diff --git a/src/shared/group-record-show.c b/src/shared/group-record-show.c
index d0300e483c..8b59f919fa 100644
--- a/src/shared/group-record-show.c
+++ b/src/shared/group-record-show.c
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ void group_record_show(GroupRecord *gr, bool show_full_user_info) {
                 }
         }
 
+        if (gr->description && !streq(gr->description, gr->group_name))
+                printf(" Description: %s\n", gr->description);
+
         if (!strv_isempty(gr->hashed_password))
                 printf("   Passwords: %zu\n", strv_length(gr->hashed_password));
 
diff --git a/src/shared/group-record.c b/src/shared/group-record.c
index 3c9520693d..d999ff95f8 100644
--- a/src/shared/group-record.c
+++ b/src/shared/group-record.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static GroupRecord *group_record_free(GroupRecord *g) {
         free(g->group_name);
         free(g->realm);
         free(g->group_name_and_realm_auto);
+        free(g->description);
 
         strv_free(g->members);
         free(g->service);
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ int group_record_load(
         static const JsonDispatch group_dispatch_table[] = {
                 { "groupName",      JSON_VARIANT_STRING,   json_dispatch_user_group_name,  offsetof(GroupRecord, group_name),       JSON_RELAX},
                 { "realm",          JSON_VARIANT_STRING,   json_dispatch_realm,            offsetof(GroupRecord, realm),            0         },
+                { "description",    JSON_VARIANT_STRING,   json_dispatch_gecos,            offsetof(GroupRecord, description),      0         },
                 { "disposition",    JSON_VARIANT_STRING,   json_dispatch_user_disposition, offsetof(GroupRecord, disposition),      0         },
                 { "service",        JSON_VARIANT_STRING,   json_dispatch_string,           offsetof(GroupRecord, service),          JSON_SAFE },
                 { "lastChangeUSec", JSON_VARIANT_UNSIGNED, json_dispatch_uint64,           offsetof(GroupRecord, last_change_usec), 0         },
diff --git a/src/shared/group-record.h b/src/shared/group-record.h
index b72a43e50d..85c91eb1f5 100644
--- a/src/shared/group-record.h
+++ b/src/shared/group-record.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ typedef struct GroupRecord {
         char *realm;
         char *group_name_and_realm_auto;
 
+        char *description;
+
         UserDisposition disposition;
         uint64_t last_change_usec;
 
diff --git a/src/shared/user-record.c b/src/shared/user-record.c
index 16edaa45fa..801de19774 100644
--- a/src/shared/user-record.c
+++ b/src/shared/user-record.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ int json_dispatch_realm(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlag
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int json_dispatch_gecos(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata) {
+int json_dispatch_gecos(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata) {
         char **s = userdata;
         const char *n;
         int r;
diff --git a/src/shared/user-record.h b/src/shared/user-record.h
index 1bfd095d27..39580b6b76 100644
--- a/src/shared/user-record.h
+++ b/src/shared/user-record.h
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ int user_record_test_password_change_required(UserRecord *h);
 
 /* The following six are user by group-record.c, that's why we export them here */
 int json_dispatch_realm(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata);
+int json_dispatch_gecos(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata);
 int json_dispatch_user_group_list(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata);
 int json_dispatch_user_disposition(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata);
 
diff --git a/src/userdb/userdbctl.c b/src/userdb/userdbctl.c
index c973ee9c01..12c6943ebd 100644
--- a/src/userdb/userdbctl.c
+++ b/src/userdb/userdbctl.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ static int show_group(GroupRecord *gr, Table *table) {
                                 TABLE_STRING, gr->group_name,
                                 TABLE_STRING, user_disposition_to_string(group_record_disposition(gr)),
                                 TABLE_GID, gr->gid,
+                                TABLE_STRING, gr->description,
                                 TABLE_INT, (int) group_record_disposition(gr));
                 if (r < 0)
                         return table_log_add_error(r);
@@ -255,13 +256,14 @@ static int display_group(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                 arg_output = argc > 1 ? OUTPUT_FRIENDLY : OUTPUT_TABLE;
 
         if (arg_output == OUTPUT_TABLE) {
-                table = table_new("name", "disposition", "gid", "disposition-numeric");
+                table = table_new("name", "disposition", "gid", "description", "disposition-numeric");
                 if (!table)
                         return log_oom();
 
                 (void) table_set_align_percent(table, table_get_cell(table, 0, 2), 100);
+                (void) table_set_empty_string(table, "-");
                 (void) table_set_sort(table, (size_t) 3, (size_t) 2, (size_t) -1);
-                (void) table_set_display(table, (size_t) 0, (size_t) 1, (size_t) 2, (size_t) -1);
+                (void) table_set_display(table, (size_t) 0, (size_t) 1, (size_t) 2, (size_t) 3, (size_t) -1);
         }
 
         if (argc > 1) {