diff --git a/code/glTF2Importer.cpp b/code/glTF2Importer.cpp
index ca12d3657..94e5ca3f1 100644
--- a/code/glTF2Importer.cpp
+++ b/code/glTF2Importer.cpp
@@ -516,7 +516,9 @@ aiNode* ImportNode(aiScene* pScene, glTF2::Asset& r, std::vector<unsigned int>&
 {
     Node& node = *ptr;
 
-    aiNode* ainode = new aiNode(node.name);
+    std::string nameOrId = node.name.empty() ? node.id : node.name;
+
+    aiNode* ainode = new aiNode(nameOrId);
 
     if (!node.children.empty()) {
         ainode->mNumChildren = unsigned(node.children.size());
diff --git a/test/models/glTF2/2CylinderEngine-glTF-Binary/2CylinderEngine.glb b/test/models/glTF2/2CylinderEngine-glTF-Binary/2CylinderEngine.glb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e9b10568
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/models/glTF2/2CylinderEngine-glTF-Binary/2CylinderEngine.glb differ
diff --git a/test/unit/utglTF2ImportExport.cpp b/test/unit/utglTF2ImportExport.cpp
index c6ccde406..865159d0d 100644
--- a/test/unit/utglTF2ImportExport.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/utglTF2ImportExport.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ public:
         return nullptr != scene;
     }
 
+    virtual bool binaryImporterTest() {
+        Assimp::Importer importer;
+        const aiScene *scene = importer.ReadFile( ASSIMP_TEST_MODELS_DIR "/glTF2/2CylinderEngine-glTF-Binary/2CylinderEngine.glb", aiProcess_ValidateDataStructure);
+        return nullptr != scene;
+    }
+
 #ifndef ASSIMP_BUILD_NO_EXPORT
     virtual bool exporterTest() {
         Assimp::Importer importer;
@@ -74,6 +80,10 @@ TEST_F( utglTF2ImportExport, importglTF2FromFileTest ) {
     EXPECT_TRUE( importerTest() );
 }
 
+TEST_F( utglTF2ImportExport, importBinaryglTF2FromFileTest ) {
+    EXPECT_TRUE( binaryImporterTest() );
+}
+
 #ifndef ASSIMP_BUILD_NO_EXPORT
 TEST_F( utglTF2ImportExport, exportglTF2FromFileTest ) {
     EXPECT_TRUE( exporterTest() );