diff --git a/bpmodify/bpmodify.go b/bpmodify/bpmodify.go
index 0ab9dde..42de70e 100644
--- a/bpmodify/bpmodify.go
+++ b/bpmodify/bpmodify.go
@@ -230,12 +230,20 @@ func processParameter(value parser.Expression, paramName, moduleName string,
 	}
 
 	if (*replaceProperty).size() != 0 {
-		list, ok := value.Eval().(*parser.List)
-		if !ok {
-			return false, []error{fmt.Errorf("expected parameter %s in module %s to be a list, found %s",
-				paramName, moduleName, value.Type().String())}
+		if list, ok := value.Eval().(*parser.List); ok {
+			return parser.ReplaceStringsInList(list, (*replaceProperty).oldNameToNewName), nil
+		} else if str, ok := value.Eval().(*parser.String); ok {
+			oldVal := str.Value
+			replacementValue := (*replaceProperty).oldNameToNewName[oldVal]
+			if replacementValue != "" {
+				str.Value = replacementValue
+				return true, nil
+			} else {
+				return false, nil
+			}
 		}
-		return parser.ReplaceStringsInList(list, (*replaceProperty).oldNameToNewName), nil
+		return false, []error{fmt.Errorf("expected parameter %s in module %s to be a list or string, found %s",
+			paramName, moduleName, value.Type().String())}
 	}
 	if len(addIdents.idents) > 0 || len(removeIdents.idents) > 0 {
 		list, ok := value.(*parser.List)
diff --git a/bpmodify/bpmodify_test.go b/bpmodify/bpmodify_test.go
index 3924358..f3cbc97 100644
--- a/bpmodify/bpmodify_test.go
+++ b/bpmodify/bpmodify_test.go
@@ -395,6 +395,46 @@ var testCases = []struct {
 			}
 		`,
 		replaceProperty: "baz:baz_lib,foobar:foobar_lib",
+	}, {
+		name:     "replace property string value",
+		property: "name",
+		input: `
+			cc_foo {
+				name: "foo",
+				deps: ["baz"],
+				unchanged: ["baz"],
+				required: ["foobar"],
+			}
+		`,
+		output: `
+			cc_foo {
+				name: "foo_lib",
+				deps: ["baz"],
+				unchanged: ["baz"],
+				required: ["foobar"],
+			}
+		`,
+		replaceProperty: "foo:foo_lib",
+	}, {
+		name:     "replace property string and list values",
+		property: "name,deps",
+		input: `
+			cc_foo {
+				name: "foo",
+				deps: ["baz"],
+				unchanged: ["baz"],
+				required: ["foobar"],
+			}
+		`,
+		output: `
+			cc_foo {
+				name: "foo_lib",
+				deps: ["baz_lib"],
+				unchanged: ["baz"],
+				required: ["foobar"],
+			}
+		`,
+		replaceProperty: "foo:foo_lib,baz:baz_lib",
 	},
 }