diff --git a/src/main/java/li/cil/oc/api/driver/NamedBlock.java b/src/main/java/li/cil/oc/api/driver/NamedBlock.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1e1ba4e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/li/cil/oc/api/driver/NamedBlock.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package li.cil.oc.api.driver;
+
+/**
+ * This interface can be added to block drivers to provide a 'preferred name' in
+ * case the driver is merged with other block drivers (interface based drivers
+ * such as for <tt>IInventory</tt>).
+ */
+public interface NamedBlock {
+    /**
+     * The preferred name, in case the driver is merged with others.
+     * <p/>
+     * If multiple drivers with a preferred name are merged, the first one is
+     * picked. This should usually not happen, since this is only intended to
+     * be implemented by drivers for actual tile entities (not interfaces).
+     *
+     * @return the preferred name.
+     */
+    String preferredName();
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/server/driver/CompoundBlockDriver.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/server/driver/CompoundBlockDriver.scala
index 5c003732a..5d1ac4e71 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/server/driver/CompoundBlockDriver.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/server/driver/CompoundBlockDriver.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package li.cil.oc.server.driver
 import com.google.common.base.Strings
 import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.ReflectionHelper
 import li.cil.oc.api.driver
+import li.cil.oc.api.driver.NamedBlock
 import net.minecraft.inventory.IInventory
 import net.minecraft.item.{Item, ItemStack}
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ class CompoundBlockDriver(val blocks: driver.Block*) extends driver.Block {
   }
 
   private def tryGetName(world: World, x: Int, y: Int, z: Int): String = {
+    for (block <- blocks) block match {
+      case named: NamedBlock => return named.preferredName
+      case _ =>
+    }
     try world.getTileEntity(x, y, z) match {
       case inventory: IInventory => return inventory.getInventoryName.stripPrefix("container.")
     } catch {