diff --git a/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_scaler.go
index 2f4a647ca1f..9834c8e6266 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_scaler.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package scalers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials/stscreds"
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ type awsSqsQueueScaler struct {
 type awsSqsQueueMetadata struct {
 	targetQueueLength int
 	queueURL          string
+	queueName         string
 	awsRegion         string
 	awsAuthorization  awsAuthorizationMetadata
 }
@@ -69,6 +72,19 @@ func parseAwsSqsQueueMetadata(metadata, resolvedEnv, authParams map[string]strin
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no queueURL given")
 	}
 
+	queueURL, err := url.ParseRequestURI(meta.queueURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("queueURL is not a valid URL")
+	}
+
+	queueURLPath := queueURL.Path
+	queueURLPathParts := strings.Split(queueURLPath, "/")
+	if len(queueURLPathParts) != 3 || len(queueURLPathParts[2]) <= 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot get queueName from queueURL")
+	}
+
+	meta.queueName = queueURLPathParts[2]
+
 	if val, ok := metadata["awsRegion"]; ok && val != "" {
 		meta.awsRegion = val
 	} else {
@@ -102,7 +118,8 @@ func (s *awsSqsQueueScaler) Close() error {
 
 func (s *awsSqsQueueScaler) GetMetricSpecForScaling() []v2beta1.MetricSpec {
 	targetQueueLengthQty := resource.NewQuantity(int64(s.metadata.targetQueueLength), resource.DecimalSI)
-	externalMetric := &v2beta1.ExternalMetricSource{MetricName: awsSqsQueueMetricName, TargetAverageValue: targetQueueLengthQty}
+	externalMetric := &v2beta1.ExternalMetricSource{MetricName: fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", "AWS-SQS-Queue", awsSqsQueueMetricName, s.metadata.queueName),
+		TargetAverageValue: targetQueueLengthQty}
 	metricSpec := v2beta1.MetricSpec{External: externalMetric, Type: externalMetricType}
 	return []v2beta1.MetricSpec{metricSpec}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_test.go b/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_test.go
index 1656ebeebcf..7c143a5bd61 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/aws_sqs_queue_test.go
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-var testAWSSQSRoleArn = "none"
+const (
+	testAWSSQSRoleArn         = "none"
+	testAWSSQSAccessKeyID     = "none"
+	testAWSSQSSecretAccessKey = "none"
 
-var testAWSSQSAccessKeyID = "none"
-var testAWSSQSSecretAccessKey = "none"
+	testAWSSQSProperQueueURL    = "https://sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/account_id/DeleteArtifactQ"
+	testAWSSQSImproperQueueURL1 = "https://sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/account_id"
+	testAWSSQSImproperQueueURL2 = "https://sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com"
+)
 
 var testAWSSQSResolvedEnv = map[string]string{
 	"AWS_ACCESS_KEY":        "none",
@@ -32,35 +37,49 @@ var testAWSSQSMetadata = []parseAWSSQSMetadataTestData{
 		true,
 		"metadata empty"},
 	{map[string]string{
-		"queueURL":    "myqueue",
+		"queueURL":    testAWSSQSProperQueueURL,
 		"queueLength": "1",
 		"awsRegion":   "eu-west-1"},
 		testAWSSQSAuthentication,
 		false,
 		"properly formed queue and region"},
 	{map[string]string{
-		"queueURL":    "myqueue",
+		"queueURL":    testAWSSQSImproperQueueURL1,
+		"queueLength": "1",
+		"awsRegion":   "eu-west-1"},
+		testAWSSQSAuthentication,
+		true,
+		"improperly formed queue, missing queueName"},
+	{map[string]string{
+		"queueURL":    testAWSSQSImproperQueueURL2,
+		"queueLength": "1",
+		"awsRegion":   "eu-west-1"},
+		testAWSSQSAuthentication,
+		true,
+		"improperly formed queue, missing path"},
+	{map[string]string{
+		"queueURL":    testAWSSQSProperQueueURL,
 		"queueLength": "1",
 		"awsRegion":   ""},
 		testAWSSQSAuthentication,
 		true,
 		"properly formed queue, empty region"},
 	{map[string]string{
-		"queueURL":    "myqueue",
+		"queueURL":    testAWSSQSProperQueueURL,
 		"queueLength": "1",
 		"awsRegion":   "eu-west-1"},
 		testAWSSQSAuthentication,
 		false,
 		"properly formed queue, integer queueLength"},
 	{map[string]string{
-		"queueURL":    "myqueue",
+		"queueURL":    testAWSSQSProperQueueURL,
 		"queueLength": "a",
 		"awsRegion":   "eu-west-1"},
 		testAWSSQSAuthentication,
 		false,
 		"properly formed queue, invalid queueLength"},
 	{map[string]string{
-		"queueURL":    "myqueue",
+		"queueURL":    testAWSSQSProperQueueURL,
 		"queueLength": "1",
 		"awsRegion":   "eu-west-1"},
 		map[string]string{
@@ -70,7 +89,7 @@ var testAWSSQSMetadata = []parseAWSSQSMetadataTestData{
 		false,
 		"with AWS Credentials from TriggerAuthentication"},
 	{map[string]string{
-		"queueURL":    "myqueue",
+		"queueURL":    testAWSSQSProperQueueURL,
 		"queueLength": "1",
 		"awsRegion":   "eu-west-1"},
 		map[string]string{
@@ -80,7 +99,7 @@ var testAWSSQSMetadata = []parseAWSSQSMetadataTestData{
 		true,
 		"with AWS Credentials from TriggerAuthentication, missing Access Key Id"},
 	{map[string]string{
-		"queueURL":    "myqueue",
+		"queueURL":    testAWSSQSProperQueueURL,
 		"queueLength": "1",
 		"awsRegion":   "eu-west-1"},
 		map[string]string{
@@ -90,7 +109,7 @@ var testAWSSQSMetadata = []parseAWSSQSMetadataTestData{
 		true,
 		"with AWS Credentials from TriggerAuthentication, missing Secret Access Key"},
 	{map[string]string{
-		"queueURL":    "myqueue",
+		"queueURL":    testAWSSQSProperQueueURL,
 		"queueLength": "1",
 		"awsRegion":   "eu-west-1"},
 		map[string]string{