static int config_keys_num = 2;
 
 static ignorelist_t *ignorelist = NULL;
+static _Bool unique_name = 0;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBKSTAT
 #define MAX_NUMIF 256
                        invert = 0;
                ignorelist_set_invert (ignorelist, invert);
        }
+       else if (strcasecmp (key, "UniqueName") == 0)
+       {
+               if (IS_TRUE (value))
+                       unique_name = 1;
+       }
        else
        {
                return (-1);
                if (kstat_read (kc, ksp[i], NULL) == -1)
                        continue;
 
-               snprintf(iname, sizeof(iname), "%s_%d_%s", ksp[i]->ks_module, ksp[i]->ks_instance, ksp[i]->ks_name);
+               if (unique_name)
+                       snprintf(iname, sizeof(iname), "%s_%d_%s", ksp[i]->ks_module, ksp[i]->ks_instance, ksp[i]->ks_name);
+               else
+                       snprintf(iname, sizeof(iname), "%s", ksp[i]->ks_name);
 
                /* try to get 64bit counters */
                rx = get_kstat_value (ksp[i], "rbytes64");