diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 492ca86b7..f38ad0dd0 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   validates_presence_of :name, :identifier
   validates_uniqueness_of :identifier
+  validates_uniqueness_of :name
   validates_associated :repository, :wiki
   # validates_length_of :description, :maximum => 255
   validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 255