diff --git a/libctf/ChangeLog b/libctf/ChangeLog
index 61aebd1422e..acff0b185a5 100644
--- a/libctf/ChangeLog
+++ b/libctf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-07-22  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
+
+	* ctf-create.c (ctf_add_member_offset): Support names of ""
+	as if they were the null pointer.
+
 2020-07-22  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
 
 	* ctf-open.c (init_types): Remove typeless CTF_K_FORWARD
diff --git a/libctf/ctf-create.c b/libctf/ctf-create.c
index bc0ad802dd2..848e725ef24 100644
--- a/libctf/ctf-create.c
+++ b/libctf/ctf-create.c
@@ -1371,6 +1371,9 @@ ctf_add_member_offset (ctf_file_t *fp, ctf_id_t souid, const char *name,
   if (dtd == NULL)
     return (ctf_set_errno (fp, ECTF_BADID));
 
+  if (name != NULL && name[0] == '\0')
+    name = NULL;
+
   kind = LCTF_INFO_KIND (fp, dtd->dtd_data.ctt_info);
   root = LCTF_INFO_ISROOT (fp, dtd->dtd_data.ctt_info);
   vlen = LCTF_INFO_VLEN (fp, dtd->dtd_data.ctt_info);