diff --git a/cmd/server.go b/cmd/server.go
index 3833c7bb1b..1415050dc4 100644
--- a/cmd/server.go
+++ b/cmd/server.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ const (
 	SSLCertFileFlag            = "ssl-cert-file"
 	SSLKeyFileFlag             = "ssl-key-file"
 	TFDownloadURLFlag          = "tf-download-url"
+	VCSStatusName              = "vcs-status-name"
 	TFEHostnameFlag            = "tfe-hostname"
 	TFETokenFlag               = "tfe-token"
 	WriteGitCredsFlag          = "write-git-creds"
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultPort             = 4141
 	DefaultTFDownloadURL    = "https://releases.hashicorp.com"
 	DefaultTFEHostname      = "app.terraform.io"
+	DefaultVCSStatusName    = "atlantis"
 )
 
 var stringFlags = map[string]stringFlag{
@@ -221,6 +223,10 @@ var stringFlags = map[string]stringFlag{
 		description: "Terraform version to default to (ex. v0.12.0). Will download if not yet on disk." +
 			" If not set, Atlantis uses the terraform binary in its PATH.",
 	},
+	VCSStatusName: {
+		description:  "Name used to identify Atlantis for pull request statuses.",
+		defaultValue: DefaultVCSStatusName,
+	},
 }
 
 var boolFlags = map[string]boolFlag{
@@ -463,6 +469,9 @@ func (s *ServerCmd) setDefaults(c *server.UserConfig) {
 	if c.TFDownloadURL == "" {
 		c.TFDownloadURL = DefaultTFDownloadURL
 	}
+	if c.VCSStatusName == "" {
+		c.VCSStatusName = DefaultVCSStatusName
+	}
 	if c.TFEHostname == "" {
 		c.TFEHostname = DefaultTFEHostname
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/server_test.go b/cmd/server_test.go
index c7fe501855..b1067a4943 100644
--- a/cmd/server_test.go
+++ b/cmd/server_test.go
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ func TestExecute_Defaults(t *testing.T) {
 	Equals(t, "https://releases.hashicorp.com", passedConfig.TFDownloadURL)
 	Equals(t, "app.terraform.io", passedConfig.TFEHostname)
 	Equals(t, "", passedConfig.TFEToken)
+	Equals(t, "atlantis", passedConfig.VCSStatusName)
 	Equals(t, false, passedConfig.WriteGitCreds)
 }
 
@@ -519,6 +520,7 @@ func TestExecute_Flags(t *testing.T) {
 		cmd.TFDownloadURLFlag:          "https://my-hostname.com",
 		cmd.TFEHostnameFlag:            "my-hostname",
 		cmd.TFETokenFlag:               "my-token",
+		cmd.VCSStatusName:              "my-status",
 		cmd.WriteGitCredsFlag:          true,
 	})
 	err := c.Execute()
@@ -559,6 +561,7 @@ func TestExecute_Flags(t *testing.T) {
 	Equals(t, "https://my-hostname.com", passedConfig.TFDownloadURL)
 	Equals(t, "my-hostname", passedConfig.TFEHostname)
 	Equals(t, "my-token", passedConfig.TFEToken)
+	Equals(t, "my-status", passedConfig.VCSStatusName)
 	Equals(t, true, passedConfig.WriteGitCreds)
 }
 
@@ -600,6 +603,7 @@ ssl-key-file: key-file
 tf-download-url: https://my-hostname.com
 tfe-hostname: my-hostname
 tfe-token: my-token
+vcs-status-name: my-status
 write-git-creds: true
 `)
 	defer os.Remove(tmpFile) // nolint: errcheck
@@ -644,6 +648,7 @@ write-git-creds: true
 	Equals(t, "https://my-hostname.com", passedConfig.TFDownloadURL)
 	Equals(t, "my-hostname", passedConfig.TFEHostname)
 	Equals(t, "my-token", passedConfig.TFEToken)
+	Equals(t, "my-status", passedConfig.VCSStatusName)
 	Equals(t, true, passedConfig.WriteGitCreds)
 }
 
@@ -684,6 +689,7 @@ ssl-key-file: key-file
 tf-download-url: https://my-hostname.com
 tfe-hostname: my-hostname
 tfe-token: my-token
+vcs-status-name: my-status
 write-git-creds: true
 `)
 	defer os.Remove(tmpFile) // nolint: errcheck
@@ -725,6 +731,7 @@ write-git-creds: true
 		"TF_DOWNLOAD_URL":              "https://override-my-hostname.com",
 		"TFE_HOSTNAME":                 "override-my-hostname",
 		"TFE_TOKEN":                    "override-my-token",
+		"VCS_STATUS_NAME":              "override-status-name",
 		"WRITE_GIT_CREDS":              "false",
 	} {
 		os.Setenv("ATLANTIS_"+name, value) // nolint: errcheck
@@ -769,6 +776,7 @@ write-git-creds: true
 	Equals(t, "https://override-my-hostname.com", passedConfig.TFDownloadURL)
 	Equals(t, "override-my-hostname", passedConfig.TFEHostname)
 	Equals(t, "override-my-token", passedConfig.TFEToken)
+	Equals(t, "override-status-name", passedConfig.VCSStatusName)
 	Equals(t, false, passedConfig.WriteGitCreds)
 }
 
@@ -808,8 +816,10 @@ slack-token: slack-token
 ssl-cert-file: cert-file
 ssl-key-file: key-file
 tf-download-url: https://my-hostname.com
+status-name: status-name
 tfe-hostname: my-hostname
 tfe-token: my-token
+vcs-status-name: my-status
 write-git-creds: true
 `)
 
@@ -850,6 +860,7 @@ write-git-creds: true
 		cmd.TFDownloadURLFlag:          "https://override-my-hostname.com",
 		cmd.TFEHostnameFlag:            "override-my-hostname",
 		cmd.TFETokenFlag:               "override-my-token",
+		cmd.VCSStatusName:              "override-status-name",
 		cmd.WriteGitCredsFlag:          false,
 	})
 	err := c.Execute()
@@ -888,6 +899,7 @@ write-git-creds: true
 	Equals(t, "https://override-my-hostname.com", passedConfig.TFDownloadURL)
 	Equals(t, "override-my-hostname", passedConfig.TFEHostname)
 	Equals(t, "override-my-token", passedConfig.TFEToken)
+	Equals(t, "override-status-name", passedConfig.VCSStatusName)
 	Equals(t, false, passedConfig.WriteGitCreds)
 
 }
@@ -929,8 +941,10 @@ func TestExecute_FlagEnvVarOverride(t *testing.T) {
 		"SSL_CERT_FILE":                "cert-file",
 		"SSL_KEY_FILE":                 "key-file",
 		"TF_DOWNLOAD_URL":              "https://my-hostname.com",
+		"STATUS_NAME":                  "status-name",
 		"TFE_HOSTNAME":                 "my-hostname",
 		"TFE_TOKEN":                    "my-token",
+		"VCS_STATUS_NAME":              "my-status",
 		"WRITE_GIT_CREDS":              "true",
 	}
 	for name, value := range envVars {
@@ -979,6 +993,7 @@ func TestExecute_FlagEnvVarOverride(t *testing.T) {
 		cmd.TFDownloadURLFlag:          "https://override-my-hostname.com",
 		cmd.TFEHostnameFlag:            "override-my-hostname",
 		cmd.TFETokenFlag:               "override-my-token",
+		cmd.VCSStatusName:              "override-status-name",
 		cmd.WriteGitCredsFlag:          false,
 	})
 	err := c.Execute()
@@ -1019,6 +1034,7 @@ func TestExecute_FlagEnvVarOverride(t *testing.T) {
 	Equals(t, "https://override-my-hostname.com", passedConfig.TFDownloadURL)
 	Equals(t, "override-my-hostname", passedConfig.TFEHostname)
 	Equals(t, "override-my-token", passedConfig.TFEToken)
+	Equals(t, "override-status-name", passedConfig.VCSStatusName)
 	Equals(t, false, passedConfig.WriteGitCreds)
 }
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 724e8b870c..e403d02977 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -430,7 +430,11 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190312170243-e65039ee4138/go.mod h1:LCzVGOaR6xXOjkQ3
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190425150028-36563e24a262/go.mod h1:RgjU9mgBXZiqYHBnxXauZ1Gv1EHHAz9KjViQ78xBX0Q=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190506145303-2d16b83fe98c/go.mod h1:RgjU9mgBXZiqYHBnxXauZ1Gv1EHHAz9KjViQ78xBX0Q=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190606124116-d0a3d012864b/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgwSSTFct+R/Kf4OFW1sUzUTQQTgfc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190628153133-6cdbf07be9d0 h1:Dh6fw+p6FyRl5x/FvNswO1ji0lIGzm3KP8Y9VkS9PTE=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190628153133-6cdbf07be9d0/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgwSSTFct+R/Kf4OFW1sUzUTQQTgfc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191113232020-e2727e816f5a h1:3IG7HNvPBDvrxpnTWA6zpeNCS5ydX6cdt6oOiGlC8qg=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191113232020-e2727e816f5a/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/api v0.0.0-20180910000450-7ca32eb868bf/go.mod h1:4mhQ8q/RsB7i+udVvVy5NUi08OU8ZlA0gRVgrF7VFY0=
 google.golang.org/api v0.0.0-20181030000543-1d582fd0359e/go.mod h1:4mhQ8q/RsB7i+udVvVy5NUi08OU8ZlA0gRVgrF7VFY0=
 google.golang.org/api v0.0.0-20181220000619-583d854617af/go.mod h1:4mhQ8q/RsB7i+udVvVy5NUi08OU8ZlA0gRVgrF7VFY0=
diff --git a/runatlantis.io/docs/server-configuration.md b/runatlantis.io/docs/server-configuration.md
index 2fb25cc867..115e57e3f2 100644
--- a/runatlantis.io/docs/server-configuration.md
+++ b/runatlantis.io/docs/server-configuration.md
@@ -448,6 +448,15 @@ Values are chosen in this order:
   ```
   A token for Terraform Cloud/Terraform Enteprise integration. See [Terraform Cloud](terraform-cloud.html) for more details.
 
+* ### `--vcs-status-name`
+  ```bash
+  atlantis server --vcs-status-name="atlantis-dev"
+  ```
+  Name used to identify Atlantis when updating a pull request status. Defaults to `atlantis`.
+
+  This is useful when running multiple Atlantis servers against a single repository so you can
+  give each Atlantis server its own unique name to prevent the statuses clashing.
+
 * ### `--write-git-creds`
   ```bash
   atlantis server --write-git-creds
diff --git a/server/events/command_runner_test.go b/server/events/command_runner_test.go
index 261184731f..25db650a3c 100644
--- a/server/events/command_runner_test.go
+++ b/server/events/command_runner_test.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func setup(t *testing.T) *vcsmocks.MockClient {
 		ThenReturn(pullLogger)
 	ch = events.DefaultCommandRunner{
 		VCSClient:                vcsClient,
-		CommitStatusUpdater:      &events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{vcsClient},
+		CommitStatusUpdater:      &events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{vcsClient, "atlantis"},
 		EventParser:              eventParsing,
 		MarkdownRenderer:         &events.MarkdownRenderer{},
 		GithubPullGetter:         githubGetter,
diff --git a/server/events/commit_status_updater.go b/server/events/commit_status_updater.go
index 47e4846a52..2d8238febd 100644
--- a/server/events/commit_status_updater.go
+++ b/server/events/commit_status_updater.go
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ type CommitStatusUpdater interface {
 // DefaultCommitStatusUpdater implements CommitStatusUpdater.
 type DefaultCommitStatusUpdater struct {
 	Client vcs.Client
+	// StatusName is the name used to identify Atlantis when creating PR statuses.
+	StatusName string
 }
 
 func (d *DefaultCommitStatusUpdater) UpdateCombined(repo models.Repo, pull models.PullRequest, status models.CommitStatus, command models.CommandName) error {
-	src := fmt.Sprintf("atlantis/%s", command.String())
+	src := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", d.StatusName, command.String())
 	var descripWords string
 	switch status {
 	case models.PendingCommitStatus:
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ func (d *DefaultCommitStatusUpdater) UpdateCombined(repo models.Repo, pull model
 }
 
 func (d *DefaultCommitStatusUpdater) UpdateCombinedCount(repo models.Repo, pull models.PullRequest, status models.CommitStatus, command models.CommandName, numSuccess int, numTotal int) error {
-	src := fmt.Sprintf("atlantis/%s", command.String())
+	src := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", d.StatusName, command.String())
 	cmdVerb := "planned"
 	if command == models.ApplyCommand {
 		cmdVerb = "applied"
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ func (d *DefaultCommitStatusUpdater) UpdateProject(ctx models.ProjectCommandCont
 	if projectID == "" {
 		projectID = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", ctx.RepoRelDir, ctx.Workspace)
 	}
-	src := fmt.Sprintf("atlantis/%s: %s", cmdName.String(), projectID)
+	src := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s: %s", d.StatusName, cmdName.String(), projectID)
 	var descripWords string
 	switch status {
 	case models.PendingCommitStatus:
diff --git a/server/events/commit_status_updater_test.go b/server/events/commit_status_updater_test.go
index 152df23c1c..582daf2586 100644
--- a/server/events/commit_status_updater_test.go
+++ b/server/events/commit_status_updater_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestUpdateCombined(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(c.expDescrip, func(t *testing.T) {
 			RegisterMockTestingT(t)
 			client := mocks.NewMockClient()
-			s := events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{Client: client}
+			s := events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{Client: client, StatusName: "atlantis"}
 			err := s.UpdateCombined(models.Repo{}, models.PullRequest{}, c.status, c.command)
 			Ok(t, err)
 
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@ func TestUpdateCombinedCount(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(c.expDescrip, func(t *testing.T) {
 			RegisterMockTestingT(t)
 			client := mocks.NewMockClient()
-			s := events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{Client: client}
+			s := events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{Client: client, StatusName: "atlantis-test"}
 			err := s.UpdateCombinedCount(models.Repo{}, models.PullRequest{}, c.status, c.command, c.numSuccess, c.numTotal)
 			Ok(t, err)
 
-			expSrc := fmt.Sprintf("atlantis/%s", c.command)
+			expSrc := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", s.StatusName, c.command)
 			client.VerifyWasCalledOnce().UpdateStatus(models.Repo{}, models.PullRequest{}, c.status, expSrc, c.expDescrip, "")
 		})
 	}
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func TestDefaultCommitStatusUpdater_UpdateProjectSrc(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(c.expSrc, func(t *testing.T) {
 			client := mocks.NewMockClient()
-			s := events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{Client: client}
+			s := events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{Client: client, StatusName: "atlantis"}
 			err := s.UpdateProject(models.ProjectCommandContext{
 				ProjectName: c.projectName,
 				RepoRelDir:  c.repoRelDir,
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func TestDefaultCommitStatusUpdater_UpdateProject(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(c.expDescrip, func(t *testing.T) {
 			client := mocks.NewMockClient()
-			s := events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{Client: client}
+			s := events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{Client: client, StatusName: "atlantis"}
 			err := s.UpdateProject(models.ProjectCommandContext{
 				RepoRelDir: ".",
 				Workspace:  "default",
@@ -240,3 +240,20 @@ func TestDefaultCommitStatusUpdater_UpdateProject(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// Test that we can set the status name.
+func TestDefaultCommitStatusUpdater_UpdateProjectCustomStatusName(t *testing.T) {
+	RegisterMockTestingT(t)
+	client := mocks.NewMockClient()
+	s := events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{Client: client, StatusName: "custom"}
+	err := s.UpdateProject(models.ProjectCommandContext{
+		RepoRelDir: ".",
+		Workspace:  "default",
+	},
+		models.ApplyCommand,
+		models.SuccessCommitStatus,
+		"url")
+	Ok(t, err)
+	client.VerifyWasCalledOnce().UpdateStatus(models.Repo{}, models.PullRequest{},
+		models.SuccessCommitStatus, "custom/apply: ./default", "Apply succeeded.", "url")
+}
diff --git a/server/events/matchers/models_pullrequest.go b/server/events/matchers/models_pullrequest.go
index dd1fb0d4ee..37e4780130 100644
--- a/server/events/matchers/models_pullrequest.go
+++ b/server/events/matchers/models_pullrequest.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package matchers
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
+
 	"github.com/petergtz/pegomock"
 	models "github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/models"
 )
diff --git a/server/events/matchers/models_repo.go b/server/events/matchers/models_repo.go
index 418f13cfcf..e985fd3a90 100644
--- a/server/events/matchers/models_repo.go
+++ b/server/events/matchers/models_repo.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package matchers
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
+
 	"github.com/petergtz/pegomock"
 	models "github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/models"
 )
diff --git a/server/events/matchers/ptr_to_logging_simplelogger.go b/server/events/matchers/ptr_to_logging_simplelogger.go
index 04c72791bc..095fa65a72 100644
--- a/server/events/matchers/ptr_to_logging_simplelogger.go
+++ b/server/events/matchers/ptr_to_logging_simplelogger.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package matchers
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
+
 	"github.com/petergtz/pegomock"
 	logging "github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/logging"
 )
diff --git a/server/events/project_command_runner_test.go b/server/events/project_command_runner_test.go
index 9729d8f9a8..0360d8ebcf 100644
--- a/server/events/project_command_runner_test.go
+++ b/server/events/project_command_runner_test.go
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
-	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/runtime"
-
 	. "github.com/petergtz/pegomock"
 	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events"
 	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/mocks"
 	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/mocks/matchers"
 	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/models"
+	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/runtime"
 	mocks2 "github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/runtime/mocks"
 	tmocks "github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/terraform/mocks"
 	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/yaml/valid"
diff --git a/server/events/runtime/env_step_runner.go b/server/events/runtime/env_step_runner.go
index 28a8d481f2..e8ba3246c4 100644
--- a/server/events/runtime/env_step_runner.go
+++ b/server/events/runtime/env_step_runner.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package runtime
 
 import (
-	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/models"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events/models"
 )
 
 // EnvStepRunner set environment variables.
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 487522ad1e..af3522b290 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func NewServer(userConfig UserConfig, config Config) (*Server, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "initializing webhooks")
 	}
 	vcsClient := vcs.NewClientProxy(githubClient, gitlabClient, bitbucketCloudClient, bitbucketServerClient, azuredevopsClient)
-	commitStatusUpdater := &events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{Client: vcsClient}
+	commitStatusUpdater := &events.DefaultCommitStatusUpdater{Client: vcsClient, StatusName: userConfig.VCSStatusName}
 	terraformClient, err := terraform.NewClient(
 		logger,
 		userConfig.DataDir,
diff --git a/server/user_config.go b/server/user_config.go
index a40614afe4..2697603adc 100644
--- a/server/user_config.go
+++ b/server/user_config.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type UserConfig struct {
 	TFDownloadURL          string          `mapstructure:"tf-download-url"`
 	TFEHostname            string          `mapstructure:"tfe-hostname"`
 	TFEToken               string          `mapstructure:"tfe-token"`
+	VCSStatusName          string          `mapstructure:"vcs-status-name"`
 	DefaultTFVersion       string          `mapstructure:"default-tf-version"`
 	Webhooks               []WebhookConfig `mapstructure:"webhooks"`
 	WriteGitCreds          bool            `mapstructure:"write-git-creds"`