,3 +84,11 @@ 	t.cl.mu.Lock()
 	defer t.cl.mu.Unlock()
 	return t.cl.seeding(t.torrent)
 }
+
+// Clobbers the torrent display name. The display name is used as the torrent
+// name if the metainfo is not available.
+func (t Torrent) SetDisplayName(dn string) {
+	t.cl.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.cl.mu.Unlock()
+	t.torrent.setDisplayName(dn)
+}
diff --git a/torrent.go b/torrent.go
index f2e473dcbb1ddc4af8f4f5fadaf43b9cfaa5698d..26335e18a51718df6de0c06b35f2f82f5ded3a3c 100644
--- a/torrent.go
+++ b/torrent.go
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ 	piecePrioritiesReused = expvar.NewInt("piecePrioritiesReused")
 	piecePrioritiesNew    = expvar.NewInt("piecePrioritiesNew")
 )
 
+func (t *torrent) setDisplayName(dn string) {
+	t.displayName = dn
+}
+
 func (t *torrent) newConnPiecePriorities() []int {
 	_ret := t.connPiecePriorites.Get()
 	if _ret != nil {