diff --git a/keystone/catalog/backends/sql.py b/keystone/catalog/backends/sql.py
index c7860eed24..3cbcc12a31 100644
--- a/keystone/catalog/backends/sql.py
+++ b/keystone/catalog/backends/sql.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class Catalog(catalog.Driver):
             service_type = endpoint.service['type']
             default_service = {
                 'id': endpoint['id'],
-                'name': endpoint.service['name'],
+                'name': endpoint.service.extra.get('name', ''),
                 'publicURL': ''
             }
             catalog.setdefault(region, {})
@@ -329,9 +329,7 @@ class Catalog(catalog.Driver):
         def make_v3_service(svc):
             eps = list(make_v3_endpoints(svc.endpoints))
             service = {'endpoints': eps, 'id': svc.id, 'type': svc.type}
-            name = svc.extra.get('name')
-            if name:
-                service['name'] = name
+            service['name'] = svc.extra.get('name', '')
             return service
 
         return [make_v3_service(svc) for svc in services]
diff --git a/keystone/tests/test_catalog.py b/keystone/tests/test_catalog.py
index 32592a14d5..818c253e57 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/test_catalog.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/test_catalog.py
@@ -179,3 +179,33 @@ class TestV2CatalogAPISQL(tests.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(1, len(catalog))
         # all three endpoints appear in the backend
         self.assertEqual(3, len(self.catalog_api.list_endpoints()))
+
+    def test_get_catalog_always_returns_service_name(self):
+        user_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
+        tenant_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
+
+        # create a service, with a name
+        named_svc = {
+            'id': uuid.uuid4().hex,
+            'type': uuid.uuid4().hex,
+            'name': uuid.uuid4().hex,
+        }
+        self.catalog_api.create_service(named_svc['id'], named_svc)
+        endpoint = self.new_endpoint_ref(service_id=named_svc['id'])
+        self.catalog_api.create_endpoint(endpoint['id'], endpoint)
+
+        # create a service, with no name
+        unnamed_svc = {
+            'id': uuid.uuid4().hex,
+            'type': uuid.uuid4().hex
+        }
+        self.catalog_api.create_service(unnamed_svc['id'], unnamed_svc)
+        endpoint = self.new_endpoint_ref(service_id=unnamed_svc['id'])
+        self.catalog_api.create_endpoint(endpoint['id'], endpoint)
+
+        region = None
+        catalog = self.catalog_api.get_catalog(user_id, tenant_id)
+
+        self.assertEqual(named_svc['name'],
+                         catalog[region][named_svc['type']]['name'])
+        self.assertEqual('', catalog[region][unnamed_svc['type']]['name'])
diff --git a/keystone/tests/test_v3_catalog.py b/keystone/tests/test_v3_catalog.py
index 9b6b591e9d..b79e4aa468 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/test_v3_catalog.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/test_v3_catalog.py
@@ -675,6 +675,39 @@ class TestCatalogAPISQL(tests.TestCase):
         # all three appear in the backend
         self.assertEqual(3, len(self.catalog_api.list_endpoints()))
 
+    def test_get_catalog_always_returns_service_name(self):
+        user_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
+        tenant_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
+
+        # create a service, with a name
+        named_svc = {
+            'id': uuid.uuid4().hex,
+            'type': uuid.uuid4().hex,
+            'name': uuid.uuid4().hex,
+        }
+        self.catalog_api.create_service(named_svc['id'], named_svc)
+        endpoint = self.new_endpoint_ref(service_id=named_svc['id'])
+        self.catalog_api.create_endpoint(endpoint['id'], endpoint)
+
+        # create a service, with no name
+        unnamed_svc = {
+            'id': uuid.uuid4().hex,
+            'type': uuid.uuid4().hex
+        }
+        self.catalog_api.create_service(unnamed_svc['id'], unnamed_svc)
+        endpoint = self.new_endpoint_ref(service_id=unnamed_svc['id'])
+        self.catalog_api.create_endpoint(endpoint['id'], endpoint)
+
+        catalog = self.catalog_api.get_v3_catalog(user_id, tenant_id)
+
+        named_endpoint = [ep for ep in catalog
+                          if ep['type'] == named_svc['type']][0]
+        self.assertEqual(named_svc['name'], named_endpoint['name'])
+
+        unnamed_endpoint = [ep for ep in catalog
+                            if ep['type'] == unnamed_svc['type']][0]
+        self.assertEqual('', unnamed_endpoint['name'])
+
 
 # TODO(dstanek): this needs refactoring with the test above, but we are in a
 # crunch so that will happen in a future patch.