diff --git a/packages/archives.sls b/packages/archives.sls
index 553ca42..a8ff4f8 100644
--- a/packages/archives.sls
+++ b/packages/archives.sls
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ packages-archive-unwanted-{{ file_or_directory }}:
 
   # wanted 'archive' software
   {%- for package, archive in wanted_archives.items() %}
-    {%- set archivename = archive.dl.source.split('/')[-1] %}
+    {%- set archivename = archive.dl.source.split('/')[-1] if 'destname' not in archive else archive.destname %}
 
 packages-archive-wanted-target-{{ package }}-directory:
   file.directory:
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index ae39cef..7cd1877 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ packages:
           # yamllint enable rule:line-length
       kubectl:
         dest: /usr/local/bin
+        destname: kubectl  # optional destination filename
         dl:
           format: bin
           # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length