diff --git a/step.sh b/step.sh
index d309850..758885b 100644
--- a/step.sh
+++ b/step.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,12 @@ echo "app_url: $app_url"
 echo "disable_animations: $disable_animations"
 echo "quiet: $quiet"
 echo "use_beta: $use_beta"
+echo "check_name: $check_name"
 
+# check_name is passed as its own quoted `-m` pair rather than folded into
+# metadata_parsed, which expands unquoted: a check name containing a space would
+# split into two argv entries and the stray word would land as a positional (app
+# file / workspace).
 echo "Running command: npx --yes \"$DCD_VERSION\" cloud --quiet \
 --apiKey \"$api_key\" \
 ${allure_path:+--allure-path \"$allure_path\"} \
@@ -121,6 +126,7 @@ ${junit_path:+--junit-path \"$junit_path\"} \
 ${is_maestro_chrome_onboarding:+--maestro-chrome-onboarding} \
 ${maestro_version:+--maestro-version \"$maestro_version\"} \
 ${name:+--name \"$name\"} \
+${check_name:+-m \"gh_check_name=$check_name\"} \
 ${orientation:+--orientation \"$orientation\"} \
 ${report:+--report \"$report\"} \
 ${retry:+--retry \"$retry\"} \
@@ -170,6 +176,7 @@ ${junit_path:+--junit-path "$junit_path"} \
 ${is_maestro_chrome_onboarding:+--maestro-chrome-onboarding} \
 ${maestro_version:+--maestro-version "$maestro_version"} \
 ${name:+--name "$name"} \
+${check_name:+-m "gh_check_name=$check_name"} \
 ${orientation:+--orientation "$orientation"} \
 ${report:+--report "$report"} \
 ${retry:+--retry "$retry"} \
diff --git a/step.yml b/step.yml
index edc0ed3..0a5798f 100644
--- a/step.yml
+++ b/step.yml
@@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ inputs:
       is_expand: true
       is_required: false
 
+  - check_name: ""
+    opts:
+      title: "GitHub Check Name"
+      summary: "Names the GitHub check this run posts, e.g. \"iOS\" gives \"DeviceCloud / iOS\". Only applies when the run carries GitHub commit metadata (gh_sha/gh_repo) and your org has the DeviceCloud GitHub App installed. Use it when a commit is tested more than once so each run gets a check that can be required separately in branch protection, and keep the value fixed for a given workflow."
+      is_expand: true
+      is_required: false
+
   - device_locale: ""
     opts:
       title: "Device Locale"
diff --git a/test/test.bats b/test/test.bats
index 923e9fb..ee25aa5 100644
--- a/test/test.bats
+++ b/test/test.bats
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ done
 case "$sub" in
   cloud)
     echo "STUB_CLOUD_CALLED_WITH: $*"
+    # One line per argv entry as well, so a test can tell "-m a=b c" (three
+    # words, from an unquoted expansion) from "-m" plus "a=b c" (two args).
+    for a in "$@"; do echo "STUB_CLOUD_ARG: $a"; done
     echo "View results: https://console.devicecloud.dev/results?upload=fake-upload-id"
     exit "${STUB_CLOUD_EXIT:-0}"
     ;;
@@ -70,8 +73,8 @@ STUB
   # step.sh reads Bitrise inputs from lowercase env vars; clear any the host
   # runner may have exported so each test specifies exactly what it wants.
   unset api_key app_file workspace android_device android_api_level ios_device \
-        name async google_play debug disable_animations use_beta env_list \
-        metadata download_artifacts STUB_STATUS STUB_CLOUD_EXIT
+        name check_name async google_play debug disable_animations use_beta \
+        env_list metadata download_artifacts STUB_STATUS STUB_CLOUD_EXIT
 }
 
 teardown() {
@@ -127,6 +130,24 @@ teardown() {
   [[ "$output" == *"--name My Run"* ]]
 }
 
+@test "sends check_name as a single gh_check_name metadata pair" {
+  # A space in the value must survive as one argument: it reaches the backend as
+  # the GitHub check's name, and a split would leave a stray positional where the
+  # app file / workspace go.
+  export api_key="k"
+  export check_name="iOS smoke"
+  run bash "${TEST_DIR}/step.sh"
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  [[ "$output" == *"STUB_CLOUD_ARG: gh_check_name=iOS smoke"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "sends no gh_check_name when check_name is unset" {
+  export api_key="k"
+  run bash "${TEST_DIR}/step.sh"
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  [[ "$output" != *"gh_check_name"* ]]
+}
+
 @test "passes --async only when async=true" {
   export api_key="k"