diff --git a/examples/json/.gitignore b/examples/json/.gitignore
index 3f4010d..9137f1b 100644
--- a/examples/json/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/json/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ JSONLexer.h
 JSONLexer.cpp
 JSONParser.h
 JSONParser.cpp
+json
diff --git a/include/Parsodus/backends/cppLR.h b/include/Parsodus/backends/cppLR.h
index fd2d283..2337111 100644
--- a/include/Parsodus/backends/cppLR.h
+++ b/include/Parsodus/backends/cppLR.h
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ namespace backends {
                     std::map<const std::string, templ::TemplateContext> r;
                     r["index"] = templ::make_string(std::to_string(i));
                     r["rhs_length"] = templ::make_string(std::to_string(grammar.rules[i]->tail.size()));
-                    if (false /* the rule has a name */) {
-                        r["rname"] = templ::make_string(""); //The name
-                        rulenames.insert(""); //The name
+                    if (grammar.rules[i]->name.length()) {
+                        r["rname"] = templ::make_string(grammar.rules[i]->name); //The name
+                        rulenames.insert(grammar.rules[i]->name); //The name
                     } else {
                         rulenames.insert(std::to_string(i));
                     }
diff --git a/include/Parsodus/grammar.h b/include/Parsodus/grammar.h
index c2861ea..8b58a3a 100644
--- a/include/Parsodus/grammar.h
+++ b/include/Parsodus/grammar.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace pds {
     struct Rule {
         std::string head; ///< The replaced variable
         std::vector<std::string> tail; ///< The replacement rule
+        const std::string name; ///< An optional name for this rule, if it's empty, there's no name
 
         bool operator<(const Rule& other) const {
             if(head != other.head){
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@ namespace pds {
             }
         }
 
-        Rule() : head(""), tail() {}
-        Rule(const std::string& h, const std::vector<std::string>& t) : head(h), tail(t) {}
+        Rule() : head(""), tail(), name("") {}
+        Rule(const std::string& h, const std::vector<std::string>& t) : head(h), tail(t), name("") {}
+        Rule(const std::string& h, const std::vector<std::string>& t, const std::string& name) : head(h), tail(t), name(name) {}
     };
 
     enum class PrecedenceType {