diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02c5eaf..38fac85 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ MIT Licensed. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraform-a
 | kubeconfig_aws_authenticator_additional_args | Any additional arguments to pass to the authenticator such as the role to assume ["-r", "MyEksRole"] | string | `<list>` | no |
 | kubeconfig_aws_authenticator_command | Command to use to to fetch AWS EKS credentials | string | `heptio-authenticator-aws` | no |
 | kubeconfig_aws_authenticator_env_variables | Environment variables that should be used when executing the authenticator i.e. { AWS_PROFILE = "eks"} | string | `<map>` | no |
+| kubeconfig_name | Override the default name used for items kubeconfig. | string | `` | no |
 | subnets | A list of subnets to place the EKS cluster and workers within. | list | - | yes |
 | tags | A map of tags to add to all resources. | string | `<map>` | no |
 | vpc_id | VPC where the cluster and workers will be deployed. | string | - | yes |
diff --git a/data.tf b/data.tf
index 0c835b8..0f914e8 100644
--- a/data.tf
+++ b/data.tf
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ data "template_file" "kubeconfig" {
 
   vars {
     cluster_name                      = "${var.cluster_name}"
+    kubeconfig_name                   = "${local.kubeconfig_name}"
     endpoint                          = "${aws_eks_cluster.this.endpoint}"
     region                            = "${data.aws_region.current.name}"
     cluster_auth_base64               = "${aws_eks_cluster.this.certificate_authority.0.data}"
diff --git a/local.tf b/local.tf
index a634fc4..9c87d73 100644
--- a/local.tf
+++ b/local.tf
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ locals {
   workstation_external_cidr = "${chomp(data.http.workstation_external_ip.body)}/32"
   workstation_cidr          = "${coalesce(var.workstation_cidr, local.workstation_external_cidr)}"
 
+  kubeconfig_name = "${var.kubeconfig_name == "" ? "eks_${var.cluster_name}" : var.kubeconfig_name}"
+
   # Mapping from the node type that we selected and the max number of pods that it can run
   # Taken from https://amazon-eks.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.10.3/2018-06-05/amazon-eks-nodegroup.yaml
   max_pod_per_node = {
diff --git a/templates/kubeconfig.tpl b/templates/kubeconfig.tpl
index 332d21e..18e8a8f 100644
--- a/templates/kubeconfig.tpl
+++ b/templates/kubeconfig.tpl
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@ clusters:
 - cluster:
     server: ${endpoint}
     certificate-authority-data: ${cluster_auth_base64}
-  name: eks_${region}_${cluster_name}
+  name: ${kubeconfig_name}
 
 contexts:
 - context:
-    cluster: eks_${region}_${cluster_name}
-    user: eks_${region}_${cluster_name}
-  name: eks_${region}_${cluster_name}
+    cluster: ${kubeconfig_name}
+    user: ${kubeconfig_name}
+  name: ${kubeconfig_name}
 
-current-context: eks_${region}_${cluster_name}
+current-context: ${kubeconfig_name}
 
 users:
-- name: eks_${region}_${cluster_name}
+- name: ${kubeconfig_name}
   user:
     exec:
       apiVersion: client.authentication.k8s.io/v1alpha1
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 9aaae59..5d54659 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -93,3 +93,8 @@ variable "kubeconfig_aws_authenticator_env_variables" {
   description = "Environment variables that should be used when executing the authenticator i.e. { AWS_PROFILE = \"eks\"}"
   default     = {}
 }
+
+variable "kubeconfig_name" {
+  description = "Override the default name used for items kubeconfig"
+  default     = ""
+}