diff --git a/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc b/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc
index 257465bae..031ccc5f7 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/tarball.cc
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ struct TarballInputScheme : InputScheme
         if (maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "type") != "tarball") return {};
 
         for (auto & [name, value] : attrs)
-            if (name != "type" && name != "url" && /* name != "hash" && */ name != "narHash")
+            if (name != "type" && name != "url" && /* name != "hash" && */ name != "narHash" && name != "name")
                 throw Error("unsupported tarball input attribute '%s'", name);
 
         Input input;
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ struct TarballInputScheme : InputScheme
 
     std::pair<Tree, Input> fetch(ref<Store> store, const Input & input) override
     {
-        auto tree = downloadTarball(store, getStrAttr(input.attrs, "url"), "source", false).first;
+        auto tree = downloadTarball(store, getStrAttr(input.attrs, "url"), input.getName(), false).first;
         return {std::move(tree), input};
     }
 };
diff --git a/tests/tarball.sh b/tests/tarball.sh
index d53ec8cd9..279ef5672 100644
--- a/tests/tarball.sh
+++ b/tests/tarball.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ test_tarball() {
     nix-build  -o $TEST_ROOT/result -E "import (fetchTree file://$tarball)"
     nix-build  -o $TEST_ROOT/result -E "import (fetchTree { type = \"tarball\"; url = file://$tarball; })"
     nix-build  -o $TEST_ROOT/result -E "import (fetchTree { type = \"tarball\"; url = file://$tarball; narHash = \"$hash\"; })"
+    nix-build  -o $TEST_ROOT/result -E "import (fetchTree { type = \"tarball\"; url = file://$tarball; narHash = \"$hash\"; name = \"foo\"; })"
     nix-build  -o $TEST_ROOT/result -E "import (fetchTree { type = \"tarball\"; url = file://$tarball; narHash = \"sha256-xdKv2pq/IiwLSnBBJXW8hNowI4MrdZfW+SYqDQs7Tzc=\"; })" 2>&1 | grep 'NAR hash mismatch in input'
 
     nix-instantiate --strict --eval -E "!((import (fetchTree { type = \"tarball\"; url = file://$tarball; narHash = \"$hash\"; })) ? submodules)" >&2