diff --git a/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/discovery/AbstractDiscoveryLifecycle.java b/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/discovery/AbstractDiscoveryLifecycle.java
index e3e997b3..c9ef3243 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/discovery/AbstractDiscoveryLifecycle.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/discovery/AbstractDiscoveryLifecycle.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDiscoveryLifecycle implements DiscoveryLifecycle,
 	 * @return the app name, currently the spring.application.name property
 	 */
 	protected String getAppName() {
-		return this.environment.getProperty("spring.application.name");
+		return this.environment.getProperty("spring.application.name", "application");
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-cloud-commons/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/discovery/AbstractDiscoveryLifecycleTests.java b/spring-cloud-commons/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/discovery/AbstractDiscoveryLifecycleTests.java
index 2e4de9fb..306d9e21 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-commons/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/discovery/AbstractDiscoveryLifecycleTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-commons/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/discovery/AbstractDiscoveryLifecycleTests.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class AbstractDiscoveryLifecycleTests {
 		assertEquals("Lifecycle port is wrong", port, lifecycle.getPort().get());
 		assertTrue("Lifecycle not running", lifecycle.isRunning());
 		assertTrue("Lifecycle not registered", lifecycle.isRegistered());
+		assertEquals("Lifecycle appName is wrong", "application", lifecycle.getAppName());
 	}
 
 	@EnableAutoConfiguration