diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc b/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
index aa65ee784..20f0615c6 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
@@ -3096,12 +3096,22 @@ extern "C" void Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendImpl_setAddress(JNIEnv*  en
 	linphone_friend_set_address((LinphoneFriend*)ptr,(LinphoneAddress*)linphoneAddress);
 }
 
+extern "C" void Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendImpl_setName(JNIEnv*  env
+																		,jobject  thiz
+																		,jlong ptr
+																		,jstring jname) {
+	const char* name = env->GetStringUTFChars(jname, NULL);
+	linphone_friend_set_name((LinphoneFriend*)ptr, name);
+	env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(jname, name);
+}
+
 extern "C" void Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendListImpl_setRLSUri(JNIEnv*  env
 																		,jobject  thiz
 																		,jlong ptr
 																		,jstring jrlsUri) {
 	const char* uri = env->GetStringUTFChars(jrlsUri, NULL);
 	linphone_friend_list_set_rls_uri((LinphoneFriendList*)ptr,uri);
+	env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(jrlsUri, uri);
 }
 
 extern "C" void Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendListImpl_addFriend(JNIEnv*  env
@@ -3127,6 +3137,14 @@ extern "C" jlong Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendImpl_getAddress(JNIEnv*  e
 																		,jlong ptr) {
 	return (jlong)linphone_friend_get_address((LinphoneFriend*)ptr);
 }
+
+extern "C" jstring Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendImpl_getName(JNIEnv*  env
+																		,jobject  thiz
+																		,jlong ptr) {
+	const char *name = linphone_friend_get_name((LinphoneFriend*)ptr);
+	return name ? env->NewStringUTF(name) : NULL;
+}
+
 extern "C" void Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendImpl_setIncSubscribePolicy(JNIEnv*  env
 																		,jobject  thiz
 																		,jlong ptr
diff --git a/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriend.java b/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriend.java
index b9080bd94..b16ca9b63 100644
--- a/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriend.java
+++ b/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriend.java
@@ -145,4 +145,14 @@ public interface LinphoneFriend {
 	 * @return The reference key of the friend.
 	 **/
 	String getRefKey();
+	/**
+	 * Set a name for this friend
+	 * @param name
+	 */
+	void setName(String name);
+	/**
+	 * get name of this friend
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	String getName();
 }
diff --git a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendImpl.java b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendImpl.java
index ba47eccb4..b6114b3e6 100644
--- a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendImpl.java
+++ b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendImpl.java
@@ -118,4 +118,16 @@ class LinphoneFriendImpl implements LinphoneFriend, Serializable {
 	public String getRefKey(){
 		return getRefKey(nativePtr);
 	}
+	
+	private native void setName(long nativePtr, String name);
+	@Override
+	public void setName(String name) {
+		setName(nativePtr, name);
+	}
+	
+	private native String getName(long nativePtr);
+	@Override
+	public String getName() {
+		return getName(nativePtr);
+	}
 }