diff --git a/doc/01-usage.md b/doc/01-usage.md
index 75bc4023..8e2551f3 100644
--- a/doc/01-usage.md
+++ b/doc/01-usage.md
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ $logger->pushHandler($firephp);
 $securityLogger = new Logger('security');
 $securityLogger->pushHandler($stream);
 $securityLogger->pushHandler($firephp);
+
+// Or clone the first one to only change the channel
+$securityLogger = $logger->withName('security');
 ```
 
 ## Customizing the log format
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Logger.php b/src/Monolog/Logger.php
index 5ac72104..2fbc02c7 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Logger.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Logger.php
@@ -153,6 +153,19 @@ class Logger implements LoggerInterface
         return $this->name;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return a new cloned instance with the name changed
+     *
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public function withName($name)
+    {
+        $new = clone $this;
+        $new->name = $name;
+
+        return $new;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Pushes a handler on to the stack.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/LoggerTest.php b/tests/Monolog/LoggerTest.php
index fee98040..c0bd1da9 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/LoggerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/LoggerTest.php
@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@ class LoggerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('ERROR', Logger::getLevelName(Logger::ERROR));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @covers Monolog\Logger::withName
+     */
+    public function testWithName()
+    {
+        $first = new Logger('first', array($handler = new TestHandler()));
+        $second = $first->withName('second');
+
+        $this->assertSame('first', $first->getName());
+        $this->assertSame('second', $second->getName());
+        $this->assertSame($handler, $second->popHandler());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @covers Monolog\Logger::toMonologLevel
      */