diff --git a/tests/unit/pombase/test_pombase_gene.py b/tests/unit/pombase/test_pombase_gene.py
index b16306df..e5fa3750 100644
--- a/tests/unit/pombase/test_pombase_gene.py
+++ b/tests/unit/pombase/test_pombase_gene.py
@@ -22,6 +22,27 @@ def gene_information_entities(mock_koza, taxon_label_map_cache, global_table):
         global_table=global_table,
     )
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def gene_entity_no_name(mock_koza, taxon_label_map_cache, global_table):
+    row = {
+        'gene_systematic_id': 'SPAC1002.06c',
+        'gene_systematic_id_with_prefix': 'POMBASE:SPAC1002.06c',
+        'gene_name': '',
+        'chromosome_id': 'chromosome_1',
+        'gene_product': 'bouquet formation protein Bqt2',
+        'uniprot_id': 'Q9US52',
+        'gene type': 'protein coding gene',
+        'synonyms': 'mug18,rec23',
+    }
+
+    return mock_koza(
+        "pombase_gene",
+        iter([row]),
+        "./src/monarch_ingest/ingests/pombase/gene.py",
+        map_cache=taxon_label_map_cache,
+        global_table=global_table,
+    )
+
 
 def test_gene_information_gene(gene_information_entities):
     assert len(gene_information_entities) == 1
@@ -43,3 +64,9 @@ def test_gene_information_id(gene_information_entities):
 def test_gene_xref(gene_information_entities):
     gene = gene_information_entities[0]
     assert "UniProtKB:Q9US52" in gene.xref
+
+def test_gene_systematic_id_as_name(gene_entity_no_name):
+    gene = gene_entity_no_name[0]
+    assert gene.name == "SPAC1002.06c"
+    assert gene.full_name == "SPAC1002.06c"
+    assert gene.symbol == "SPAC1002.06c"
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