diff --git a/api/v1beta1/grafanaalertrulegroup_types.go b/api/v1beta1/grafanaalertrulegroup_types.go
index c18ab0efb..8d7fa641d 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/grafanaalertrulegroup_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/grafanaalertrulegroup_types.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ import (
 // GrafanaAlertRuleGroupSpec defines the desired state of GrafanaAlertRuleGroup
 // +kubebuilder:validation:XValidation:rule="(has(self.folderUID) && !(has(self.folderRef))) || (has(self.folderRef) && !(has(self.folderUID)))", message="Only one of FolderUID or FolderRef can be set"
 type GrafanaAlertRuleGroupSpec struct {
+	// +optional
+	// Name of the alert rule group. If not specified, the resource name will be used.
+	Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+
 	// +optional
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Type=string
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Format=duration
@@ -137,6 +141,15 @@ type GrafanaAlertRuleGroup struct {
 	Status GrafanaAlertRuleGroupStatus `json:"status,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// GroupName returns the name of alert rule group.
+func (in *GrafanaAlertRuleGroup) GroupName() string {
+	groupName := in.Spec.Name
+	if groupName == "" {
+		groupName = in.Name
+	}
+	return groupName
+}
+
 // CurrentGeneration implements FolderReferencer.
 func (in *GrafanaAlertRuleGroup) CurrentGeneration() int64 {
 	return in.Generation
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/grafana.integreatly.org_grafanaalertrulegroups.yaml b/config/crd/bases/grafana.integreatly.org_grafanaalertrulegroups.yaml
index b21bb1a60..d04caed1a 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/grafana.integreatly.org_grafanaalertrulegroups.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/grafana.integreatly.org_grafanaalertrulegroups.yaml
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ spec:
                 format: duration
                 pattern: ^([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(ns|us|µs|ms|s|m|h))+$
                 type: string
+              name:
+                description: Name of the alert rule group. If not specified, the resource
+                  name will be used.
+                type: string
               resyncPeriod:
                 default: 10m
                 format: duration
diff --git a/controllers/grafanaalertrulegroup_controller.go b/controllers/grafanaalertrulegroup_controller.go
index 4d3594181..0591d6cb5 100644
--- a/controllers/grafanaalertrulegroup_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/grafanaalertrulegroup_controller.go
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ func (r *GrafanaAlertRuleGroupReconciler) reconcileWithInstance(ctx context.Cont
 		return fmt.Errorf("fetching folder: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	applied, err := cl.Provisioning.GetAlertRuleGroup(group.Name, folderUID)
+	groupName := group.GroupName()
+	applied, err := cl.Provisioning.GetAlertRuleGroup(groupName, folderUID)
 	var ruleNotFound *provisioning.GetAlertRuleGroupNotFound
 	if err != nil && !errors.As(err, &ruleNotFound) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("fetching existing alert rule group: %w", err)
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ func (r *GrafanaAlertRuleGroupReconciler) reconcileWithInstance(ctx context.Cont
 			IsPaused:     rule.IsPaused,
 			Labels:       rule.Labels,
 			NoDataState:  rule.NoDataState,
-			RuleGroup:    &group.Name,
+			RuleGroup:    &groupName,
 			Title:        &rule.Title,
 			UID:          rule.UID,
 		}
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ func (r *GrafanaAlertRuleGroupReconciler) reconcileWithInstance(ctx context.Cont
 	}
 	params := provisioning.NewPutAlertRuleGroupParams().
 		WithBody(mGroup).
-		WithGroup(group.Name).
+		WithGroup(groupName).
 		WithFolderUID(folderUID).
 		WithXDisableProvenance(&strue)
 	_, err = cl.Provisioning.PutAlertRuleGroup(params) //nolint:errcheck
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ func (r *GrafanaAlertRuleGroupReconciler) removeFromInstance(ctx context.Context
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("building grafana client: %w", err)
 	}
-	remote, err := cl.Provisioning.GetAlertRuleGroup(group.Name, folderUID)
+	remote, err := cl.Provisioning.GetAlertRuleGroup(group.GroupName(), folderUID)
 	if err != nil {
 		var notFound *provisioning.GetAlertRuleGroupNotFound
 		if errors.As(err, &notFound) {
diff --git a/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/crds/grafana.integreatly.org_grafanaalertrulegroups.yaml b/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/crds/grafana.integreatly.org_grafanaalertrulegroups.yaml
index b21bb1a60..d04caed1a 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/crds/grafana.integreatly.org_grafanaalertrulegroups.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/crds/grafana.integreatly.org_grafanaalertrulegroups.yaml
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ spec:
                 format: duration
                 pattern: ^([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(ns|us|µs|ms|s|m|h))+$
                 type: string
+              name:
+                description: Name of the alert rule group. If not specified, the resource
+                  name will be used.
+                type: string
               resyncPeriod:
                 default: 10m
                 format: duration
diff --git a/deploy/kustomize/base/crds.yaml b/deploy/kustomize/base/crds.yaml
index e409864e6..0a407dc66 100644
--- a/deploy/kustomize/base/crds.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kustomize/base/crds.yaml
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ spec:
                 format: duration
                 pattern: ^([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(ns|us|µs|ms|s|m|h))+$
                 type: string
+              name:
+                description: Name of the alert rule group. If not specified, the resource
+                  name will be used.
+                type: string
               resyncPeriod:
                 default: 10m
                 format: duration
diff --git a/docs/docs/api.md b/docs/docs/api.md
index 5799ca3a8..ef9327b69 100644
--- a/docs/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/docs/api.md
@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ GrafanaAlertRuleGroupSpec defines the desired state of GrafanaAlertRuleGroup
 Overrides the FolderSelector<br/>
         </td>
         <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>name</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          Name of the alert rule group. If not specified, the resource name will be used.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
       </tr><tr>
         <td><b>resyncPeriod</b></td>
         <td>string</td>