diff --git a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/README.md b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/README.md
index 52aff3ab..7e37b10e 100644
--- a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/README.md
+++ b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/README.md
@@ -99,4 +99,5 @@ custom:
     accessKeyId: root
     secretAccessKey: root
     skipCacheInvalidation: false
+    queueName: MyQueueNameOverride   # overrides queueName from event definition
 ```
diff --git a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs.js b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs.js
index cf9373dd..1e7862b7 100644
--- a/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs.js
+++ b/packages/serverless-offline-sqs/src/sqs.js
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ class SQS {
   }
 
   _create(functionKey, rawSqsEventDefinition) {
+    const {queueName} = this.options;
+
+    if (queueName) {
+      rawSqsEventDefinition.queueName = queueName;
+    }
+
     const sqsEvent = new SQSEventDefinition(
       rawSqsEventDefinition,
       this.options.region,