diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be6ea42..4ebbeb5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,6 +109,29 @@ Note: invalid SSL configuration will cause connection failure.
 
 See also [common configuration variants](examples/ssl/).
 
+### Providing client properties
+
+Client Connections can [present their capabilities](https://www.rabbitmq.com/connections.html#capabilities) to
+a server by presenting an optional `client_properties` table when establishing a connection.
+
+For example, a connection name may be provided by setting the
+[`connection_name` property](https://www.rabbitmq.com/connections.html#client-provided-names):
+
+```php
+$connection = [
+    'host'              => 'HOSTNAME',
+    'vhost'             => 'VHOST',    // The default vhost is /
+    'user'              => 'USERNAME', // The default user is guest
+    'password'          => 'PASSWORD', // The default password is guest
+    'client_properties' => [
+        'connection_name' => 'My connection',
+    ],
+];
+
+$bunny = new Client($connection);
+$bunny->connect();
+```
+
 ### Publish a message
 
 Now that we have a connection with the server we need to create a channel and declare a queue to communicate over before we can publish a message, or subscribe to a queue for that matter.
diff --git a/src/Bunny/AbstractClient.php b/src/Bunny/AbstractClient.php
index 9c4d1c0..f3b3524 100644
--- a/src/Bunny/AbstractClient.php
+++ b/src/Bunny/AbstractClient.php
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ public function __construct(array $options = [])
             $this->options['heartbeat_callback'] = $options['heartbeat_callback'];
         }
 
+        if (!isset($options['client_properties'])) {
+            $options['client_properties'] = [];
+        }
+
+        if (!is_array($options['client_properties'])) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('Client properties must be an array');
+        }
+
         $this->options = $options;
 
         $this->init();
@@ -353,7 +361,7 @@ protected function authResponse(MethodConnectionStartFrame $start)
         ], $responseBuffer);
         $responseBuffer->discard(4);
 
-        return $this->connectionStartOk([], "AMQPLAIN", $responseBuffer->read($responseBuffer->getLength()), "en_US");
+        return $this->connectionStartOk($this->options['client_properties'], "AMQPLAIN", $responseBuffer->read($responseBuffer->getLength()), "en_US");
     }
 
     /**