diff --git a/addons/cppcheckdata.py b/addons/cppcheckdata.py
index 8e9d8c595..34d2927e1 100644
--- a/addons/cppcheckdata.py
+++ b/addons/cppcheckdata.py
@@ -171,9 +171,11 @@ class Function:
     Id = None
     argument = None
     argumentId = None
+    name = None
 
     def __init__(self, element):
         self.Id = element.get('id')
+        self.name = element.get('name')
         self.argument = {}
         self.argumentId = {}
         for arg in element:
diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 4f81a80fe..511fd97be 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -2471,7 +2471,7 @@ void SymbolDatabase::printXml(std::ostream &out) const
             if (!scope->functionList.empty()) {
                 out << "      <functionList>" << std::endl;
                 for (std::list<Function>::const_iterator function = scope->functionList.begin(); function != scope->functionList.end(); ++function) {
-                    out << "        <function id=\"" << &*function << '\"';
+                    out << "        <function id=\"" << &*function << "\" name=\"" << function->name() << '\"';
                     if (function->argCount() == 0U)
                         out << "/>" << std::endl;
                     else {