diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 364ed435a..35972c43e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,16 +37,16 @@ Canonical reference for changes, improvements, and bugfixes for Boundary.
 * cli/api/sdk: Add support to request additional OIDC claims scope values from
   the OIDC provider when making an authentication request.
   ([PR](https://github.com/hashicorp/boundary/pull/1175)). 
-  
+
   By default, Boundary only requests the "openid" claims scope value. Many
   providers, like Okta and Auth0 for example, will not return the standard claims
   of email and name when you request the default claims scope (openid). 
-  
+
   Boundary uses the standard email and name claims to populated an OIDC
   account's `Email` and `FullName` attributes. If you'd like these account
   attributes populated, you'll need reference your OIDC provider's documentation
   to learn which claims scopes are required to have these claims returned during
-  the authentication process.    
+  the authentication process.
 
   Boundary now provides a new OIDC auth method parameter `claims_scopes` which
   allows you to add multiple additional claims scope values to an OIDC auth
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ Canonical reference for changes, improvements, and bugfixes for Boundary.
 
   For information on claims scope values see: [Scope Claims in the OIDC
   specification](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html#ScopeClaims)
-  
-  
+
 * cli: Match JSON format output with the across-the-wire API JSON format
   ([PR](https://github.com/hashicorp/boundary/pull/1155))
 * api: Return `204` instead of an empty object on successful `delete` operations
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ Canonical reference for changes, improvements, and bugfixes for Boundary.
   * Login Name
   * Full Name
   * Email
-  
+
   These new user attributes correspond to attributes from the user's primary
   auth method account. These attributes will be empty when the user has no
   account in the primary auth method for their scope, or there is no designated
@@ -85,6 +84,9 @@ Canonical reference for changes, improvements, and bugfixes for Boundary.
 * cli: New `logout` command deletes the current token in Boundary and forgets it
   from the local system credential store
   ([PR](https://github.com/hashicorp/boundary/pull/1134))
+* config: The `name` field for workers and controllers now supports being set
+  from environment variables or a file on disk
+  ([PR](https://github.com/hashicorp/boundary/pull/1181))
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/internal/cmd/config/config.go b/internal/cmd/config/config.go
index 4107a070a..c1d9f2007 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/config/config.go
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ func Parse(d string) (*Config, error) {
 
 	// Perform controller configuration overrides for auth token settings
 	if result.Controller != nil {
+		result.Controller.Name, err = ParseAddress(result.Controller.Name)
+		if err != nil && err != ErrNotAUrl {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error parsing controller name: %w", err)
+		}
 		if result.Controller.Name != strings.ToLower(result.Controller.Name) {
 			return nil, errors.New("Controller name must be all lower-case")
 		}
@@ -263,6 +267,10 @@ func Parse(d string) (*Config, error) {
 
 	// Parse worker tags
 	if result.Worker != nil {
+		result.Worker.Name, err = ParseAddress(result.Worker.Name)
+		if err != nil && err != ErrNotAUrl {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error parsing worker name: %w", err)
+		}
 		if result.Worker.Name != strings.ToLower(result.Worker.Name) {
 			return nil, errors.New("Worker name must be all lower-case")
 		}
@@ -378,9 +386,11 @@ var ErrNotAUrl = errors.New("not a url")
 // ParseAddress parses a URL with schemes file://, env://, or any other.
 // Depending on the scheme it will return specific types of data:
 //
-// * file:// will return a string with the file's contents * env:// will return
-// a string with the env var's contents * anything else will return the string
-// as it was
+// * file:// will return a string with the file's contents
+//
+// * env:// will return a string with the env var's contents
+//
+// * Anything else will return the string as it was
 //
 // On error, we return the original string along with the error. The caller can
 // switch on ErrNotAUrl to understand whether it was the parsing step that
diff --git a/internal/cmd/config/config_test.go b/internal/cmd/config/config_test.go
index 64244760e..8a6062a4c 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/config/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/config/config_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/shared-secure-libs/configutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestDevController(t *testing.T) {
@@ -274,3 +277,57 @@ func TestDevWorker(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = Parse(devConfig + devWorkerKeyValueConfig)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestParsingName(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	config := `
+	controller {
+		name = "%s"
+	}
+	worker {
+		name = "%s"
+	}
+	`
+	controllerEnv := "FOOENV"
+	workerEnv := "BARENV"
+	cases := []struct {
+		name               string
+		templateController string
+		templateWorker     string
+		envController      string
+		envWorker          string
+		expectedController string
+		expectedWorker     string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:               "no env",
+			templateController: "foobar",
+			templateWorker:     "barfoo",
+			expectedController: "foobar",
+			expectedWorker:     "barfoo",
+		},
+		{
+			name:               "env",
+			templateController: fmt.Sprintf("env://%s", controllerEnv),
+			templateWorker:     fmt.Sprintf("env://%s", workerEnv),
+			envController:      "foobar2",
+			envWorker:          "barfoo2",
+			expectedController: "foobar2",
+			expectedWorker:     "barfoo2",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range cases {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tt.envController != "" {
+				os.Setenv(controllerEnv, tt.envController)
+			}
+			if tt.envWorker != "" {
+				os.Setenv(workerEnv, tt.envWorker)
+			}
+			out, err := Parse(fmt.Sprintf(config, tt.templateController, tt.templateWorker))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedController, out.Controller.Name)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedWorker, out.Worker.Name)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/website/content/docs/configuration/controller.mdx b/website/content/docs/configuration/controller.mdx
index bce24d765..5398424d4 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/configuration/controller.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/configuration/controller.mdx
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ controller {
 }
 ```
 
-- `name` - Specifies a unique name of this controller within the Boundary controller cluster.
+- `name` - Specifies a unique name of this controller within the Boundary
+  cluster. This value can be a direct name string, can refer to a file on disk
+  (file://) from which an name will be read; or an env var (env://) from which
+  the name will be read.
 
 - `description` - Specifies a friendly description of this controller.
 
diff --git a/website/content/docs/configuration/worker.mdx b/website/content/docs/configuration/worker.mdx
index f906e1a09..8b9e3ac9d 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/configuration/worker.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/configuration/worker.mdx
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ worker {
 }
 ```
 
-- `name` - Specifies a unique name of this worker within the Boundary worker
-  cluster.
+- `name` - Specifies a unique name of this worker within the Boundary
+  cluster. This value can be a direct name string, can refer to a file on disk
+  (file://) from which an name will be read; or an env var (env://) from which
+  the name will be read.
 
 - `description` - Specifies a friendly description of this worker.