diff --git a/docs/yaml/functions/configure_file.yaml b/docs/yaml/functions/configure_file.yaml
index 20b96aa6e62d..069a1e3a7c8c 100644
--- a/docs/yaml/functions/configure_file.yaml
+++ b/docs/yaml/functions/configure_file.yaml
@@ -153,3 +153,12 @@ kwargs:
     description: |
       When specified, macro guards will be used instead of '#pragma once'. The
       macro guard name will be the specified name.
+
+  rename:
+    type: str
+    since: 1.7.0
+    description: |
+      If specified, renames the output to the provided name during
+      install.  A nested path is allowed and is joined with
+      `install_dir`. The `rename` value must either be an empty list
+      (which disables this feature) or a single string.
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
index 5d2429e3873e..7efbaded9deb 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
@@ -2645,6 +2645,7 @@ def func_install_subdir(self, node: mparser.BaseNode, args: T.Tuple[str],
         KwargInfo('output_format', str, default='c', since='0.47.0', since_values={'json': '1.3.0'},
                   validator=in_set_validator({'c', 'json', 'nasm'})),
         KwargInfo('macro_name', (str, NoneType), default=None, since='1.3.0'),
+        KwargInfo('rename', (ContainerTypeInfo(list, str), NoneType), default=None, listify=True, since='1.7.0'),
     )
     def func_configure_file(self, node: mparser.BaseNode, args: T.List[TYPE_var],
                             kwargs: kwtypes.ConfigureFile):
@@ -2703,6 +2704,11 @@ def func_configure_file(self, node: mparser.BaseNode, args: T.List[TYPE_var],
         (ofile_path, ofile_fname) = os.path.split(os.path.join(self.subdir, output))
         ofile_abs = os.path.join(self.environment.build_dir, ofile_path, ofile_fname)
 
+        # Validate rename
+        rename = kwargs['rename']
+        if rename and len(rename) != 1:
+            raise InterpreterException('rename must either be an empty list or a single string')
+
         # Perform the appropriate action
         if kwargs['configuration'] is not None:
             conf = kwargs['configuration']
@@ -2797,7 +2803,7 @@ def func_configure_file(self, node: mparser.BaseNode, args: T.List[TYPE_var],
             cfile = mesonlib.File.from_built_file(ofile_path, ofile_fname)
             install_tag = kwargs['install_tag']
             self.build.data.append(build.Data([cfile], idir, idir_name, install_mode, self.subproject,
-                                              install_tag=install_tag, data_type='configure'))
+                                              install_tag=install_tag, data_type='configure', rename=rename))
         return mesonlib.File.from_built_file(self.subdir, output)
 
     def extract_incdirs(self, kwargs, key: str = 'include_directories') -> T.List[build.IncludeDirs]:
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/kwargs.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/kwargs.py
index ae4866a88ad8..c1f9898504f6 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/kwargs.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/kwargs.py
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ class ConfigureFile(TypedDict):
     install_dir: T.Union[str, T.Literal[False]]
     install_mode: FileMode
     install_tag: T.Optional[str]
+    rename: T.List[str]
     encoding: str
     command: T.Optional[T.List[T.Union[build.Executable, ExternalProgram, Compiler, File, str]]]
     input: T.List[FileOrString]
diff --git a/test cases/common/14 configure file/meson.build b/test cases/common/14 configure file/meson.build
index 036a562b796c..d46b3770f046 100644
--- a/test cases/common/14 configure file/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/common/14 configure file/meson.build	
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ configure_file(input : files('config.h.in'),
   output : 'config2.h',
   configuration : conf)
 
+# Test if rename works
+configure_file(input : files('config.h.in'),
+  output : 'config2.h',
+  install_dir : 'share/appdir',
+  rename : 'subdir/config2-rename.h',
+  configuration : conf)
+
 # Now generate a header file with an external script.
 genprog = import('python3').find_python()
 scriptfile = '@0@/generator.py'.format(meson.current_source_dir())
diff --git a/test cases/common/14 configure file/test.json b/test cases/common/14 configure file/test.json
index 5a6ccd57a8fb..4c95dfc25955 100644
--- a/test cases/common/14 configure file/test.json	
+++ b/test cases/common/14 configure file/test.json	
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     {"type": "file", "file": "usr/share/appdir/config2b.h"},
     {"type": "file", "file": "usr/share/appdireh/config2-1.h"},
     {"type": "file", "file": "usr/share/appdirok/config2-2.h"},
-    {"type": "file", "file": "usr/share/configure file test/invalid-utf8-1.bin"}
+    {"type": "file", "file": "usr/share/configure file test/invalid-utf8-1.bin"},
+    {"type": "file", "file": "usr/share/appdir/subdir/config2-rename.h"}
   ]
 }