diff --git a/django/core/files/base.py b/django/core/files/base.py
index 6204d71040..48d0be43f0 100644
--- a/django/core/files/base.py
+++ b/django/core/files/base.py
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ class ContentFile(File):
     """
     A File-like object that takes just raw content, rather than an actual file.
     """
-    def __init__(self, content):
+    def __init__(self, content, name=None):
         content = content or ''
-        super(ContentFile, self).__init__(StringIO(content))
+        super(ContentFile, self).__init__(StringIO(content), name=name)
         self.size = len(content)
 
     def __str__(self):
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/file_storage/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/file_storage/tests.py
index d4530bb0b1..d1ecbe60af 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/file_storage/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/file_storage/tests.py
@@ -542,3 +542,14 @@ class InconsistentGetImageDimensionsBug(unittest.TestCase):
         size_1, size_2 = get_image_dimensions(image), get_image_dimensions(image)
         self.assertEqual(image_pil.size, size_1)
         self.assertEqual(size_1, size_2)
+
+class ContentFileTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    Test that the constructor of ContentFile accepts 'name' (#16590).
+    """
+    def test_content_file_default_name(self):
+        self.assertEqual(ContentFile("content").name, None)
+
+    def test_content_file_custome_name(self):
+        name = "I can have a name too!"
+        self.assertEqual(ContentFile("content", name=name).name, name)