diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 66675e39427..c171d662b8d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ v 8.6.0 (unreleased)
   - Rewrite logo to simplify SVG code (Sean Lang)
   - Allow to use YAML anchors when parsing the `.gitlab-ci.yml` (Pascal Bach)
   - Ignore jobs that start with `.` (hidden jobs)
+  - Allow to pass name of created artifacts archive in `.gitlab-ci.yml`
   - Add support for cross-project label references
   - Update documentation to reflect Guest role not being enforced on internal projects
   - Allow search for logged out users
diff --git a/doc/ci/yaml/README.md b/doc/ci/yaml/README.md
index ec57ac5789e..9a1f86cec45 100644
--- a/doc/ci/yaml/README.md
+++ b/doc/ci/yaml/README.md
@@ -453,6 +453,67 @@ release-job:
 The artifacts will be sent to GitLab after a successful build and will
 be available for download in the GitLab UI.
 
+#### artifacts:name
+
+_**Note:** Introduced in GitLab 8.6 and GitLab Runner v1.1.0._
+
+The `name` directive allows you to define the name of created artifacts archive.
+
+Currently the `artifacts` is used. 
+It may be useful when you will want to download the archive from GitLab. 
+You could possible have the unique name of every archive.
+
+The `artifacts:name` variable can use any of the [predefined variables](../variables/README.md).
+
+---
+
+**Example configurations**
+
+To create a archive with a name of current build:
+
+```yaml
+job:
+  artifacts:
+    name: "$CI_BUILD_NAME"
+```
+
+To create a archive with a name of current branch or tag:
+
+```yaml
+job:
+   artifacts:
+     name: "$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME"
+     untracked: true
+```
+
+To create a archive with a name of current branch or tag:
+
+```yaml
+job:
+  artifacts:
+    name: "${CI_BUILD_NAME}_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}"
+    untracked: true
+```
+
+To create a archive with a name of stage and branch name:
+
+```yaml
+job:
+  artifacts:
+    name: "${CI_BUILD_STAGE}_${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}"
+    untracked: true
+```
+
+If you use **Windows Batch** to run your shell scripts you need to replace
+`$` with `%`:
+
+```yaml
+job:
+  artifacts:
+    name: "%CI_BUILD_STAGE%_%CI_BUILD_REF_NAME%"
+    untracked: true
+```
+
 ### cache
 
 _**Note:** Introduced in GitLab Runner v0.7.0._
diff --git a/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor.rb b/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor.rb
index 8ece73eec0e..ce3d0138268 100644
--- a/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor.rb
+++ b/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor.rb
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ module Ci
     end
 
     def validate_job_artifacts!(name, job)
+      if job[:artifacts][:name] && !validate_string(job[:artifacts][:name])
+        raise ValidationError, "#{name} job: artifacts:name parameter should be a string"
+      end
+
       if job[:artifacts][:untracked] && !validate_boolean(job[:artifacts][:untracked])
         raise ValidationError, "#{name} job: artifacts:untracked parameter should be an boolean"
       end
diff --git a/spec/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor_spec.rb b/spec/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor_spec.rb
index 665a65fe352..44d2b9eb1f7 100644
--- a/spec/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor_spec.rb
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ module Ci
                              services:      ["mysql"],
                              before_script: ["pwd"],
                              rspec:         {
-                               artifacts: { paths: ["logs/", "binaries/"], untracked: true },
+                               artifacts: { paths: ["logs/", "binaries/"], untracked: true, name: "custom_name" },
                                script: "rspec"
                              }
                            })
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ module Ci
             image: "ruby:2.1",
             services: ["mysql"],
             artifacts: {
+              name: "custom_name",
               paths: ["logs/", "binaries/"],
               untracked: true
             }
@@ -619,6 +620,13 @@ module Ci
         end.to raise_error(GitlabCiYamlProcessor::ValidationError, "rspec job: when parameter should be on_success, on_failure or always")
       end
 
+      it "returns errors if job artifacts:name is not an a string" do
+        config = YAML.dump({ types: ["build", "test"], rspec: { script: "test", artifacts: { name: 1 } } })
+        expect do
+          GitlabCiYamlProcessor.new(config)
+        end.to raise_error(GitlabCiYamlProcessor::ValidationError, "rspec job: artifacts:name parameter should be a string")
+      end
+
       it "returns errors if job artifacts:untracked is not an array of strings" do
         config = YAML.dump({ types: ["build", "test"], rspec: { script: "test", artifacts: { untracked: "string" } } })
         expect do