diff --git a/config-templates/authsources.php b/config-templates/authsources.php
index 95376b17bcc8fdb5300c48920aadd25074bc8916..ccf224cd40a59cecc66f8a7f53992a6f099a489b 100644
--- a/config-templates/authsources.php
+++ b/config-templates/authsources.php
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ $config = array(
 		 * Please refer to the hosted SP configuration reference for more information.
 	 	 */
 		//'signature.algorithm' => 'http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha256',
+
+		/*
+		// The attributes parameter must contain an array of desired attributes by the SP.
+		// The attributes can be expresed as an array of names or as an associative array
+		// in the form of 'friendlyName' => 'name'.
+		// The metadata will then be created as follows:
+		// <md:RequestedAttribute FriendlyName="friendlyName" Name="name" />
+		'attributes' => array(
+                     'attrname' => 'urn:oid:x.x.x.x',
+                 ),
+		 'attributes.required' => array (
+                     'urn:oid:x.x.x.x',
+                 ),
+		 */
 	),
 
 
diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/SAMLBuilder.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/SAMLBuilder.php
index 33cd9bd0e965dc2d75f2a2dbc82f234f933d574f..88219a3870dcb107490999cfe00721f3f5864fb3 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/SAMLBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/SAMLBuilder.php
@@ -370,9 +370,12 @@ class SimpleSAML_Metadata_SAMLBuilder {
 		$attributeconsumer->ServiceDescription = $metadata->getLocalizedString('description', array());
 
 		$nameFormat = $metadata->getString('attributes.NameFormat', SAML2_Const::NAMEFORMAT_UNSPECIFIED);
-		foreach ($attributes as $attribute) {
+		foreach ($attributes as $friendlyName => $attribute) {
 			$t = new SAML2_XML_md_RequestedAttribute();
 			$t->Name = $attribute;
+			if (!is_int($friendlyName)) {
+				$t->FriendlyName = $friendlyName;
+			}
 			if ($nameFormat !== SAML2_Const::NAMEFORMAT_UNSPECIFIED) {
 				$t->NameFormat = $nameFormat;
 			}