diff --git a/package/pkg-utils.mk b/package/pkg-utils.mk
index 11090cb628..d94041de24 100644
--- a/package/pkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-utils.mk
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ endef
 # $(1): upper-case package or filesystem name
 define json-info
 	"$($(1)_NAME)": {
+		"name": "$($(1)_RAWNAME)",
 		"type": "$($(1)_TYPE)",
 		$(if $(filter rootfs,$($(1)_TYPE)), \
 			$(call _json-info-fs,$(1)), \