diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57be4e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+phpunit.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Logger.php b/src/Monolog/Logger.php
index 47491a8c..860cab7c 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Logger.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Logger.php
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ class Logger
         $this->name = $name;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getName() {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Pushes an handler on the stack.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/LoggerTest.php b/tests/Monolog/LoggerTest.php
index 75b87d9f..e76bb7f7 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/LoggerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/LoggerTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ use Monolog\Handler\TestHandler;
 
 class LoggerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+
+    /**
+     * @covers Monolog\Logger::getName()
+     */
+    public function testGetName()
+    {
+        $logger = new Logger('foo');
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', $logger->getName());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @covers Monolog\Logger::__construct
      */