diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 8ff3247..90a07c6 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -387,6 +387,20 @@ func (cli *Client) JoinRoom(roomIDorAlias, serverName string, content interface{
 	return
 }
 
+// GetDisplayName returns the display name of the user from the specified MXID. See https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.2.0.html#get-matrix-client-r0-profile-userid-displayname
+func (cli *Client) GetDisplayName(mxid string) (resp *RespUserDisplayName, err error) {
+	urlPath := cli.BuildURL("profile", mxid, "displayname")
+	_, err = cli.MakeRequest("GET", urlPath, nil, &resp)
+	return
+}
+
+// GetOwnDisplayName returns the user's display name. See https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.2.0.html#get-matrix-client-r0-profile-userid-displayname
+func (cli *Client) GetOwnDisplayName() (resp *RespUserDisplayName, err error) {
+	urlPath := cli.BuildURL("profile", cli.UserID, "displayname")
+	_, err = cli.MakeRequest("GET", urlPath, nil, &resp)
+	return
+}
+
 // SetDisplayName sets the user's profile display name. See http://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.2.0.html#put-matrix-client-r0-profile-userid-displayname
 func (cli *Client) SetDisplayName(displayName string) (err error) {
 	urlPath := cli.BuildURL("profile", cli.UserID, "displayname")
diff --git a/responses.go b/responses.go
index 1b9b066..fe0eeb3 100644
--- a/responses.go
+++ b/responses.go
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ func (r RespUserInteractive) HasSingleStageFlow(stageName string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// RespUserDisplayName is the JSON response for https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.2.0.html#get-matrix-client-r0-profile-userid-displayname
+type RespUserDisplayName struct {
+	DisplayName string `json:"displayname"`
+}
+
 // RespRegister is the JSON response for http://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.2.0.html#post-matrix-client-r0-register
 type RespRegister struct {
 	AccessToken  string `json:"access_token"`