diff --git a/src/Quartz.Tests.Unit/Impl/StdSchedulerFactoryTest.cs b/src/Quartz.Tests.Unit/Impl/StdSchedulerFactoryTest.cs
index e8cb38479..e19d34aa0 100644
--- a/src/Quartz.Tests.Unit/Impl/StdSchedulerFactoryTest.cs
+++ b/src/Quartz.Tests.Unit/Impl/StdSchedulerFactoryTest.cs
@@ -114,6 +114,20 @@ public void ShouldAllowInheritingStdSchedulerFactory()
             StdSchedulerFactory factory = new TestStdSchedulerFactory(collection);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void ShouldInitializeNamedScheduler()
+        {
+            NameValueCollection collection = new NameValueCollection();
+            var schedulerName = "namedScheduler";
+            collection["quartz.scheduler.instanceName"] = schedulerName;
+
+            var factory = new StdSchedulerFactory(collection);
+            var scheduler = factory.GetScheduler(schedulerName);
+
+            Assert.IsNotNull(scheduler);
+            Assert.AreEqual(schedulerName, scheduler.SchedulerName);
+        }
+
         private class TestStdSchedulerFactory : StdSchedulerFactory
         {
             public const string PropertyTest = "quartz.scheduler.test";
diff --git a/src/Quartz/Impl/StdSchedulerFactory.cs b/src/Quartz/Impl/StdSchedulerFactory.cs
index d68cc4aa4..605bf7853 100644
--- a/src/Quartz/Impl/StdSchedulerFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Quartz/Impl/StdSchedulerFactory.cs
@@ -1130,6 +1130,9 @@ public virtual IScheduler GetScheduler()
         /// </summary>
         public virtual IScheduler GetScheduler(string schedName)
         {
+            if (SchedulerName.Equals(schedName))
+                return GetScheduler();
+
             return SchedulerRepository.Instance.Lookup(schedName);
         }
     }