diff --git a/lib/components/RowSubItem.js b/lib/components/RowSubItem.js
index d428c7c..ed82076 100644
--- a/lib/components/RowSubItem.js
+++ b/lib/components/RowSubItem.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class RowSubItem extends Component {
       highlightedChildren,
       itemNumberOfLines,
       displayKey,
+        subItemDisplayKey
     } = this.props
 
     const highlightChild = !selectChildren && highlightedChildren.includes(subItem[uniqueKey])
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ class RowSubItem extends Component {
               ]
             }
           >
-            {subItem[displayKey]}
+            {subItem[subItemDisplayKey ? subItemDisplayKey : displayKey]}
           </Text>
           {
           itemSelected || highlightChild ?
diff --git a/lib/sectioned-multi-select.js b/lib/sectioned-multi-select.js
index 8cd3ca2..89f32c3 100644
--- a/lib/sectioned-multi-select.js
+++ b/lib/sectioned-multi-select.js
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ class SectionedMultiSelect extends PureComponent {
     selectedItems: PropTypes.array,
     items: PropTypes.array,
     displayKey: PropTypes.string,
+      subItemDisplayKey: PropTypes.string,
     uniqueKey: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     subKey: PropTypes.string,
     onSelectedItemsChange: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ class SectionedMultiSelect extends PureComponent {
     single: false,
     selectedItems: [],
     displayKey: 'name',
+      subItemDisplayKey: 'name',
     showDropDowns: true,
     showChips: true,
     readOnlyHeadings: false,