diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/VRMLLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/VRMLLoader.js
index 2b7191fc91373a..f3d9de821c9d6d 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/VRMLLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/VRMLLoader.js
@@ -723,6 +723,12 @@ THREE.VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 				}
 
+				if ( build !== undefined && node.DEF !== undefined && build.hasOwnProperty( 'name' ) === true ) {
+
+					build.name = node.DEF;
+
+				}
+
 				return build;
 
 			}
diff --git a/examples/jsm/loaders/VRMLLoader.js b/examples/jsm/loaders/VRMLLoader.js
index d894d40c306a70..44ea131bfb2b98 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/loaders/VRMLLoader.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/loaders/VRMLLoader.js
@@ -761,6 +761,12 @@ var VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 				}
 
+				if ( build !== undefined && node.DEF !== undefined && build.hasOwnProperty( 'name' ) === true ) {
+
+					build.name = node.DEF;
+
+				}
+
 				return build;
 
 			}