diff --git a/runtime/doc/xxd.1 b/runtime/doc/xxd.1
index fb0ac44..b0cb183 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/xxd.1
+++ b/runtime/doc/xxd.1
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@
 .RI  < len >
 octets.
 .TP
+.I "\-n name " | " \-name name"
+Override the variable name output when \-i is used. The array is named
+\fIname\fP and the length is named \fIname\fP_len.
+.TP
 .I \-o offset
 Add
 .RI < offset >
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_xxd.vim b/src/testdir/test_xxd.vim
index bdcbd08..b27639d 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_xxd.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_xxd.vim
@@ -219,6 +219,53 @@
     call assert_equal(expected, getline(1,'$'), s:Mess(s:test))
   endfor
 
+  " Test 17: Print C include with custom variable name
+  let s:test += 1
+  call writefile(['TESTabcd09'], 'XXDfile')
+  for arg in ['-nvarName', '-n varName', '-name varName']
+    %d
+    exe '0r! ' . s:xxd_cmd . ' -i ' . arg . ' XXDfile'
+    $d
+    let expected =<< trim [CODE]
+      unsigned char varName[] = {
+        0x54, 0x45, 0x53, 0x54, 0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x64, 0x30, 0x39, 0x0a
+      };
+      unsigned int varName_len = 11;
+    [CODE]
+  
+    call assert_equal(expected, getline(1,'$'), s:Mess(s:test))
+  endfor
+
+  " using "-n name" reading from stdin
+  %d
+  exe '0r! ' . s:xxd_cmd . ' -i < XXDfile -n StdIn'
+  $d
+  let expected =<< trim [CODE]
+    unsigned char StdIn[] = {
+      0x54, 0x45, 0x53, 0x54, 0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x64, 0x30, 0x39, 0x0a
+    };
+    unsigned int StdIn_len = 11;
+  [CODE]
+  call assert_equal(expected, getline(1,'$'), s:Mess(s:test))
+
+
+  " Test 18: Print C include: custom variable names can be capitalized
+  let s:test += 1
+  for arg in ['-C', '-capitalize']
+    call writefile(['TESTabcd09'], 'XXDfile')
+    %d
+    exe '0r! ' . s:xxd_cmd . ' -i ' . arg . ' -n varName XXDfile'
+    $d
+    let expected =<< trim [CODE]
+      unsigned char VARNAME[] = {
+        0x54, 0x45, 0x53, 0x54, 0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x64, 0x30, 0x39, 0x0a
+      };
+      unsigned int VARNAME_LEN = 11;
+    [CODE]
+    call assert_equal(expected, getline(1,'$'), s:Mess(s:test))
+  endfor
+
+
   %d
   bwipe!
   call delete('XXDfile')
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index e625505..ea1cc16 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -736,6 +736,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    8,
+/**/
     7,
 /**/
     6,
diff --git a/src/xxd/xxd.c b/src/xxd/xxd.c
index 0e056c9..8429b98 100644
--- a/src/xxd/xxd.c
+++ b/src/xxd/xxd.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
  * 11.01.2019  Add full 64/32 bit range to -o and output by Christer Jensen.
  * 04.02.2020  Add -d for decimal offsets by Aapo Rantalainen
  * 14.01.2022  Disable extra newlines with -c0 -p by Erik Auerswald.
+ * 20.06.2022  Permit setting the variable names used by -i by David Gow
  *
  * (c) 1990-1998 by Juergen Weigert (jnweiger@gmail.com)
  *
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@
   fprintf(stderr, "    -h          print this summary.\n");
   fprintf(stderr, "    -i          output in C include file style.\n");
   fprintf(stderr, "    -l len      stop after <len> octets.\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "    -n name     set the variable name used in C include output (-i).\n");
   fprintf(stderr, "    -o off      add <off> to the displayed file position.\n");
   fprintf(stderr, "    -ps         output in postscript plain hexdump style.\n");
   fprintf(stderr, "    -r          reverse operation: convert (or patch) hexdump into binary.\n");
@@ -497,6 +499,7 @@
   unsigned long displayoff = 0;
   static char l[LLEN+1];  /* static because it may be too big for stack */
   char *pp;
+  char *varname = NULL;
   int addrlen = 9;
 
 #ifdef AMIGA
@@ -635,6 +638,19 @@
 	      argc--;
 	    }
 	}
+      else if (!STRNCMP(pp, "-n", 2))
+        {
+          if (pp[2] && STRNCMP("ame", pp + 2, 3))
+            varname = pp + 2;
+          else
+            {
+              if (!argv[2])
+                exit_with_usage();
+              varname = argv[2];
+              argv++;
+              argc--;
+            }
+        }
       else if (!strcmp(pp, "--"))	/* end of options */
 	{
 	  argv++;
@@ -753,10 +769,14 @@
 
   if (hextype == HEX_CINCLUDE)
     {
-      if (fp != stdin)
+      /* A user-set variable name overrides fp == stdin */
+      if (varname == NULL && fp != stdin)
+        varname = argv[1];
+
+      if (varname != NULL)
 	{
-	  FPRINTF_OR_DIE((fpo, "unsigned char %s", isdigit((int)argv[1][0]) ? "__" : ""));
-	  for (e = 0; (c = argv[1][e]) != 0; e++)
+	  FPRINTF_OR_DIE((fpo, "unsigned char %s", isdigit((int)varname[0]) ? "__" : ""));
+	  for (e = 0; (c = varname[e]) != 0; e++)
 	    putc_or_die(isalnum(c) ? CONDITIONAL_CAPITALIZE(c) : '_', fpo);
 	  fputs_or_die("[] = {\n", fpo);
 	}
@@ -773,11 +793,11 @@
       if (p)
 	fputs_or_die("\n", fpo);
 
-      if (fp != stdin)
+      if (varname != NULL)
 	{
 	  fputs_or_die("};\n", fpo);
-	  FPRINTF_OR_DIE((fpo, "unsigned int %s", isdigit((int)argv[1][0]) ? "__" : ""));
-	  for (e = 0; (c = argv[1][e]) != 0; e++)
+	  FPRINTF_OR_DIE((fpo, "unsigned int %s", isdigit((int)varname[0]) ? "__" : ""));
+	  for (e = 0; (c = varname[e]) != 0; e++)
 	    putc_or_die(isalnum(c) ? CONDITIONAL_CAPITALIZE(c) : '_', fpo);
 	  FPRINTF_OR_DIE((fpo, "_%s = %d;\n", capitalize ? "LEN" : "len", p));
 	}