diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index 506427a10672..5f58040a12eb 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -3888,7 +3888,29 @@ do_import(nvlist_t *config, const char *newname, const char *mntopts,
 	if (zpool_import_props(g_zfs, config, newname, props, flags) != 0)
 		return (1);
 
-	if (newname != NULL)
+	/*
+	 * Figure out the imported name, so we can use it to open the pool
+	 * and mount the filesystems.
+	 *
+	 * XXX ideally, zpool_import_props() would return the name it used,
+	 *     or there would be some other mechanism to get it. Alas, there
+	 *     is not. Choices seem to be to break a public function, or to
+	 *     smuggle it through one of the nvlists. Not keen on either
+	 *     until we get there -- robn, 2024-12-16
+	 */
+	if (newname == NULL) {
+		int error = nvlist_lookup_string(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_NEWNAME,
+		    &newname);
+		if (error == 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, gettext("Pool '%s' has newname "
+			    "property set and was renamed to '%s'\n"), name,
+			    newname);
+			name = newname;
+		}
+		else
+			VERIFY3U(error, ==, ENOENT);
+	}
+	else
 		name = newname;
 
 	if ((zhp = zpool_open_canfail(g_zfs, name)) == NULL)
diff --git a/include/sys/fs/zfs.h b/include/sys/fs/zfs.h
index dc474e3739f3..eb0962616f44 100644
--- a/include/sys/fs/zfs.h
+++ b/include/sys/fs/zfs.h
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	ZPOOL_PROP_DEDUP_TABLE_QUOTA,
 	ZPOOL_PROP_DEDUPCACHED,
 	ZPOOL_PROP_LAST_SCRUBBED_TXG,
+	ZPOOL_PROP_NEWNAME,
 	ZPOOL_NUM_PROPS
 } zpool_prop_t;
 
@@ -865,6 +866,7 @@ typedef struct zpool_load_policy {
 #define	ZPOOL_CONFIG_EXPANSION_TIME	"expansion_time"	/* not stored */
 #define	ZPOOL_CONFIG_REBUILD_STATS	"org.openzfs:rebuild_stats"
 #define	ZPOOL_CONFIG_COMPATIBILITY	"compatibility"
+#define	ZPOOL_CONFIG_NEWNAME		"org.openzfs:newname"
 
 /*
  * The persistent vdev state is stored as separate values rather than a single
diff --git a/include/sys/spa_impl.h b/include/sys/spa_impl.h
index b0a2d46ff2c4..2ff2205d7b70 100644
--- a/include/sys/spa_impl.h
+++ b/include/sys/spa_impl.h
@@ -472,6 +472,8 @@ struct spa {
 	boolean_t	spa_waiters_cancel;	/* waiters should return */
 
 	char		*spa_compatibility;	/* compatibility file(s) */
+	char		*spa_newname;		/* pool name on next import */
+
 	uint64_t	spa_dedup_table_quota;	/* property DDT maximum size */
 	uint64_t	spa_dedup_dsize;	/* cached on-disk size of DDT */
 	uint64_t	spa_dedup_class_full_txg; /* txg dedup class was full */
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c
index f256535e8ea0..cec0049ff2ac 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ zpool_get_prop(zpool_handle_t *zhp, zpool_prop_t prop, char *buf,
 		case ZPOOL_PROP_CACHEFILE:
 		case ZPOOL_PROP_COMMENT:
 		case ZPOOL_PROP_COMPATIBILITY:
+		case ZPOOL_PROP_NEWNAME:
 			if (zhp->zpool_props != NULL ||
 			    zpool_get_all_props(zhp) == 0) {
 				(void) strlcpy(buf,
@@ -876,6 +877,13 @@ zpool_valid_proplist(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, const char *poolname,
 			    "any effect\n", propname);
 			break;
 
+		case ZPOOL_PROP_NEWNAME:
+			if (zpool_name_valid(hdl, B_FALSE, strval))
+				break;
+			zfs_error_aux(hdl, dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN,
+			    "invalid pool name '%s'"), strval);
+			(void) zfs_error(hdl, EZFS_INVALIDNAME, errbuf);
+			goto error;
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
@@ -2193,6 +2201,15 @@ zpool_import_props(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, nvlist_t *config, const char *newname,
 	(void) snprintf(errbuf, sizeof (errbuf), dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN,
 	    "cannot import pool '%s'"), origname);
 
+	if (newname == NULL) {
+		error = nvlist_lookup_string(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_NEWNAME,
+		    &newname);
+		if (error != 0 && error != ENOENT)
+			return (zpool_standard_error(hdl, error,
+			    dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN, "error looking up newname")));
+		error = 0;
+	}
+
 	if (newname != NULL) {
 		if (!zpool_name_valid(hdl, B_FALSE, newname))
 			return (zfs_error_fmt(hdl, EZFS_INVALIDNAME,
diff --git a/lib/libzutil/zutil_import.c b/lib/libzutil/zutil_import.c
index 77fa0ce38b2a..2890763e8ddd 100644
--- a/lib/libzutil/zutil_import.c
+++ b/lib/libzutil/zutil_import.c
@@ -589,10 +589,12 @@ get_configs(libpc_handle_t *hdl, pool_list_t *pl, boolean_t active_ok,
 				 *	pool state
 				 *	hostid (if available)
 				 *	hostname (if available)
+				 *	new name (if available)
 				 */
 				uint64_t state, version;
 				const char *comment = NULL;
 				const char *compatibility = NULL;
+				const char *newname = NULL;
 
 				version = fnvlist_lookup_uint64(tmp,
 				    ZPOOL_CONFIG_VERSION);
@@ -635,6 +637,11 @@ get_configs(libpc_handle_t *hdl, pool_list_t *pl, boolean_t active_ok,
 					    ZPOOL_CONFIG_HOSTNAME, hostname);
 				}
 
+				if (nvlist_lookup_string(tmp,
+				    ZPOOL_CONFIG_NEWNAME, &newname) == 0)
+					fnvlist_add_string(config,
+					    ZPOOL_CONFIG_NEWNAME, newname);
+
 				config_seen = B_TRUE;
 			}
 
diff --git a/module/zcommon/zpool_prop.c b/module/zcommon/zpool_prop.c
index a709679b9032..6280f2f38965 100644
--- a/module/zcommon/zpool_prop.c
+++ b/module/zcommon/zpool_prop.c
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ zpool_prop_init(void)
 	zprop_register_string(ZPOOL_PROP_COMPATIBILITY, "compatibility",
 	    "off", PROP_DEFAULT, ZFS_TYPE_POOL,
 	    "<file[,file...]> | off | legacy", "COMPATIBILITY", sfeatures);
+	zprop_register_string(ZPOOL_PROP_NEWNAME, "newname", NULL,
+	    PROP_DEFAULT, ZFS_TYPE_POOL, "<name>", "NEWNAME", sfeatures);
 
 	/* readonly number properties */
 	zprop_register_number(ZPOOL_PROP_SIZE, "size", 0, PROP_READONLY,
diff --git a/module/zfs/spa.c b/module/zfs/spa.c
index b83c982c13fd..5fa0b6afcce3 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa.c
@@ -504,6 +504,11 @@ spa_prop_get_config(spa_t *spa, nvlist_t *nv)
 		    spa->spa_compatibility, 0, ZPROP_SRC_LOCAL);
 	}
 
+	if (spa->spa_newname != NULL) {
+		spa_prop_add_list(nv, ZPOOL_PROP_NEWNAME,
+		    spa->spa_newname, 0, ZPROP_SRC_LOCAL);
+	}
+
 	if (spa->spa_root != NULL)
 		spa_prop_add_list(nv, ZPOOL_PROP_ALTROOT, spa->spa_root,
 		    0, ZPROP_SRC_LOCAL);
@@ -3900,6 +3905,7 @@ spa_ld_parse_config(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type)
 	uint64_t pool_guid;
 	const char *comment;
 	const char *compatibility;
+	const char *newname;
 
 	/*
 	 * Versioning wasn't explicitly added to the label until later, so if
@@ -3953,6 +3959,10 @@ spa_ld_parse_config(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type)
 	    &compatibility) == 0)
 		spa->spa_compatibility = spa_strdup(compatibility);
 
+	ASSERT(spa->spa_newname == NULL);
+	if (nvlist_lookup_string(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_NEWNAME, &newname) == 0)
+		spa->spa_newname = spa_strdup(newname);
+
 	(void) nvlist_lookup_uint64(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_TXG,
 	    &spa->spa_config_txg);
 
@@ -6861,6 +6871,12 @@ spa_import(char *pool, nvlist_t *config, nvlist_t *props, uint64_t flags)
 		spa_aux_check_removed(&spa->spa_l2cache);
 	}
 
+	/* Clear newname after each successful import */
+	if (spa->spa_newname != NULL) {
+		spa_strfree(spa->spa_newname);
+		spa->spa_newname = NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (spa_writeable(spa)) {
 		/*
 		 * Update the config cache to include the newly-imported pool.
@@ -9642,6 +9658,22 @@ spa_sync_props(void *arg, dmu_tx_t *tx)
 				spa_async_request(spa, SPA_ASYNC_CONFIG_UPDATE);
 			}
 
+			spa_history_log_internal(spa, "set", tx,
+			    "%s=%s", nvpair_name(elem), strval);
+			break;
+		case ZPOOL_PROP_NEWNAME:
+			strval = fnvpair_value_string(elem);
+			if (spa->spa_newname != NULL)
+				spa_strfree(spa->spa_newname);
+			spa->spa_newname = spa_strdup(strval);
+			/*
+			 * Dirty the configuration on vdevs as above.
+			 */
+			if (tx->tx_txg != TXG_INITIAL) {
+				vdev_config_dirty(spa->spa_root_vdev);
+				spa_async_request(spa, SPA_ASYNC_CONFIG_UPDATE);
+			}
+
 			spa_history_log_internal(spa, "set", tx,
 			    "%s=%s", nvpair_name(elem), strval);
 			break;
diff --git a/module/zfs/spa_config.c b/module/zfs/spa_config.c
index a77874ea0dd3..500ae2aeffca 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa_config.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa_config.c
@@ -466,6 +466,9 @@ spa_config_generate(spa_t *spa, vdev_t *vd, uint64_t txg, int getstats)
 	if (spa->spa_compatibility != NULL)
 		fnvlist_add_string(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_COMPATIBILITY,
 		    spa->spa_compatibility);
+	if (spa->spa_newname != NULL)
+		fnvlist_add_string(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_NEWNAME,
+		    spa->spa_newname);
 
 	hostid = spa_get_hostid(spa);
 	if (hostid != 0)