diff --git a/openmc/dagmc.py b/openmc/dagmc.py
index d1265be268..3cb48ddf17 100644
--- a/openmc/dagmc.py
+++ b/openmc/dagmc.py
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ class DAGMCUniverse(openmc.UniverseBase):
         dagmc_element = ET.Element('dagmc_universe')
         dagmc_element.set('id', str(self.id))
 
+        if self.name:
+            dagmc_element.set('name', self.name)
         if self.auto_geom_ids:
             dagmc_element.set('auto_geom_ids', 'true')
         if self.auto_mat_ids:
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/dagmc/test_model.py b/tests/unit_tests/dagmc/test_model.py
index 0de4f6092d..0917f5b237 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/dagmc/test_model.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/dagmc/test_model.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def model(request):
 
     p = Path(request.fspath).parent / "dagmc.h5m"
 
-    daguniv = openmc.DAGMCUniverse(p, auto_geom_ids=True)
+    daguniv = openmc.DAGMCUniverse(p, name='simple-dagmc', auto_geom_ids=True)
 
     lattice = openmc.RectLattice()
     lattice.dimension = [2, 2]
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ def test_dagmc_xml(model):
     dagmc_ele = root.find('dagmc_universe')
 
     assert dagmc_ele.get('id') == str(dag_univ.id)
+    assert dagmc_ele.get('name') == str(dag_univ.name)
     assert dagmc_ele.get('filename') == str(dag_univ.filename)
     assert dagmc_ele.get('auto_geom_ids') == str(dag_univ.auto_geom_ids).lower()