diff --git a/lib/definitions/project.d.ts b/lib/definitions/project.d.ts
index 40fd0456b4..7589ae9c09 100644
--- a/lib/definitions/project.d.ts
+++ b/lib/definitions/project.d.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ interface INsConfig {
 	visionos?: INSConfigVisionOS;
 	ignoredNativeDependencies?: string[];
 	hooks?: INsConfigHooks[];
+	projectName?: string;
 }
 
 interface IProjectData extends ICreateProjectData {
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ interface IProjectData extends ICreateProjectData {
 	 * The value can be changed by setting `webpackConfigPath` in nativescript.config.
 	 */
 	webpackConfigPath: string;
+	projectName: string;
 
 	/**
 	 * Initializes project data with the given project directory. If none supplied defaults to --path option or cwd.
diff --git a/lib/project-data.ts b/lib/project-data.ts
index 63ddc34e73..3e36c374b5 100644
--- a/lib/project-data.ts
+++ b/lib/project-data.ts
@@ -162,9 +162,10 @@ export class ProjectData implements IProjectData {
 		}
 
 		if (packageJsonData) {
-			this.projectName = this.$projectHelper.sanitizeName(
-				path.basename(projectDir)
-			);
+			this.projectName =
+				nsConfig && nsConfig.projectName
+					? nsConfig.projectName
+					: this.$projectHelper.sanitizeName(path.basename(projectDir));
 			this.platformsDir = path.join(projectDir, constants.PLATFORMS_DIR_NAME);
 			this.projectFilePath = projectFilePath;
 			this.projectIdentifiers = this.initializeProjectIdentifiers(nsConfig);
diff --git a/test/project-data.ts b/test/project-data.ts
index 673d2e9456..7ce33a1320 100644
--- a/test/project-data.ts
+++ b/test/project-data.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ describe("projectData", () => {
 			dependencies?: IStringDictionary;
 			devDependencies: IStringDictionary;
 		};
-		configData?: { shared?: boolean; webpackConfigPath?: string };
+		configData?: {
+			shared?: boolean;
+			webpackConfigPath?: string;
+			projectName?: string;
+		};
 	}): IProjectData => {
 		const testInjector = createTestInjector();
 		const fs = testInjector.resolve("fs");
@@ -172,6 +176,20 @@ describe("projectData", () => {
 		});
 	});
 
+	describe("projectName", () => {
+		it("has correct name when no value is set in nativescript.conf", () => {
+			const projectData = prepareTest();
+			assert.isString("projectDir", projectData.projectName);
+		});
+
+		it("has correct name when a project name is set in nativescript.conf", () => {
+			const projectData = prepareTest({
+				configData: { projectName: "specifiedProjectName" },
+			});
+			assert.isString("specifiedProjectName", projectData.projectName);
+		});
+	});
+
 	describe("webpackConfigPath", () => {
 		it("default path to webpack.config.js is set when nsconfig.json does not set value", () => {
 			const projectData = prepareTest();