diff --git a/common/major_upgrade_steps.j2.yaml b/common/major_upgrade_steps.j2.yaml
index 36b342f968..1a4610dba5 100644
--- a/common/major_upgrade_steps.j2.yaml
+++ b/common/major_upgrade_steps.j2.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ resources:
   {{role.name}}DeliverUpgradeScriptConfig:
     type: OS::Heat::SoftwareConfig
     properties:
+      name: {{role.name}}DeliverUpgradeScriptConfig
       group: script
       config:
         list_join:
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ resources:
   {{role.name}}DeliverUpgradeScriptDeployment:
     type: OS::Heat::SoftwareDeploymentGroup
     properties:
+      name: {{role.name}}DeliverUpgradeScriptDeployment
       servers:  {get_param: [servers, {{role.name}}]}
       config: {get_resource: {{role.name}}DeliverUpgradeScriptConfig}
 {% endfor %}
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ resources:
       rolling_update:
         max_batch_size: {{role.upgrade_batch_size|default(1)}}
     properties:
+      name: {{role.name}}UpgradeBatch_Step{{step}}
       servers: {get_param: [servers, {{role.name}}]}
       config: {get_resource: {{role.name}}UpgradeBatchConfig_Step{{step}}}
       input_values:
@@ -164,6 +167,7 @@ resources:
       {%- endif %}
       {%- endfor %}
     properties:
+      name: {{role.name}}Upgrade_Step{{step}}
       servers: {get_param: [servers, {{role.name}}]}
       config: {get_resource: {{role.name}}UpgradeConfig_Step{{step}}}
       input_values:
@@ -216,6 +220,7 @@ resources:
       {%- endif %}
       {%- endfor %}
     properties:
+      name: {{role.name}}PostUpgradeConfig_Deployment{{step}}
       servers: {get_param: [servers, {{role.name}}]}
       config: {get_resource: {{role.name}}PostUpgradeConfig_Config{{step}}}
       input_values:
diff --git a/extraconfig/all_nodes/swap-partition.j2.yaml b/extraconfig/all_nodes/swap-partition.j2.yaml
index 9e3713b8f9..189a3b13b4 100644
--- a/extraconfig/all_nodes/swap-partition.j2.yaml
+++ b/extraconfig/all_nodes/swap-partition.j2.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ resources:
   {{role.name}}SwapDeployment:
     type: OS::Heat::SoftwareDeploymentGroup
     properties:
+      name: {{role.name}}SwapDeployment
       config: {get_resource: SwapConfig}
       servers: {get_param: [servers, {{role.name}}]}
       input_values:
diff --git a/extraconfig/all_nodes/swap.j2.yaml b/extraconfig/all_nodes/swap.j2.yaml
index e19fc2184a..5b3cd1d073 100644
--- a/extraconfig/all_nodes/swap.j2.yaml
+++ b/extraconfig/all_nodes/swap.j2.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ resources:
   {{role.name}}SwapDeployment:
     type: OS::Heat::SoftwareDeploymentGroup
     properties:
+      name: {{role.name}}SwapDeployment
       config: {get_resource: SwapConfig}
       servers: {get_param: [servers, {{role.name}}]}
       input_values:
diff --git a/puppet/extraconfig/all_nodes/neutron-midonet-all-nodes.yaml b/puppet/extraconfig/all_nodes/neutron-midonet-all-nodes.yaml
index e1c464b0eb..1faeae8268 100644
--- a/puppet/extraconfig/all_nodes/neutron-midonet-all-nodes.yaml
+++ b/puppet/extraconfig/all_nodes/neutron-midonet-all-nodes.yaml
@@ -92,11 +92,13 @@ resources:
   NetworkMidonetDeploymentControllers:
     type: OS::Heat::StructuredDeploymentGroup
     properties:
+      name: NetworkMidonetDeploymentControllers
       config: {get_resource: NetworkMidoNetConfig}
       servers: {get_param: [servers, Controller]}
 
   NetworkMidonetDeploymentComputes:
     type: OS::Heat::StructuredDeploymentGroup
     properties:
+      name: NetworkMidonetDeploymentComputes
       config: {get_resource: NetworkMidoNetConfig}
       servers: {get_param: [servers, Compute]}
diff --git a/tools/yaml-validate.py b/tools/yaml-validate.py
index 51da90f47d..c9854aad4e 100755
--- a/tools/yaml-validate.py
+++ b/tools/yaml-validate.py
@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ VALIDATE_DOCKER_OVERRIDE = {
   # docker/service/sshd.yaml is a variation of the puppet sshd service
   './docker/services/sshd.yaml': False,
 }
+DEPLOYMENT_RESOURCE_TYPES = [
+    'OS::Heat::SoftwareDeploymentGroup',
+    'OS::Heat::StructuredDeploymentGroup',
+    'OS::Heat::StructuredDeployments',
+    'OS::Heat::SoftwareDeployments',
+    'OS::Heat::SoftwareDeployment',
+    'OS::Heat::StructuredDeployment',
+    'OS::TripleO::SoftwareDeployment'
+]
 
 def exit_usage():
     print('Usage %s <yaml file or directory>' % sys.argv[0])
@@ -548,6 +557,16 @@ def validate(filename, param_map):
                 print('Warning: parameter %s in template %s '
                       'appears to be unused' % (p, filename))
 
+        resources = tpl.get('resources')
+        if resources:
+            for resource, data in resources.items():
+                if data['type'] not in DEPLOYMENT_RESOURCE_TYPES:
+                    continue
+                if 'name' not in data['properties']:
+                    print('ERROR: resource %s from %s missing name property.'
+                            % (resource, filename))
+                    return 1
+
     return retval
 
 def validate_upgrade_tasks(upgrade_steps):
@@ -576,6 +595,7 @@ def parse_args():
 
     p.add_argument('--quiet', '-q',
                    action='count',
+                   default=0,
                    help='output warnings and errors (-q) or only errors (-qq)')
     p.add_argument('path_args',
                    nargs='*',