diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild/lib/report-group.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild/lib/report-group.ts
index 8e15a1726155e..6dfaa34752d0c 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild/lib/report-group.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild/lib/report-group.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ export class ReportGroup extends ReportGroupBase {
           }
           : undefined,
       },
+      name: props.reportGroupName,
     });
     resource.applyRemovalPolicy(props.removalPolicy, {
       default: cdk.RemovalPolicy.RETAIN,
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild/test/test.report-group.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild/test/test.report-group.ts
index 4bc69d40ee4c6..01cdd4f0d07b3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild/test/test.report-group.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild/test/test.report-group.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ export = {
       test.done();
     },
 
+    'can be created with name'  (test: Test) {
+      const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+
+      new codebuild.ReportGroup(stack, 'ReportGroup', {
+        reportGroupName: 'my-report-group',
+      });
+
+      expect(stack).to(haveResourceLike('AWS::CodeBuild::ReportGroup', {
+        "Name": 'my-report-group',
+      }));
+
+      test.done();
+    },
+
     'can be imported by name'(test: Test) {
       const stack = new cdk.Stack();