diff --git a/zerver/lib/actions.py b/zerver/lib/actions.py
index 5ee8559185..ddae096377 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/actions.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/actions.py
@@ -1108,11 +1108,12 @@ def do_rename_stream(realm, old_name, new_name, log=True):
     # email forwarding address to display the correctly-escaped new name.
     return {"email_address": encode_email_address(stream)}
 
-def do_create_realm(domain, restricted_to_domain=True):
+def do_create_realm(domain, name, restricted_to_domain=True):
     realm = get_realm(domain)
     created = not realm
     if created:
-        realm = Realm(domain=domain, restricted_to_domain=restricted_to_domain)
+        realm = Realm(domain=domain, name=name,
+                      restricted_to_domain=restricted_to_domain)
         realm.save()
 
         # Create stream once Realm object has been saved
diff --git a/zerver/lib/bulk_create.py b/zerver/lib/bulk_create.py
index 3e1cb3722c..025f9d2866 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/bulk_create.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/bulk_create.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def bulk_create_realms(realm_list):
     realms_to_create = []
     for domain in realm_list:
         if domain not in existing_realms:
-            realms_to_create.append(Realm(domain=domain))
+            realms_to_create.append(Realm(domain=domain, name=domain))
             existing_realms.add(domain)
     Realm.objects.bulk_create(realms_to_create)
 
diff --git a/zerver/management/commands/create_realm.py b/zerver/management/commands/create_realm.py
index e04adf063f..0b5752620f 100644
--- a/zerver/management/commands/create_realm.py
+++ b/zerver/management/commands/create_realm.py
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from zerver.lib.actions import do_create_realm
 
 import re
+import sys
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
     help = """Create a realm for the specified domain.
 
-Usage: python manage.py create_realm foo.com"""
+Usage: python manage.py create_realm --domain=foo.com --name='Foo, Inc.'"""
 
     option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
         make_option('-o', '--open-realm',
@@ -17,6 +18,14 @@ Usage: python manage.py create_realm foo.com"""
                     action="store_true",
                     default=False,
                     help='Make this an open realm.'),
+        make_option('-d', '--domain',
+                    dest='domain',
+                    type='str',
+                    help='The domain for the realm.'),
+        make_option('-n', '--name',
+                    dest='name',
+                    type='str',
+                    help='The user-visible name for the realm.'),
         )
 
     def validate_domain(self, domain):
@@ -32,15 +41,18 @@ Usage: python manage.py create_realm foo.com"""
             raise ValueError("Domains must contain a '.'")
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        if not args:
+        if options["domain"] is None or options["name"] is None:
+            print >>sys.stderr, "\033[1;31mPlease provide both a domain and name.\033[0m\n"
             self.print_help("python manage.py", "create_realm")
             exit(1)
 
-        domain = args[0]
+        domain = options["domain"]
+        name = options["name"]
+
         self.validate_domain(domain)
 
         realm, created = do_create_realm(
-            domain, restricted_to_domain=not options["open_realm"])
+            domain, name, restricted_to_domain=not options["open_realm"])
         if created:
             print domain, "created."
         else: