diff --git a/jenkins_jobs/modules/properties.py b/jenkins_jobs/modules/properties.py
index b3bb04faf..c7561b94e 100644
--- a/jenkins_jobs/modules/properties.py
+++ b/jenkins_jobs/modules/properties.py
@@ -126,19 +126,29 @@ def github(registry, xml_parent, data):
     Sets the GitHub URL for the project.
 
     :arg str url: the GitHub URL (required)
+    :arg str display-name: This value will be used as context name for commit
+        status if status builder or status publisher is defined for this
+        project. (>= 1.14.1) (default '')
 
-    Example:
+    Minimal Example:
 
-    .. literalinclude:: /../../tests/properties/fixtures/github.yaml
+    .. literalinclude:: /../../tests/properties/fixtures/github-minimal.yaml
+       :language: yaml
+
+    Full Example:
+
+    .. literalinclude:: /../../tests/properties/fixtures/github-full.yaml
        :language: yaml
     """
-    github = XML.SubElement(xml_parent,
-                            'com.coravy.hudson.plugins.github.'
-                            'GithubProjectProperty')
-    try:
-        XML.SubElement(github, 'projectUrl').text = data['url']
-    except KeyError as e:
-        raise MissingAttributeError(e)
+    github = XML.SubElement(
+        xml_parent, 'com.coravy.hudson.plugins.github.GithubProjectProperty')
+    github.set('plugin', 'github')
+
+    mapping = [
+        ('url', 'projectUrl', None),
+        ('display-name', 'displayName', ''),
+    ]
+    helpers.convert_mapping_to_xml(github, data, mapping, fail_required=True)
 
 
 def gitlab(registry, xml_parent, data):
diff --git a/tests/properties/fixtures/github-full.xml b/tests/properties/fixtures/github-full.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b93ed33b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/properties/fixtures/github-full.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<project>
+  <properties>
+    <com.coravy.hudson.plugins.github.GithubProjectProperty plugin="github">
+      <projectUrl>https://github.com/openstack-infra/jenkins-job-builder/</projectUrl>
+      <displayName>foo</displayName>
+    </com.coravy.hudson.plugins.github.GithubProjectProperty>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/tests/properties/fixtures/github-full.yaml b/tests/properties/fixtures/github-full.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af05a1752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/properties/fixtures/github-full.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+properties:
+  - github:
+      url: https://github.com/openstack-infra/jenkins-job-builder/
+      display-name: foo
diff --git a/tests/properties/fixtures/github.xml b/tests/properties/fixtures/github-minimal.xml
similarity index 71%
rename from tests/properties/fixtures/github.xml
rename to tests/properties/fixtures/github-minimal.xml
index 08413fe37..35c98f519 100644
--- a/tests/properties/fixtures/github.xml
+++ b/tests/properties/fixtures/github-minimal.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <project>
   <properties>
-    <com.coravy.hudson.plugins.github.GithubProjectProperty>
+    <com.coravy.hudson.plugins.github.GithubProjectProperty plugin="github">
       <projectUrl>https://github.com/openstack-infra/jenkins-job-builder/</projectUrl>
+      <displayName/>
     </com.coravy.hudson.plugins.github.GithubProjectProperty>
   </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/tests/properties/fixtures/github.yaml b/tests/properties/fixtures/github-minimal.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/properties/fixtures/github.yaml
rename to tests/properties/fixtures/github-minimal.yaml