diff --git a/docs/source/integrations/cvat.rst b/docs/source/integrations/cvat.rst
index e7b1b38f7e..b094454d2b 100644
--- a/docs/source/integrations/cvat.rst
+++ b/docs/source/integrations/cvat.rst
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ provided:
     otherwise a new project is created. By default, no project is used
 -   **project_id** (*None*): an optional ID of an existing CVAT project to
     which to upload the annotation tasks. By default, no project is used
+-   **task_name** (None): an optional task name to use for the created CVAT task
 -   **occluded_attr** (*None*): an optional attribute name containing existing
     occluded values and/or in which to store downloaded occluded values for all
     objects in the annotation run
diff --git a/fiftyone/utils/cvat.py b/fiftyone/utils/cvat.py
index 4c33cfc741..5c6d780b6d 100644
--- a/fiftyone/utils/cvat.py
+++ b/fiftyone/utils/cvat.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 | `voxel51.com <https://voxel51.com/>`_
 |
 """
+import math
 from collections import defaultdict
 from copy import copy, deepcopy
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -3060,6 +3061,7 @@ class CVATBackendConfig(foua.AnnotationBackendConfig):
             default, no project is used
         project_id (None): an optional ID of an existing CVAT project to which
             to upload the annotation tasks. By default, no project is used
+        task_name (None): an optional task name to use for the created CVAT task
         occluded_attr (None): an optional attribute name containing existing
             occluded values and/or in which to store downloaded occluded values
             for all objects in the annotation run
@@ -3091,6 +3093,7 @@ def __init__(
         job_reviewers=None,
         project_name=None,
         project_id=None,
+        task_name=None,
         occluded_attr=None,
         group_id_attr=None,
         issue_tracker=None,
@@ -3109,6 +3112,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.job_reviewers = job_reviewers
         self.project_name = project_name
         self.project_id = project_id
+        self.task_name = task_name
         self.occluded_attr = occluded_attr
         self.group_id_attr = group_id_attr
         self.issue_tracker = issue_tracker
@@ -4226,6 +4230,7 @@ def upload_samples(self, samples, backend):
 
         num_samples = len(samples)
         batch_size = self._get_batch_size(samples, task_size)
+        num_batches = math.ceil(num_samples / batch_size)
 
         samples.compute_metadata()
 
@@ -4290,8 +4295,16 @@ def upload_samples(self, samples, backend):
                     project_id = self.create_project(project_name, cvat_schema)
                     project_ids.append(project_id)
 
-                _dataset_name = samples_batch._dataset.name.replace(" ", "_")
-                task_name = "FiftyOne_%s" % _dataset_name
+                if config.task_name is None:
+                    _dataset_name = samples_batch._dataset.name.replace(
+                        " ", "_"
+                    )
+                    task_name = f"FiftyOne_{_dataset_name}"
+                else:
+                    task_name = config.task_name
+                # append task number when multiple tasks are created
+                if num_batches > 1:
+                    task_name += f"_{idx + 1}"
 
                 (
                     task_id,
diff --git a/tests/intensive/cvat_tests.py b/tests/intensive/cvat_tests.py
index 07766210f8..7c82c47d20 100644
--- a/tests/intensive/cvat_tests.py
+++ b/tests/intensive/cvat_tests.py
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ def test_task_creation_arguments(self):
 
         anno_key = "anno_key"
         bug_tracker = "test_tracker"
+        task_name = "test_task"
         results = dataset.annotate(
             anno_key,
             backend="cvat",
@@ -427,15 +428,17 @@ def test_task_creation_arguments(self):
             job_assignees=users,
             job_reviewers=users,
             issue_tracker=bug_tracker,
+            task_name=task_name,
         )
         task_ids = results.task_ids
         with results:
             api = results.connect_to_api()
             self.assertEqual(len(task_ids), 2)
-            for task_id in task_ids:
+            for idx, task_id in enumerate(task_ids):
                 task_json = api.get(api.task_url(task_id)).json()
                 self.assertEqual(task_json["bug_tracker"], bug_tracker)
                 self.assertEqual(task_json["segment_size"], 1)
+                self.assertEqual(task_json["name"], f"{task_name}_{idx + 1}")
                 if user is not None:
                     self.assertEqual(task_json["assignee"]["username"], user)
                 for job in api.get(api.jobs_url(task_id)).json():