diff --git a/support/arcade/romutils.cpp b/support/arcade/romutils.cpp
index 375006d..01a4dfa 100644
--- a/support/arcade/romutils.cpp
+++ b/support/arcade/romutils.cpp
@@ -708,6 +708,49 @@ static int xml_scan_rbf(XMLEvent evt, const XMLNode* node, SXML_CHAR* text, cons
 	return true;
 }
 
+static int xml_read_setname(XMLEvent evt, const XMLNode* node, SXML_CHAR* text, const int n, SAX_Data* sd)
+{
+	(void)(sd);
+	static int insetname = 0;
+
+	switch (evt)
+	{
+	case XML_EVENT_START_DOC:
+		insetname = 0;
+		break;
+
+	case XML_EVENT_START_NODE:
+
+		/* on the beginning of a rom tag, we need to reset the state*/
+		if (!strcasecmp(node->tag, "setname"))
+		{
+			insetname = 1;
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case XML_EVENT_TEXT:
+		if(insetname) user_io_name_override(text);
+		break;
+
+	case XML_EVENT_END_NODE:
+		if (!strcasecmp(node->tag, "setname"))
+		{
+			insetname = 0;
+			return false;
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case XML_EVENT_ERROR:
+		printf("XML parse: %s: ERROR %d\n", text, n);
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+
 static int arcade_type = 0;
 int is_arcade()
 {
@@ -753,6 +796,15 @@ int arcade_send_rom(const char *xml)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void arcade_override_name(const char *xml)
+{
+	SAX_Callbacks sax;
+	SAX_Callbacks_init(&sax);
+
+	sax.all_event = xml_read_setname;
+	XMLDoc_parse_file_SAX(xml, &sax, NULL);
+}
+
 void arcade_check_error()
 {
 	if (arcade_error_msg[0] != 0) {
diff --git a/support/arcade/romutils.h b/support/arcade/romutils.h
index 0293961..41ad8ff 100644
--- a/support/arcade/romutils.h
+++ b/support/arcade/romutils.h
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ sw_struct *arcade_sw();
 void arcade_sw_send();
 void arcade_sw_save();
 void arcade_sw_load();
+void arcade_override_name(const char *xml);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/user_io.cpp b/user_io.cpp
index 9096d7f..d7c95e5 100644
--- a/user_io.cpp
+++ b/user_io.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ char *user_io_make_filepath(const char *path, const char *filename)
 	return filepath_store;
 }
 
+static char ovr_name[16 + 1] = {};
+void user_io_name_override(const char* name)
+{
+	snprintf(ovr_name, sizeof(ovr_name), "%s", name);
+}
+
 void user_io_set_core_name(const char *name)
 {
 	strncpy(core_name, name, 17);
@@ -281,11 +287,15 @@ static void user_io_read_core_name()
 	core_name[0] = 0;
 
 	// get core name
-	char *p = user_io_get_confstr(0);
-	if (p && p[0]) strcpy(core_name, p);
+	if (ovr_name[0]) strcpy(core_name, ovr_name);
+	else
+	{
+		char *p = user_io_get_confstr(0);
+		if (p && p[0]) strcpy(core_name, p);
+	}
 
-	strncpy(core_dir, !strcasecmp(p, "minimig") ? "Amiga" : core_name, 1024);
-	prefixGameDir(core_dir, 1024);
+	strcpy(core_dir, !strcasecmp(core_name, "minimig") ? "Amiga" : core_name);
+	prefixGameDir(core_dir, sizeof(core_dir));
 
 	printf("Core name is \"%s\"\n", core_name);
 }
@@ -664,6 +674,7 @@ void user_io_init(const char *path, const char *xml)
 	// not the RBF. The RBF will be in arcade, which the user shouldn't
 	// browse
 	strcpy(core_path, xml ? xml : path);
+	if (xml) arcade_override_name(xml);
 
 	memset(sd_image, 0, sizeof(sd_image));
 
diff --git a/user_io.h b/user_io.h
index e30c14f..5aa9e54 100644
--- a/user_io.h
+++ b/user_io.h
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ char *user_io_make_filepath(const char *path, const char *filename);
 char *user_io_get_core_name();
 char *user_io_get_core_path();
 const char *user_io_get_core_name_ex();
+void user_io_name_override(const char* name);
 char has_menu();
 
 const char *get_image_name(int i);