diff --git a/releasehealth/bot.py b/releasehealth/bot.py
index def603b..eda4795 100644
--- a/releasehealth/bot.py
+++ b/releasehealth/bot.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class Bot(irc.client.SimpleIRCClient):
             config.IRC_SERVER,
             config.IRC_PORT,
             config.IRC_NICKNAME,
+            ircname=config.IRC_REALNAME,
             connect_factory=factory
         )
 
diff --git a/releasehealth/config.py b/releasehealth/config.py
index 4dbb0ec..c331d0b 100644
--- a/releasehealth/config.py
+++ b/releasehealth/config.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ IRC_NICKNAME = os.environ.get('IRC_NICKNAME', 'releasehealth')
 # IRC server port.
 IRC_PORT = int(os.environ.get('IRC_PORT', 6667))
 
+# "ircname", aka real name.
+IRC_REALNAME = 'https://github.com/mozilla/releasehealth-bot'
+
 # 1 to enable SSL; 0 to disable SSL.
 IRC_SSL = bool(int(os.environ.get('IRC_SSL', 0)))