diff --git a/cmd/operator-sdk/olmcatalog/gen-csv.go b/cmd/operator-sdk/olmcatalog/gen-csv.go
index 720f60d5232..1638d37675a 100644
--- a/cmd/operator-sdk/olmcatalog/gen-csv.go
+++ b/cmd/operator-sdk/olmcatalog/gen-csv.go
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	csvVersion    string
-	fromVersion   string
-	csvConfigPath string
-	updateCRDs    bool
+	csvVersion     string
+	fromVersion    string
+	csvConfigPath  string
+	updateCRDs     bool
+	absProjectPath = projutil.MustGetwd()
+	projectName    = filepath.Base(absProjectPath)
 )
 
 func newGenCSVCmd() *cobra.Command {
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ Configure CSV generation by writing a config file 'deploy/olm-catalog/csv-config
 	}
 
 	genCSVCmd.Flags().StringVar(&csvVersion, "csv-version", "", "Semantic version of the CSV")
+	genCSVCmd.Flags().StringVar(&projectName, "project-name", projectName, "Operator name to use while generating CSV")
 	genCSVCmd.MarkFlagRequired("csv-version")
 	genCSVCmd.Flags().StringVar(&fromVersion, "from-version", "", "Semantic version of an existing CSV to use as a base")
 	genCSVCmd.Flags().StringVar(&csvConfigPath, "csv-config", "", "Path to CSV config file. Defaults to deploy/olm-catalog/csv-config.yaml")
@@ -71,10 +74,9 @@ func genCSVFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	absProjectPath := projutil.MustGetwd()
 	cfg := &input.Config{
 		AbsProjectPath: absProjectPath,
-		ProjectName:    filepath.Base(absProjectPath),
+		ProjectName:    projectName,
 	}
 	if projutil.IsOperatorGo() {
 		cfg.Repo = projutil.CheckAndGetProjectGoPkg()