diff --git a/lib/liquid/tag.rb b/lib/liquid/tag.rb
index e8dd22b..eb9e6a0 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/tag.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/tag.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module Liquid
   class Tag
     attr_accessor :options, :line_number
-    attr_reader :nodelist, :warnings
+    attr_reader :nodelist, :warnings, :tag_name
     include ParserSwitching
 
     class << self
diff --git a/test/unit/tag_unit_test.rb b/test/unit/tag_unit_test.rb
index 4da6ae8..c95cfca 100644
--- a/test/unit/tag_unit_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/tag_unit_test.rb
@@ -13,4 +13,9 @@ class TagUnitTest < Minitest::Test
     tag = Tag.parse("long_tag", "param1, param2, param3", [], {})
     assert_equal("long_tag param1, param2, param3", tag.raw)
   end
+
+  def test_tag_name_should_return_name_of_the_tag
+    tag = Tag.parse("some_tag", [], [], {})
+    assert_equal 'some_tag', tag.tag_name
+  end
 end