diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9327732..214b2df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ $wgOAuth2Client['configuration']['username'] = 'username'; // JSON path to usern
 $wgOAuth2Client['configuration']['email'] = 'email'; // JSON path to email
 ```
 
+The user's real name will be set to the username by default.
+Depending on what you get from your backend, you may also want to configure:
+```
+$wgOAuth2Client['configuration']['real_name'] = 'realname'; // JSON path to real name
+```
+or:
+```
+$wgOAuth2Client['configuration']['first_name'] = 'first_name'; // JSON path to first name
+$wgOAuth2Client['configuration']['last_name'] = 'last_name'; // JSON path to last name
+```
+
 The **Redirect URI** for your wiki should be:
 
 ```
diff --git a/SpecialOAuth2Client.php b/SpecialOAuth2Client.php
index 35e5f4b..da9a451 100644
--- a/SpecialOAuth2Client.php
+++ b/SpecialOAuth2Client.php
@@ -150,7 +150,14 @@ protected function _userHandling( $response ) {
 			throw new MWException('Could not create user with username:' . $username);
 			die();
 		}
-		$user->setRealName($username);
+		if (isset($wgOAuth2Client['configuration']['real_name'])) {
+			$real_name = $response['user'][$wgOAuth2Client['configuration']['real_name']];
+		} elseif (isset($wgOAuth2Client['configuration']['first_name']) && isset($wgOAuth2Client['configuration']['last_name'])) {
+			$real_name = $response['user'][$wgOAuth2Client['configuration']['first_name']] . ' ' . $response['user'][$wgOAuth2Client['configuration']['last_name']];
+		} else {
+			$real_name = $username;
+		}
+		$user->setRealName($real_name);
 		$user->setEmail($email);
 		$user->load();
 		if ( !( $user instanceof User && $user->getId() ) ) {