diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/Link.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/Link.java
index e6347a60..c3bdadad 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/Link.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/Link.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 @JsonIgnoreProperties(value = "templated", ignoreUnknown = true)
 @AllArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PACKAGE)
 @Getter
-@EqualsAndHashCode(of = { "rel", "href", "hreflang", "media", "title", "deprecation", "affordances" })
+@EqualsAndHashCode(of = { "rel", "href", "hreflang", "media", "title", "type", "deprecation", "profile", "name", "affordances" })
 public class Link implements Serializable {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -9037755944661782121L;
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class Link implements Serializable {
 	private @Wither String type;
 	private @Wither String deprecation;
 	private @Wither String profile;
+	private @Wither String name;
 	private @JsonIgnore UriTemplate template;
 	private @JsonIgnore List<Affordance> affordances;
 
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ public class Link implements Serializable {
 	public Link withAffordances(List<Affordance> affordances) {
 
 		return new Link(this.rel, this.href, this.hreflang, this.media, this.title, this.type, this.deprecation,
-				this.profile, this.template, affordances);
+				this.profile, this.name, this.template, affordances);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -324,11 +325,11 @@ public class Link implements Serializable {
 
 	private UriTemplate getUriTemplate() {
 
-		if (template == null) {
+		if (this.template == null) {
 			this.template = new UriTemplate(href);
 		}
 
-		return template;
+		return this.template;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -364,6 +365,10 @@ public class Link implements Serializable {
 			linkString += ";profile=\"" + profile + "\"";
 		}
 
+		if (name != null) {
+			linkString += ";name=\"" + name + "\"";
+		}
+
 		return linkString;
 	}
 
@@ -418,6 +423,10 @@ public class Link implements Serializable {
 				link = link.withProfile(attributes.get("profile"));
 			}
 
+			if (attributes.containsKey("name")) {
+				link = link.withName(attributes.get("name"));
+			}
+
 			return link;
 
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/LinkMixin.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/LinkMixin.java
index c9ec76d1..47eba5a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/LinkMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/LinkMixin.java
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ public abstract class LinkMixin extends Link {
 	@JsonInclude(Include.NON_NULL)
 	public abstract String getDeprecation();
 
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.hateoas.Link#getProfile()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	@JsonInclude(Include.NON_NULL)
+	public abstract String getProfile();
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.hateoas.Link#getName()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	@JsonInclude(Include.NON_NULL)
+	public abstract String getName();
+
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.hateoas.Link#isTemplate()
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/LinkUnitTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/LinkUnitTest.java
index be4ac57e..94a2deab 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/LinkUnitTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/LinkUnitTest.java
@@ -144,13 +144,16 @@ public class LinkUnitTest {
 					+ "title=\"pdf customer copy\";" //
 					+ "type=\"portable document\";" //
 					+ "deprecation=\"http://example.com/customers/deprecated\";" //
-					+ "profile=\"my-profile\"")) //
+					+ "profile=\"my-profile\";" //
+					+ "name=\"my-name\";")) //
 					.isEqualTo(new Link("/customer/1") //
 							.withHreflang("en") //
 							.withMedia("pdf") //
 							.withTitle("pdf customer copy") //
 							.withType("portable document") //
-							.withDeprecation("http://example.com/customers/deprecated").withProfile("my-profile"));
+							.withDeprecation("http://example.com/customers/deprecated") //
+							.withProfile("my-profile") //
+							.withName("my-name"));
 		});
 	}