diff --git a/code/glTF2Importer.cpp b/code/glTF2Importer.cpp
index ca12d3657..94e5ca3f1 100644
--- a/code/glTF2Importer.cpp
+++ b/code/glTF2Importer.cpp
@@ -516,7 +516,9 @@ aiNode* ImportNode(aiScene* pScene, glTF2::Asset& r, std::vector<unsigned int>&
 {
     Node& node = *ptr;
 
-    aiNode* ainode = new aiNode(node.name);
+    std::string nameOrId = node.name.empty() ? node.id : node.name;
+
+    aiNode* ainode = new aiNode(nameOrId);
 
     if (!node.children.empty()) {
         ainode->mNumChildren = unsigned(node.children.size());