diff --git a/src/beacon.c b/src/beacon.c
index 53b8bed..99c719c 100644
--- a/src/beacon.c
+++ b/src/beacon.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void *beacon_loop(void *ptr)
 			}
 			chars_left = BEACON_LENGTH - n;
 
-			snprintf(buffer + (n * sizeof(char)), chars_left, "<Bus name=\"%s\"/>", interface_names[i]);
+			snprintf(buffer + (n * sizeof(char)), chars_left, "<Bus name=\"%s\"/>", bus_names[i]);
 		}
 
 		/* Find \0 in beacon buffer */
diff --git a/src/socketcand.c b/src/socketcand.c
index f481d11..0714f50 100644
--- a/src/socketcand.c
+++ b/src/socketcand.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ int receive_command(int socket, char *buf);
 int sl, client_socket;
 pthread_t beacon_thread, statistics_thread;
 char **interface_names;
+char **bus_names;
 int interface_count = 0;
 int port;
 int verbose_flag = 0;
@@ -300,6 +301,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		interface_names[i] = strtok(NULL, ",");
 	}
 
+	/* check if any of the intefaces requires a different bus name */
+	bus_names = malloc(sizeof(char *) * interface_count);
+	for (i = 0; i < interface_count; i++) {
+		strtok(interface_names[i], "="); /* split at the = if it's there */
+		bus_names[i] = strtok(NULL, "=");
+		if (bus_names[i] == NULL) {
+			bus_names[i] = interface_names[i];
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* if daemon mode was activated the syslog must be opened */
 	if (daemon_flag) {
 		openlog("socketcand", 0, LOG_DAEMON);
@@ -645,7 +656,7 @@ void print_usage(void)
 	printf("Usage: socketcand [-v | --verbose] [-i interfaces | --interfaces interfaces]\n\t\t[-p port | --port port] [-q | --quick-ack]\n\t\t[-l interface | --listen interface] [-u name | --afuxname name]\n\t\t[-n | --no-beacon] [-d | --daemon] [-h | --help]\n\n");
 	printf("Options:\n");
 	printf("\t-v (activates verbose output to STDOUT)\n");
-	printf("\t-i <interfaces> (comma separated list of SocketCAN interfaces the daemon\n\t\tshall provide access to e.g. '-i can0,vcan1' - default: %s)\n", DEFAULT_BUSNAME);
+	printf("\t-i <interfaces>[=<bus>] (comma separated list of SocketCAN interfaces the daemon\n\t\tshall provide access to e.g. '-i can0,vcan1'\n\t\tmight include an optional bus name,\n\t\tif different from interface e.g. '-i vcan0=mybus' - default: %s)\n", DEFAULT_BUSNAME);
 	printf("\t-p <port> (changes the default port '%d' the daemon is listening at)\n", PORT);
 	printf("\t-q (enable TCP_QUICKACK socket option)\n");
 	printf("\t-l <interface> (changes the default network interface the daemon will\n\t\tbind to - default: %s)\n", DEFAULT_INTERFACE);
diff --git a/src/socketcand.h b/src/socketcand.h
index 5747fcf..0fad737 100644
--- a/src/socketcand.h
+++ b/src/socketcand.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ void state_nobus();
 
 extern int client_socket;
 extern char **interface_names;
+extern char **bus_names;
 extern int interface_count;
 extern int port;
 extern int verbose_flag;
@@ -74,4 +75,4 @@ int receive_command(int socket, char *buf);
 int state_changed(char *buf, int current_state);
 char *element_start(char *buf, int element);
 int element_length(char *buf, int element);
-int asc2nibble(char c);
\ No newline at end of file
+int asc2nibble(char c);
diff --git a/src/state_nobus.c b/src/state_nobus.c
index 70a12d5..a917b34 100644
--- a/src/state_nobus.c
+++ b/src/state_nobus.c
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 
-static int check_bus(const char *bus_name)
+static int check_bus(char *bus_name)
 {
 	int found = 0, i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < interface_count; i++) {
-		if (!strcmp(interface_names[i], bus_name))
+		if (!strcmp(bus_names[i], bus_name)) {
+			strcpy(bus_name, interface_names[i]);
 			found = 1;
+		}
 	}
 	return found;
 }