diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d08ebd..67ef478 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.17.6
+
+* Add tile-join options to set name, attribution, description
+
 ## 1.17.5
 
 * Preserve the tileset names from the source mbtiles in tile-join
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0024ce5..47388c9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ join-test:
 	cmp tests/join-population/joined-i.mbtiles.json.check tests/join-population/joined-i.mbtiles.json
 	cmp tests/join-population/merged.mbtiles.json.check tests/join-population/merged.mbtiles.json
 	cmp tests/join-population/windows.mbtiles.json.check tests/join-population/windows.mbtiles.json
-	./tile-join -f -l macarthur -o tests/join-population/just-macarthur.mbtiles tests/join-population/merged.mbtiles
+	./tile-join -f -l macarthur -n "macarthur name" -N "macarthur description" -A "macarthur attribution" -o tests/join-population/just-macarthur.mbtiles tests/join-population/merged.mbtiles
 	./tile-join -f -L macarthur -o tests/join-population/no-macarthur.mbtiles tests/join-population/merged.mbtiles
 	./tippecanoe-decode tests/join-population/just-macarthur.mbtiles > tests/join-population/just-macarthur.mbtiles.json.check
 	./tippecanoe-decode tests/join-population/no-macarthur.mbtiles > tests/join-population/no-macarthur.mbtiles.json.check
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 00f799b..c536122 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ The options are:
  * `-pk`: Don't skip tiles larger than 500K.
  * `-l` *layer*: Include the named layer in the output. You can specify multiple `-l` options to keep multiple layers. If you don't specify, they will all be retained.
  * `-L` *layer*: Remove the named layer from the output. You can specify multiple `-L` options to remove multiple layers.
+ * `-A` *attribution*: Set the attribution string.
+ * `-n` *name*: Set the tileset name.
+ * `-N` *description*: Set the tileset description.
 
 Because tile-join just copies the geometries to the new .mbtiles without processing them
 (except to rescale the extents if necessary),
diff --git a/man/tippecanoe.1 b/man/tippecanoe.1
index d80b17e..010a659 100644
--- a/man/tippecanoe.1
+++ b/man/tippecanoe.1
@@ -457,6 +457,12 @@ The options are:
 \fB\fC\-l\fR \fIlayer\fP: Include the named layer in the output. You can specify multiple \fB\fC\-l\fR options to keep multiple layers. If you don't specify, they will all be retained.
 .IP \(bu 2
 \fB\fC\-L\fR \fIlayer\fP: Remove the named layer from the output. You can specify multiple \fB\fC\-L\fR options to remove multiple layers.
+.IP \(bu 2
+\fB\fC\-A\fR \fIattribution\fP: Set the attribution string.
+.IP \(bu 2
+\fB\fC\-n\fR \fIname\fP: Set the tileset name.
+.IP \(bu 2
+\fB\fC\-N\fR \fIdescription\fP: Set the tileset description.
 .RE
 .PP
 Because tile\-join just copies the geometries to the new .mbtiles without processing them
diff --git a/tests/join-population/just-macarthur.mbtiles.json b/tests/join-population/just-macarthur.mbtiles.json
index 3c2f362..faeed2b 100644
--- a/tests/join-population/just-macarthur.mbtiles.json
+++ b/tests/join-population/just-macarthur.mbtiles.json
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 { "type": "FeatureCollection", "properties": {
+"attribution": "macarthur attribution",
 "bounds": "-122.334735,37.695438,-122.104097,37.898925",
 "center": "-122.299805,37.892187,12",
-"description": "tests/join-population/tabblock_06001420.mbtiles",
+"description": "macarthur description",
 "format": "pbf",
 "json": "{\"vector_layers\": [ { \"id\": \"macarthur\", \"description\": \"\", \"minzoom\": 5, \"maxzoom\": 11, \"fields\": {\"FULLNAME\": \"String\", \"LINEARID\": \"String\", \"MTFCC\": \"String\", \"RTTYP\": \"String\"} } ] }",
 "maxzoom": "12",
 "minzoom": "0",
-"name": "tests/join-population/macarthur.mbtiles + tests/join-population/macarthur2.mbtiles + tests/join-population/tabblock_06001420.mbtiles",
+"name": "macarthur name",
 "type": "overlay",
 "version": "2"
 }, "features": [
diff --git a/tile-join.cpp b/tile-join.cpp
index 4a6a99e..3454e5e 100644
--- a/tile-join.cpp
+++ b/tile-join.cpp
@@ -691,11 +691,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	std::set<std::string> keep_layers;
 	std::set<std::string> remove_layers;
 
+	std::string set_name, set_description, set_attribution;
+
 	extern int optind;
 	extern char *optarg;
 	int i;
 
-	while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, "fo:c:x:ip:l:L:")) != -1) {
+	while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, "fo:c:x:ip:l:L:A:N:n:")) != -1) {
 		switch (i) {
 		case 'o':
 			outfile = optarg;
@@ -709,6 +711,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			ifmatched = 1;
 			break;
 
+		case 'A':
+			set_attribution = optarg;
+			break;
+
+		case 'n':
+			set_name = optarg;
+			break;
+
+		case 'N':
+			set_description = optarg;
+			break;
+
 		case 'p':
 			if (strcmp(optarg, "k") == 0) {
 				pk = true;
@@ -782,6 +796,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 	decode(readers, csv, layermap, outdb, &st, header, mapping, exclude, ifmatched, attribution, description, keep_layers, remove_layers, name);
 
+	if (set_attribution.size() != 0) {
+		attribution = set_attribution;
+	}
+	if (set_description.size() != 0) {
+		description = set_description;
+	}
+	if (set_name.size() != 0) {
+		name = set_name;
+	}
+
 	mbtiles_write_metadata(outdb, NULL, name.c_str(), st.minzoom, st.maxzoom, st.minlat, st.minlon, st.maxlat, st.maxlon, st.midlat, st.midlon, 0, attribution.size() != 0 ? attribution.c_str() : NULL, layermap, true, description.c_str());
 	mbtiles_close(outdb, argv);
 
diff --git a/version.hpp b/version.hpp
index 5d1bd52..22946d4 100644
--- a/version.hpp
+++ b/version.hpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.17.5\n"
+#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.17.6\n"