diff --git a/action.sh b/action.sh
index a114b96..31b5f66 100755
--- a/action.sh
+++ b/action.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ token=
 project_id=
 service_account_key=
 runner_ver=
+vm_name_prefix=
 machine_zone=
 machine_type=
 boot_disk_type=
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ while getopts_long :h opt \
   project_id required_argument \
   service_account_key required_argument \
   runner_ver required_argument \
+  vm_name_prefix required_argument \
   machine_zone required_argument \
   machine_type required_argument \
   boot_disk_type optional_argument \
@@ -87,6 +89,9 @@ do
     runner_ver)
       runner_ver=$OPTLARG
       ;;
+    vm_name_prefix)
+      vm_name_prefix=$OPTLARG
+      ;;
     machine_zone)
       machine_zone=$OPTLARG
       ;;
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ function start_vm {
       jq -r .token)
   echo "✅ Successfully got the GitHub Runner registration token"
 
-  VM_ID="gce-gh-runner-${GITHUB_RUN_ID}-${GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT}"
+  VM_ID="${vm_name_prefix}-${GITHUB_RUN_ID}-${GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT}"
   service_account_flag=$([[ -z "${runner_service_account}" ]] || echo "--service-account=${runner_service_account}")
   image_project_flag=$([[ -z "${image_project}" ]] || echo "--image-project=${image_project}")
   image_flag=$([[ -z "${image}" ]] || echo "--image=${image}")
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index b43ca15..83e7811 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ inputs:
     description: Version of the GitHub Runner. "latest" will resolve the latest version.
     default: "latest"
     required: true
+  vm_name_prefix:
+    description: Prefix of the name of created VM, final name is ${prefix}-${GITHUB_RUN_ID}-${GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT}
+    default: "gce-gh-runner"
+    required: true
   machine_zone:
     description: GCE zone
     default: "us-east1-c"
@@ -120,6 +124,7 @@ runs:
         --project_id=${{ inputs.project_id }}
         --service_account_key='${{ inputs.service_account_key }}'
         --runner_ver=${{ inputs.runner_ver }}
+        --vm_name_prefix=${{ inputs.vm_name_prefix }}
         --machine_zone=${{ inputs.machine_zone }}
         --machine_type=${{ inputs.machine_type }}
         --network=${{ inputs.network }}