diff --git a/awx/sso/fields.py b/awx/sso/fields.py
index dddd1ee6a1..78f750fbbd 100644
--- a/awx/sso/fields.py
+++ b/awx/sso/fields.py
@@ -740,7 +740,9 @@ class SAMLOrgAttrField(HybridDictField):
 class SAMLTeamAttrTeamOrgMapField(HybridDictField):
 
     team = fields.CharField(required=True, allow_null=False)
+    team_alias = fields.CharField(required=False, allow_null=True)
     organization = fields.CharField(required=True, allow_null=False)
+    organization_alias = fields.CharField(required=False, allow_null=True)
 
     child = _Forbidden()
 
diff --git a/awx/sso/pipeline.py b/awx/sso/pipeline.py
index 212e3824ba..6d7e05da90 100644
--- a/awx/sso/pipeline.py
+++ b/awx/sso/pipeline.py
@@ -187,13 +187,22 @@ def update_user_teams_by_saml_attr(backend, details, user=None, *args, **kwargs)
 
     team_ids = []
     for team_name_map in team_map.get('team_org_map', []):
-        team_name = team_name_map.get('team', '')
+        team_name = team_name_map.get('team', None)
+        team_alias = team_name_map.get('team_alias', None)
+        organization_name = team_name_map.get('organization', None)
+        organization_alias = team_name_map.get('organization_alias', None)
         if team_name in saml_team_names:
-            if not team_name_map.get('organization', ''):
+            if not organization_name:
                 # Settings field validation should prevent this.
                 logger.error("organization name invalid for team {}".format(team_name))
                 continue
-            org = Organization.objects.get_or_create(name=team_name_map['organization'])[0]
+
+            if organization_alias:
+                organization_name = organization_alias
+            org = Organization.objects.get_or_create(name=organization_name)[0]
+
+            if team_alias:
+                team_name = team_alias
             team = Team.objects.get_or_create(name=team_name, organization=org)[0]
 
             team_ids.append(team.id)
diff --git a/awx/sso/tests/functional/test_pipeline.py b/awx/sso/tests/functional/test_pipeline.py
index 78a04a0481..06d5503db8 100644
--- a/awx/sso/tests/functional/test_pipeline.py
+++ b/awx/sso/tests/functional/test_pipeline.py
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ class TestSAMLAttr():
                     {'team': 'Red', 'organization': 'Default1'},
                     {'team': 'Green', 'organization': 'Default1'},
                     {'team': 'Green', 'organization': 'Default3'},
+                    {
+                        'team': 'Yellow', 'team_alias': 'Yellow_Alias',
+                        'organization': 'Default4', 'organization_alias': 'Default4_Alias'
+                    },
                 ]
             }
         return MockSettings()
@@ -285,3 +289,18 @@ class TestSAMLAttr():
             assert Team.objects.get(name='Green', organization__name='Default1').member_role.members.count() == 3
             assert Team.objects.get(name='Green', organization__name='Default3').member_role.members.count() == 3
 
+    def test_update_user_teams_alias_by_saml_attr(self, orgs, users, kwargs, mock_settings):
+        with mock.patch('django.conf.settings', mock_settings):
+            u1 = users[0]
+
+            # Test getting teams from attribute with team->org mapping
+            kwargs['response']['attributes']['groups'] = ['Yellow']
+
+            # Ensure team and org will be created
+            update_user_teams_by_saml_attr(None, None, u1, **kwargs)
+
+            assert Team.objects.filter(name='Yellow', organization__name='Default4').count() == 0
+            assert Team.objects.filter(name='Yellow_Alias', organization__name='Default4_Alias').count() == 1
+            assert Team.objects.get(
+                name='Yellow_Alias', organization__name='Default4_Alias').member_role.members.count() == 1
+
diff --git a/awx/sso/tests/unit/test_fields.py b/awx/sso/tests/unit/test_fields.py
index c63e137776..6d7505e022 100644
--- a/awx/sso/tests/unit/test_fields.py
+++ b/awx/sso/tests/unit/test_fields.py
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ class TestSAMLTeamAttrField():
             {'team': 'Engineering', 'organization': 'Ansible2'},
             {'team': 'Engineering2', 'organization': 'Ansible'},
         ]},
+        {'remove': True, 'saml_attr': 'foobar', 'team_org_map': [
+            {
+                'team': 'Engineering', 'team_alias': 'Engineering Team',
+                'organization': 'Ansible', 'organization_alias': 'Awesome Org'
+            },
+            {'team': 'Engineering', 'organization': 'Ansible2'},
+            {'team': 'Engineering2', 'organization': 'Ansible'},
+        ]},
     ])
     def test_internal_value_valid(self, data):
         field = SAMLTeamAttrField()