diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/root.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/root.go
index adf9cc1..ac812c0 100644
--- a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/root.go
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/root.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/link"
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/list"
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/register"
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/setprofile"
 	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/verify"
 )
 
@@ -36,4 +37,5 @@ func init() {
 	AccountCmd.AddCommand(list.ListAccountCmd)
 	AccountCmd.AddCommand(register.RegisterAccountCmd)
 	AccountCmd.AddCommand(verify.VerifyAccountCmd)
+	AccountCmd.AddCommand(setprofile.SetProfileCmd)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/setprofile/set-profile.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/setprofile/set-profile.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1c646a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/account/setprofile/set-profile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// Copyright © 2021 The signald-go Contributors.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package setprofile
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/common"
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/config"
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald/client-protocol/v1"
+)
+
+var (
+	account string
+
+	SetProfileCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "set-profile name",
+		Short: "updates the profile data with a new name",
+		PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			if account == "" {
+				account = config.Config.DefaultAccount
+			}
+			if account == "" {
+				common.Must(cmd.Help())
+				log.Fatal("No account specified. Please specify with --account or set a default")
+			}
+			if len(args) != 1 {
+				common.Must(cmd.Help())
+				log.Fatal("must specify a name")
+			}
+		},
+		Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			go common.Signald.Listen(nil)
+			req := v1.SetProfile{
+				Account: account,
+				Name:    args[0],
+			}
+			err := req.Submit(common.Signald)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal("error from signald: ", err)
+			}
+			log.Println("profile set")
+		},
+	}
+)
+
+func init() {
+	SetProfileCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&account, "account", "a", "", "the signald account to use")
+}