diff --git a/app/controllers/organizations/organizations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/organizations/organizations_controller.rb
index e03ddf121..73335cf11 100644
--- a/app/controllers/organizations/organizations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/organizations/organizations_controller.rb
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ class Organizations::OrganizationsController < Organizations::BaseController
   def update
     ActiveRecord::Base.transaction do
       login = @organization.login
-      @organization.update!(login: organization_params[:name]) if organization_params[:name].present?
-      @organization.organization_extension.update_attributes!(organization_params.except(:name))
+      @organization.login = organization_params[:name] if organization_params[:name].present?
+      @organization.nickname = organization_params[:nickname] if organization_params[:nickname].present?
+      @organization.save!
+      @organization.organization_extension.update_attributes!(organization_params.except(:name, :nickname))
       Gitea::Organization::UpdateService.call(@organization.gitea_token, login, @organization.reload)
       Util.write_file(@image, avatar_path(@organization)) if params[:image].present?
     end
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ class Organizations::OrganizationsController < Organizations::BaseController
   def organization_params
     params.permit(:name, :description, :website, :location,
                   :repo_admin_change_team_access, :visibility,
-                  :max_repo_creation)
+                  :max_repo_creation, :nickname)
   end
 
   def password
diff --git a/app/models/organization.rb b/app/models/organization.rb
index a541b203f..48dab55a2 100644
--- a/app/models/organization.rb
+++ b/app/models/organization.rb
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ class Organization < Owner
 
   scope :with_visibility, ->(visibility) { joins(:organization_extension).where(organization_extensions: {visibility: visibility}) if visibility.present? }
 
-  def self.build(name, gitea_token=nil)
-    self.create!(login: name, gitea_token: gitea_token)
+  def self.build(name, nickname, gitea_token=nil)
+    self.create!(login: name, nickname: nickname, gitea_token: gitea_token)
   end
 
   def can_create_project?(user_id)
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ class Organization < Owner
   end
 
   def real_name
-    login
+    name = lastname + firstname
+    name = name.blank? ? (nickname.blank? ? login : nickname) : name
+    name.gsub(/\s+/, '').strip    #6.11 -hs
   end
 
   def show_real_name
diff --git a/app/services/organizations/create_service.rb b/app/services/organizations/create_service.rb
index 2d2b29e0f..96bb3f46a 100644
--- a/app/services/organizations/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/organizations/create_service.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Organizations::CreateService < ApplicationService
   end
 
   def create_org_and_extension
-    @organization = Organization.build(params[:name], user.gitea_token)
+    @organization = Organization.build(params[:name], params[:nickname], user.gitea_token)
     org_extension = OrganizationExtension.build(organization.id, description, website,
                                                 location, repo_admin_change_team_access,
                                                 visibility, max_repo_creation)
diff --git a/app/views/organizations/organizations/_detail.json.jbuilder b/app/views/organizations/organizations/_detail.json.jbuilder
index e7aafd4e9..64feadca1 100644
--- a/app/views/organizations/organizations/_detail.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/organizations/organizations/_detail.json.jbuilder
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 json.id organization.id
 json.name organization.login
+json.nickname organization.nickname
 json.description organization.description
 json.website organization.website
 json.location organization.location