diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/lib/shared/base-load-balancer.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/lib/shared/base-load-balancer.ts
index a70ef98fcd4d2..0e98adc7123d0 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/lib/shared/base-load-balancer.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/lib/shared/base-load-balancer.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export abstract class BaseLoadBalancer extends cdk.Construct implements route53.
     this.vpc = baseProps.vpc;
 
     const resource = new CfnLoadBalancer(this, 'Resource', {
-      loadBalancerName: baseProps.loadBalancerName,
+      name: baseProps.loadBalancerName,
       subnets: subnets.map(s => s.subnetId),
       scheme: internetFacing ? 'internet-facing' : 'internal',
       loadBalancerAttributes: new cdk.Token(() => renderAttributes(this.attributes)),
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/alb/test.load-balancer.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/alb/test.load-balancer.ts
index ea995361ae531..7f804951972b4 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/alb/test.load-balancer.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/alb/test.load-balancer.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { expect, haveResource, ResourcePart } from '@aws-cdk/assert';
 import ec2 = require('@aws-cdk/aws-ec2');
 import s3 = require('@aws-cdk/aws-s3');
 import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/cdk');
+import { Stack } from '@aws-cdk/cdk';
 import { Test } from 'nodeunit';
 import elbv2 = require('../../lib');
 
@@ -186,4 +187,22 @@ export = {
 
     test.done();
   },
+
+  'loadBalancerName'(test: Test) {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new Stack();
+    const vpc = new ec2.VpcNetwork(stack, 'Stack');
+
+    // WHEN
+    new elbv2.ApplicationLoadBalancer(stack, 'ALB', {
+      loadBalancerName: 'myLoadBalancer',
+      vpc
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::LoadBalancer', {
+      Name: 'myLoadBalancer'
+    }));
+    test.done();
+  },
 };
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/nlb/test.load-balancer.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/nlb/test.load-balancer.ts
index bc69a591ad94c..5cfa73c785550 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/nlb/test.load-balancer.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2/test/nlb/test.load-balancer.ts
@@ -75,4 +75,23 @@ export = {
 
     test.done();
   },
+
+  'loadBalancerName'(test: Test) {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+    const vpc = new ec2.VpcNetwork(stack, 'Stack');
+
+    // WHEN
+    new elbv2.NetworkLoadBalancer(stack, 'ALB', {
+      loadBalancerName: 'myLoadBalancer',
+      vpc
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::LoadBalancer', {
+      Name: 'myLoadBalancer'
+    }));
+    test.done();
+  }
+
 };