diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7ed500ca3..2a9cc29f5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ linux_platform_headers = \
 	generic/gettime.h \
 	generic/hostname.h \
 	generic/uname.h \
+	linux/CGroupUtils.h \
 	linux/HugePageMeter.h \
 	linux/IOPriority.h \
 	linux/IOPriorityPanel.h \
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ linux_platform_sources = \
 	generic/gettime.c \
 	generic/hostname.c \
 	generic/uname.c \
+	linux/CGroupUtils.c \
 	linux/HugePageMeter.c \
 	linux/IOPriorityPanel.c \
 	linux/LibSensors.c \
diff --git a/htop.1.in b/htop.1.in
index 702f7c232..49c4a52d9 100644
--- a/htop.1.in
+++ b/htop.1.in
@@ -488,7 +488,23 @@ The I/O rate of write(2) in bytes per second, for the process.
 The I/O rate, IO_READ_RATE + IO_WRITE_RATE (see above).
 .TP
 .B CGROUP
-Which cgroup the process is in.
+Which cgroup the process is in. For a shortened view see the CCGROUP column below.
+.TP
+.B CCGROUP
+Shortened view of the cgroup name that the process is in.
+This performs some pattern-based replacements to shorten the displayed string and thus condense the information.
+   \fB/*.slice\fR is shortened to \fB/[*]\fR (exceptions below)
+   \fB/system.slice\fR is shortened to \fB/[S]\fR
+   \fB/user.slice\fR is shortened to \fB/[U]\fR
+   \fB/user-*.slice\fR is shortened to \fB/[U:*]\fR (directly preceeding \fB/[U]\fR before dropped)
+   \fB/machine.slice\fR is shortened to \fB/[M]\fR
+   \fB/machine-*.scope\fR is shortened to \fB/[SNC:*]\fR (SNC: systemd nspawn container), uppercase for the monitor
+   \fB/lxc.monitor.*\fR is shortened to \fB/[LXC:*]\fR
+   \fB/lxc.payload.*\fR is shortened to \fB/[lxc:*]\fR
+   \fB/*.scope\fR is shortened to \fB/!*\fR
+   \fB/*.service\fR is shortened to \fB/*\fR (suffix removed)
+
+Encountered escape sequences (e.g. from systemd) inside the cgroup name are not decoded.
 .TP
 .B OOM
 OOM killer score.
diff --git a/linux/CGroupUtils.c b/linux/CGroupUtils.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f3b6fe7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux/CGroupUtils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+/*
+htop - CGroupUtils.h
+(C) 2021 htop dev team
+Released under the GNU GPLv2+, see the COPYING file
+in the source distribution for its full text.
+*/
+
+#include "linux/CGroupUtils.h"
+
+#include "XUtils.h"
+
+
+typedef struct StrBuf_state {
+   char *buf;
+   size_t size;
+   size_t pos;
+} StrBuf_state;
+
+typedef bool (*StrBuf_putc_t)(StrBuf_state* p, char c);
+
+static bool StrBuf_putc_count(StrBuf_state* p, ATTR_UNUSED char c) {
+   p->pos++;
+   return true;
+}
+
+static bool StrBuf_putc_write(StrBuf_state* p, char c) {
+   if (p->pos >= p->size)
+      return false;
+
+   p->buf[p->pos] = c;
+   p->pos++;
+   return true;
+}
+
+static bool StrBuf_putsn(StrBuf_state* p, StrBuf_putc_t w, const char* s, size_t count) {
+   while (count--)
+      if (!w(p, *s++))
+         return false;
+
+   return true;
+}
+
+static bool StrBuf_putsz(StrBuf_state* p, StrBuf_putc_t w, const char* s) {
+   while (*s)
+      if (!w(p, *s++))
+         return false;
+
+   return true;
+}
+
+static bool Label_checkEqual(const char* labelStart, size_t labelLen, const char* expected) {
+   return labelLen == strlen(expected) && String_startsWith(labelStart, expected);
+}
+
+static bool Label_checkPrefix(const char* labelStart, size_t labelLen, const char* expected) {
+   return labelLen > strlen(expected) && String_startsWith(labelStart, expected);
+}
+
+static bool Label_checkSuffix(const char* labelStart, size_t labelLen, const char* expected) {
+   return labelLen > strlen(expected) && String_startsWith(labelStart + labelLen - strlen(expected), expected);
+}
+
+static bool CGroup_filterName_internal(const char *cgroup, StrBuf_state* s, StrBuf_putc_t w) {
+   const char* str_slice_suffix = ".slice";
+   const char* str_system_slice = "system.slice";
+   const char* str_user_slice = "user.slice";
+   const char* str_machine_slice = "machine.slice";
+   const char* str_user_slice_prefix = "/user-";
+
+   const char* str_lxc_monitor_legacy = "lxc.monitor";
+   const char* str_lxc_payload_legacy = "lxc.payload";
+   const char* str_lxc_monitor_prefix = "lxc.monitor.";
+   const char* str_lxc_payload_prefix = "lxc.payload.";
+
+   const char* str_nspawn_scope_prefix = "machine-";
+   const char* str_nspawn_monitor_label = "/supervisor";
+   const char* str_nspawn_payload_label = "/payload";
+
+   const char* str_service_suffix = ".service";
+   const char* str_scope_suffix = ".scope";
+
+   while (*cgroup) {
+      if ('/' == *cgroup) {
+         while ('/' == *cgroup)
+            cgroup++;
+
+         if (!w(s, '/'))
+            return false;
+
+         continue;
+      }
+
+      const char* labelStart = cgroup;
+      const char* nextSlash = strchrnul(labelStart, '/');
+      const size_t labelLen = nextSlash - labelStart;
+
+      if (Label_checkEqual(labelStart, labelLen, str_system_slice)) {
+         cgroup = nextSlash;
+
+         if (!StrBuf_putsz(s, w, "[S]"))
+            return false;
+
+         continue;
+      }
+
+      if (Label_checkEqual(labelStart, labelLen, str_machine_slice)) {
+         cgroup = nextSlash;
+
+         if (!StrBuf_putsz(s, w, "[M]"))
+            return false;
+
+         continue;
+      }
+
+      if (Label_checkEqual(labelStart, labelLen, str_user_slice)) {
+         cgroup = nextSlash;
+
+         if (!StrBuf_putsz(s, w, "[U]"))
+            return false;
+
+         if (!String_startsWith(cgroup, str_user_slice_prefix))
+            continue;
+
+         const char* userSliceSlash = strchrnul(cgroup + strlen(str_user_slice_prefix), '/');
+         const char* sliceSpec = userSliceSlash - strlen(str_slice_suffix);
+
+         if (!String_startsWith(sliceSpec, str_slice_suffix))
+            continue;
+
+         const size_t sliceNameLen = sliceSpec - (cgroup + strlen(str_user_slice_prefix));
+
+         s->pos--;
+         if (!w(s, ':'))
+            return false;
+
+         if (!StrBuf_putsn(s, w, cgroup + strlen(str_user_slice_prefix), sliceNameLen))
+            return false;
+
+         if (!w(s, ']'))
+            return false;
+
+         cgroup = userSliceSlash;
+
+         continue;
+      }
+
+      if (Label_checkSuffix(labelStart, labelLen, str_slice_suffix)) {
+         const size_t sliceNameLen = labelLen - strlen(str_slice_suffix);
+
+         if (!w(s, '['))
+            return false;
+
+         if (!StrBuf_putsn(s, w, cgroup, sliceNameLen))
+            return false;
+
+         if (!w(s, ']'))
+            return false;
+
+         cgroup = nextSlash;
+
+         continue;
+      }
+
+      if (Label_checkPrefix(labelStart, labelLen, str_lxc_payload_prefix)) {
+         const size_t cgroupNameLen = labelLen - strlen(str_lxc_payload_prefix);
+
+         if (!StrBuf_putsz(s, w, "[lxc:"))
+            return false;
+
+         if (!StrBuf_putsn(s, w, cgroup + strlen(str_lxc_payload_prefix), cgroupNameLen))
+            return false;
+
+         if (!w(s, ']'))
+            return false;
+
+         cgroup = nextSlash;
+
+         continue;
+      }
+
+      if (Label_checkPrefix(labelStart, labelLen, str_lxc_monitor_prefix)) {
+         const size_t cgroupNameLen = labelLen - strlen(str_lxc_monitor_prefix);
+
+         if (!StrBuf_putsz(s, w, "[LXC:"))
+            return false;
+
+         if (!StrBuf_putsn(s, w, cgroup + strlen(str_lxc_monitor_prefix), cgroupNameLen))
+            return false;
+
+         if (!w(s, ']'))
+            return false;
+
+         cgroup = nextSlash;
+
+         continue;
+      }
+
+      // LXC legacy cgroup naming
+      if (Label_checkEqual(labelStart, labelLen, str_lxc_monitor_legacy) ||
+         Label_checkEqual(labelStart, labelLen, str_lxc_payload_legacy)) {
+         bool isMonitor = Label_checkEqual(labelStart, labelLen, str_lxc_monitor_legacy);
+
+         labelStart = nextSlash;
+         while (*labelStart == '/')
+            labelStart++;
+
+         nextSlash = strchrnul(labelStart, '/');
+         if (nextSlash - labelStart > 0) {
+            if (!StrBuf_putsz(s, w, isMonitor ? "[LXC:" : "[lxc:"))
+               return false;
+
+            if (!StrBuf_putsn(s, w, labelStart, nextSlash - labelStart))
+               return false;
+
+            if (!w(s, ']'))
+               return false;
+
+            cgroup = nextSlash;
+            continue;
+         }
+
+         labelStart = cgroup;
+         nextSlash = labelStart + labelLen;
+      }
+
+      if (Label_checkSuffix(labelStart, labelLen, str_service_suffix)) {
+         const size_t serviceNameLen = labelLen - strlen(str_service_suffix);
+
+         if (String_startsWith(cgroup, "user@")) {
+            cgroup = nextSlash;
+
+            while(*cgroup == '/')
+               cgroup++;
+
+            continue;
+         }
+
+         if (!StrBuf_putsn(s, w, cgroup, serviceNameLen))
+            return false;
+
+         cgroup = nextSlash;
+
+         continue;
+      }
+
+      if (Label_checkSuffix(labelStart, labelLen, str_scope_suffix)) {
+         const size_t scopeNameLen = labelLen - strlen(str_scope_suffix);
+
+         if (Label_checkPrefix(labelStart, scopeNameLen, str_nspawn_scope_prefix)) {
+            const size_t machineScopeNameLen = scopeNameLen - strlen(str_nspawn_scope_prefix);
+
+            const bool is_monitor = String_startsWith(nextSlash, str_nspawn_monitor_label);
+
+            if (!StrBuf_putsz(s, w, is_monitor ? "[SNC:" : "[snc:"))
+               return false;
+
+            if (!StrBuf_putsn(s, w, cgroup + strlen(str_nspawn_scope_prefix), machineScopeNameLen))
+               return false;
+
+            if (!w(s, ']'))
+               return false;
+
+            cgroup = nextSlash;
+            if (String_startsWith(nextSlash, str_nspawn_monitor_label))
+               cgroup += strlen(str_nspawn_monitor_label);
+            else if (String_startsWith(nextSlash, str_nspawn_payload_label))
+               cgroup += strlen(str_nspawn_payload_label);
+
+            continue;
+         }
+
+         if (!w(s, '!'))
+            return false;
+
+         if (!StrBuf_putsn(s, w, cgroup, scopeNameLen))
+            return false;
+
+         cgroup = nextSlash;
+
+         continue;
+      }
+
+      // Default behavior: Copy the full label
+      cgroup = labelStart;
+
+      if (!StrBuf_putsn(s, w, cgroup, labelLen))
+         return false;
+
+      cgroup = nextSlash;
+   }
+
+   return true;
+}
+
+char* CGroup_filterName(const char *cgroup) {
+   StrBuf_state s = {
+      .buf = NULL,
+      .size = 0,
+      .pos = 0,
+   };
+
+   if (!CGroup_filterName_internal(cgroup, &s, StrBuf_putc_count)) {
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   s.buf = xCalloc(s.pos + 1, sizeof(char));
+   s.size = s.pos;
+   s.pos = 0;
+
+   if (!CGroup_filterName_internal(cgroup, &s, StrBuf_putc_write)) {
+      free(s.buf);
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   s.buf[s.size] = '\0';
+   return s.buf;
+}
diff --git a/linux/CGroupUtils.h b/linux/CGroupUtils.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db2df7f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux/CGroupUtils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef HEADER_CGroupUtils
+#define HEADER_CGroupUtils
+/*
+htop - CGroupUtils.h
+(C) 2021 htop dev team
+Released under the GNU GPLv2+, see the COPYING file
+in the source distribution for its full text.
+*/
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+
+char* CGroup_filterName(const char *cgroup);
+
+#endif /* HEADER_CGroupUtils */
diff --git a/linux/LinuxProcess.c b/linux/LinuxProcess.c
index 7b48c9362..ba2dbd463 100644
--- a/linux/LinuxProcess.c
+++ b/linux/LinuxProcess.c
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ const ProcessFieldData Process_fields[LAST_PROCESSFIELD] = {
    [IO_READ_RATE] = { .name = "IO_READ_RATE", .title = " DISK READ  ", .description = "The I/O rate of read(2) in bytes per second for the process", .flags = PROCESS_FLAG_IO, .defaultSortDesc = true, },
    [IO_WRITE_RATE] = { .name = "IO_WRITE_RATE", .title = " DISK WRITE ", .description = "The I/O rate of write(2) in bytes per second for the process", .flags = PROCESS_FLAG_IO, .defaultSortDesc = true, },
    [IO_RATE] = { .name = "IO_RATE", .title = "   DISK R/W ", .description = "Total I/O rate in bytes per second", .flags = PROCESS_FLAG_IO, .defaultSortDesc = true, },
-   [CGROUP] = { .name = "CGROUP", .title = "    CGROUP ", .description = "Which cgroup the process is in", .flags = PROCESS_FLAG_LINUX_CGROUP, },
+   [CGROUP] = { .name = "CGROUP", .title = "CGROUP (raw)                        ", .description = "Which cgroup the process is in", .flags = PROCESS_FLAG_LINUX_CGROUP, },
+   [CCGROUP] = { .name = "CCGROUP", .title = "CGROUP (compressed)                 ", .description = "Which cgroup the process is in (condensed to essentials)", .flags = PROCESS_FLAG_LINUX_CGROUP, },
    [OOM] = { .name = "OOM", .title = " OOM ", .description = "OOM (Out-of-Memory) killer score", .flags = PROCESS_FLAG_LINUX_OOM, .defaultSortDesc = true, },
    [IO_PRIORITY] = { .name = "IO_PRIORITY", .title = "IO ", .description = "I/O priority", .flags = PROCESS_FLAG_LINUX_IOPRIO, },
 #ifdef HAVE_DELAYACCT
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ Process* LinuxProcess_new(const Settings* settings) {
 void Process_delete(Object* cast) {
    LinuxProcess* this = (LinuxProcess*) cast;
    Process_done((Process*)cast);
+   free(this->cgroup_short);
    free(this->cgroup);
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENVZ
    free(this->ctid);
@@ -246,7 +248,8 @@ static void LinuxProcess_writeField(const Process* this, RichString* str, Proces
    #ifdef HAVE_VSERVER
    case VXID: xSnprintf(buffer, n, "%5u ", lp->vxid); break;
    #endif
-   case CGROUP: xSnprintf(buffer, n, "%-10s ", lp->cgroup ? lp->cgroup : ""); break;
+   case CGROUP: xSnprintf(buffer, n, "%-35.35s ", lp->cgroup ? lp->cgroup : "N/A"); break;
+   case CCGROUP: xSnprintf(buffer, n, "%-35.35s ", lp->cgroup_short ? lp->cgroup_short : (lp->cgroup ? lp->cgroup : "N/A")); break;
    case OOM: xSnprintf(buffer, n, "%4u ", lp->oom); break;
    case IO_PRIORITY: {
       int klass = IOPriority_class(lp->ioPriority);
@@ -370,6 +373,8 @@ static int LinuxProcess_compareByKey(const Process* v1, const Process* v2, Proce
    #endif
    case CGROUP:
       return SPACESHIP_NULLSTR(p1->cgroup, p2->cgroup);
+   case CCGROUP:
+      return SPACESHIP_NULLSTR(p1->cgroup_short, p2->cgroup_short);
    case OOM:
       return SPACESHIP_NUMBER(p1->oom, p2->oom);
    #ifdef HAVE_DELAYACCT
diff --git a/linux/LinuxProcess.h b/linux/LinuxProcess.h
index b4e1a8bfe..3e5d38040 100644
--- a/linux/LinuxProcess.h
+++ b/linux/LinuxProcess.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ typedef struct LinuxProcess_ {
    unsigned int vxid;
    #endif
    char* cgroup;
+   char* cgroup_short;
    unsigned int oom;
    #ifdef HAVE_DELAYACCT
    unsigned long long int delay_read_time;
diff --git a/linux/LinuxProcessList.c b/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
index a2d3d2bec..3bfe7db50 100644
--- a/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
+++ b/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ in the source distribution for its full text.
 #include "Process.h"
 #include "Settings.h"
 #include "XUtils.h"
+#include "linux/CGroupUtils.h"
 #include "linux/LinuxProcess.h"
 #include "linux/Platform.h" // needed for GNU/hurd to get PATH_MAX  // IWYU pragma: keep
 
@@ -860,6 +861,10 @@ static void LinuxProcessList_readCGroupFile(LinuxProcess* process, openat_arg_t
          free(process->cgroup);
          process->cgroup = NULL;
       }
+      if (process->cgroup_short) {
+         free(process->cgroup_short);
+         process->cgroup_short = NULL;
+      }
       return;
    }
    char output[PROC_LINE_LENGTH + 1];
@@ -872,9 +877,16 @@ static void LinuxProcessList_readCGroupFile(LinuxProcess* process, openat_arg_t
       if (!ok)
          break;
 
-      char* group = strchr(buffer, ':');
-      if (!group)
-         break;
+      char* group = buffer;
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+         group = strchrnul(group, ':');
+         if (!*group)
+            break;
+         group++;
+      }
+
+      char* eol = strchrnul(group, '\n');
+      *eol = '\0';
 
       if (at != output) {
          *at = ';';
@@ -885,7 +897,22 @@ static void LinuxProcessList_readCGroupFile(LinuxProcess* process, openat_arg_t
       left -= wrote;
    }
    fclose(file);
+
+   bool changed = !process->cgroup || !String_eq(process->cgroup, output);
+
    free_and_xStrdup(&process->cgroup, output);
+
+   if (!changed)
+      return;
+
+   char* cgroup_short = CGroup_filterName(process->cgroup);
+   if (cgroup_short) {
+      free_and_xStrdup(&process->cgroup_short, cgroup_short);
+      free(cgroup_short);
+   } else {
+      free(process->cgroup_short);
+      process->cgroup_short = NULL;
+   }
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_VSERVER
diff --git a/linux/ProcessField.h b/linux/ProcessField.h
index 70475929c..17cafa964 100644
--- a/linux/ProcessField.h
+++ b/linux/ProcessField.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ in the source distribution for its full text.
    SECATTR = 123,                \
    AUTOGROUP_ID = 127,           \
    AUTOGROUP_NICE = 128,         \
+   CCGROUP = 129,                \
    // End of list