diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
index a747cc39e4aa8a807f15a1526d0b105a9ad21d22..71fecaa5353e772db1ef4c441c4961acbf163939 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
@@ -469,6 +469,16 @@ public final class Hudson extends View implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Node,
         return  secretKey;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated
+     *      {@link Hudson} can't be renamed unlike a regular view.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void rename(String newName) throws ParseException {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Gets the SCM descriptor by name. Primarily used for making them web-visible.
      */
@@ -1017,6 +1027,10 @@ public final class Hudson extends View implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Node,
         return "";
     }
 
+    public void onViewRenamed(View view, String oldName, String newName) {
+        // implementation of Hudson is immune to view name change.
+    }
+
     @Override
     public SearchIndexBuilder makeSearchIndex() {
         return super.makeSearchIndex()
@@ -1180,7 +1194,7 @@ public final class Hudson extends View implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Node,
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void onJobChange(Item item, String oldName, String newName) {
+    public void onJobRenamed(Item item, String oldName, String newName) {
         // noop
     }
 
@@ -1329,7 +1343,7 @@ public final class Hudson extends View implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Node,
         items.remove(item.getName());
         if(views!=null) {
             for (View v : views)
-                v.onJobChange(item, item.getName(), null);
+                v.onJobRenamed(item, item.getName(), null);
             save();
         }
     }
@@ -1344,7 +1358,7 @@ public final class Hudson extends View implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Node,
 
         if(views!=null) {
             for (View v : views)
-                v.onJobChange(job, oldName, newName);
+                v.onJobRenamed(job, oldName, newName);
             save();
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
index ba3ea0ab9ad8d7449270c05935f2075fe53ca734..77e44a7b0c1decdc8d60ee812b1f77dbf048bbbc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class ListView extends View {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public synchronized void onJobChange(Item item, String oldName, String newName) {
+    public synchronized void onJobRenamed(Item item, String oldName, String newName) {
         jobNames.remove(oldName);
         if(newName!=null)
             jobNames.add(newName);
@@ -140,9 +140,7 @@ public class ListView extends View {
         includePattern = null;
 
         try {
-            String n = req.getParameter("name");
-            Hudson.checkGoodName(n);
-            name = n;
+            rename(req.getParameter("name"));
         } catch (ParseException e) {
             sendError(e, req, rsp);
             return;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/MyView.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/MyView.java
index 99e1b5e52dc0f60867b7bea69f94f04277a40dd4..fc91b176010874b1d3a1af3b654b235d32b3bea2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/MyView.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/MyView.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class MyView extends View {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void onJobChange(Item item, String oldName, String newName) {
+    public void onJobRenamed(Item item, String oldName, String newName) {
         // noop
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/View.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/View.java
index 5fcc85db287db845401f26223b13d7fe669b6a4c..a6774edfca031954c0bb8d4791ff45edec44f397 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/View.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/View.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.text.ParseException;
 
 /**
  * Encapsulates the rendering of the list of {@link TopLevelItem}s
@@ -89,12 +90,24 @@ public abstract class View extends AbstractModelObject implements AccessControll
 
     /**
      * Gets the name of all this collection.
+     *
+     * @see #rename(String)
      */
     @Exported(visibility=2,name="name")
     public String getViewName() {
         return name;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Renames this view.
+     */
+    public void rename(String newName) throws ParseException {
+        Hudson.checkGoodName(newName);
+        String oldName = name;
+        name = newName;
+        owner.onViewRenamed(this,oldName,newName);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Message displayed in the top page. Can be null. Includes HTML.
      */
@@ -187,7 +200,7 @@ public abstract class View extends AbstractModelObject implements AccessControll
      * @param newName
      *      New name of the item, if the item is renamed. Or null, if the item is removed.
      */
-    public abstract void onJobChange(Item item, String oldName, String newName);
+    public abstract void onJobRenamed(Item item, String oldName, String newName);
 
     @ExportedBean(defaultVisibility=2)
     public static final class UserInfo implements Comparable<UserInfo> {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ViewGroup.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ViewGroup.java
index 19928d7e98083e67b33d991b1bef369171667d9a..2de0bae69f6466d2bfa66c016272a13156ce9afe 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ViewGroup.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ViewGroup.java
@@ -37,4 +37,15 @@ public interface ViewGroup extends Saveable, ModelObject {
      * like "foo/bar/zot/". Note no leading slash but trailing slash.
      */
     String getUrl();
+
+    /**
+     * {@link View} calls this method when it's renamed.
+     * This method is intended to work as a notification to the {@link ViewGroup}
+     * (so that it can adjust its internal data structure, for example.)
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * It is the caller's responsibility to ensure that the new name is a
+     * {@linkplain Hudson#checkGoodName(String) legal view name}.
+     */
+    void onViewRenamed(View view, String oldName, String newName);
 }