diff --git a/src/rustc/metadata/creader.rs b/src/rustc/metadata/creader.rs
index 4b53fc758a7f..0721342767d0 100644
--- a/src/rustc/metadata/creader.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/metadata/creader.rs
@@ -355,7 +355,11 @@ fn resolve_crate(e: env, ident: ast::ident, metas: [@ast::meta_item],
         // Now resolve the crates referenced by this crate
         let cnum_map = resolve_crate_deps(e, cdata);
 
-        let cmeta = @{name: ident, data: cdata,
+        let cname = alt attr::meta_item_value_from_list(metas, "name") {
+          option::some(v) { v }
+          option::none { ident }
+        };
+        let cmeta = @{name: cname, data: cdata,
                       cnum_map: cnum_map, cnum: cnum};
 
         let cstore = e.sess.cstore;
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/use-crate-name-alias.rs b/src/test/run-pass/use-crate-name-alias.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe75111fc499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/use-crate-name-alias.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Issue #1706
+use stdlib(name="std");
+
+fn main() {}