diff --git a/code/JoinVerticesProcess.cpp b/code/JoinVerticesProcess.cpp
index bd2b04683..32bf95ba7 100644
--- a/code/JoinVerticesProcess.cpp
+++ b/code/JoinVerticesProcess.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include "JoinVerticesProcess.h"
 #include "ProcessHelper.h"
 #include "Vertex.h"
+#include "TinyFormatter.h"
 
 using namespace Assimp;
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -251,13 +252,17 @@ int JoinVerticesProcess::ProcessMesh( aiMesh* pMesh, unsigned int meshIndex)
 	}
 
 	if (!DefaultLogger::isNullLogger() && DefaultLogger::get()->getLogSeverity() == Logger::VERBOSE)	{
-		char szBuff[128]; // should be sufficiently large in every case
-		::sprintf(szBuff,"Mesh %i | Verts in: %i out: %i | ~%.1f%%",
-			meshIndex,
-			pMesh->mNumVertices,
-			(int)uniqueVertices.size(),
-			((pMesh->mNumVertices - uniqueVertices.size()) / (float)pMesh->mNumVertices) * 100.f);
-		DefaultLogger::get()->debug(szBuff);
+		DefaultLogger::get()->debug((Formatter::format(),
+			"Mesh ",meshIndex,
+			" (",
+			(pMesh->mName.length ? pMesh->mName.data : "unnamed"),
+			") | Verts in: ",pMesh->mNumVertices,
+			" out: ",
+			uniqueVertices.size(),
+			" | ~",
+			((pMesh->mNumVertices - uniqueVertices.size()) / (float)pMesh->mNumVertices) * 100.f,
+			"%"
+		));
 	}
 
 	// replace vertex data with the unique data sets
diff --git a/code/SortByPTypeProcess.cpp b/code/SortByPTypeProcess.cpp
index 30c1b6117..66fb1eb86 100644
--- a/code/SortByPTypeProcess.cpp
+++ b/code/SortByPTypeProcess.cpp
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ void SortByPTypeProcess::Execute( aiScene* pScene)
 			outMeshes.push_back(new aiMesh());
 			aiMesh* out = outMeshes.back();
 
+			// the name carries the adjacency information between the meshes
+			out->mName = mesh->mName;
+
 			// copy data members
 			out->mPrimitiveTypes = 1u << real;
 			out->mMaterialIndex = mesh->mMaterialIndex;
diff --git a/code/SplitLargeMeshes.cpp b/code/SplitLargeMeshes.cpp
index b00527128..530434b78 100644
--- a/code/SplitLargeMeshes.cpp
+++ b/code/SplitLargeMeshes.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ void SplitLargeMeshesProcess_Triangle::SplitMesh(
 			pcMesh->mNumFaces		= iOutFaceNum;
 			pcMesh->mMaterialIndex	= pMesh->mMaterialIndex;
 
+			// the name carries the adjacency information between the meshes
+			pcMesh->mName = pMesh->mName;
+
 			if (i == iSubMeshes-1)
 			{
 				pcMesh->mNumFaces = iOutFaceNum + (
@@ -442,6 +445,9 @@ void SplitLargeMeshesProcess_Vertex::SplitMesh(
 			pcMesh->mNumVertices	= 0;
 			pcMesh->mMaterialIndex	= pMesh->mMaterialIndex;
 
+			// the name carries the adjacency information between the meshes
+			pcMesh->mName = pMesh->mName;
+
 			typedef std::vector<aiVertexWeight> BoneWeightList;
 			if (pMesh->HasBones())
 			{
diff --git a/code/ValidateDataStructure.cpp b/code/ValidateDataStructure.cpp
index 93d122b5d..c4ad27d8e 100644
--- a/code/ValidateDataStructure.cpp
+++ b/code/ValidateDataStructure.cpp
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ void ValidateDSProcess::Validate( const aiMesh* pMesh)
 			pMesh->mMaterialIndex,mScene->mNumMaterials-1);
 	}
 
+	Validate(&pMesh->mName);
+
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pMesh->mNumFaces; ++i)
 	{
 		aiFace& face = pMesh->mFaces[i];
diff --git a/doc/AssimpDoc_Html/AssimpDoc.chm b/doc/AssimpDoc_Html/AssimpDoc.chm
index 00fe252b8..ca3932310 100644
Binary files a/doc/AssimpDoc_Html/AssimpDoc.chm and b/doc/AssimpDoc_Html/AssimpDoc.chm differ
diff --git a/include/aiMesh.h b/include/aiMesh.h
index 4393ab521..14cce69fa 100644
--- a/include/aiMesh.h
+++ b/include/aiMesh.h
@@ -440,6 +440,19 @@ struct aiMesh
 	 */
 	unsigned int mMaterialIndex;
 
+	/** Name of the mesh. Meshes can be named, but this is not a
+	 *  requirement and leaving this field empty is totally fine.
+	 *  There are mainly three uses for mesh names: 
+	 *   - some formats name nodes and meshes independently.
+	 *   - importers tend to split meshes up to meet the
+	 *      one-material-per-mesh requirement. Assigning
+	 *      the same (dummy) name to each of the result meshes
+	 *      aids the caller at recovering the original mesh
+	 *      partitioning.
+	 *   - Vertex animations refer to meshes by their names.
+	 **/
+	aiString mName;
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 
 	//! Default constructor. Initializes all members to 0