diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 93b2186064..8ec3a4b1e5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue        Include X-Robots-Tag header in responses
 - issue        Enfornce numeric field length when creating table
 - issue        Fixed invalid Content-Length in some HTTP responses
+- issue #12394 Create view should require a view name
 
 4.6.3 (2016-06-23)
 - issue #12249 Fixed cookie path on Windows
diff --git a/view_create.php b/view_create.php
index 6d478e768c..e16f749367 100644
--- a/view_create.php
+++ b/view_create.php
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ if (empty($sql_query)) {
     $sql_query = '';
 }
 
+// View name is a compulsory field
+if (isset($_REQUEST['view']['name'])
+    && empty($_REQUEST['view']['name'])
+) {
+    $message = PMA\libraries\Message::error(__('View name can not be empty'));
+    $response = PMA\libraries\Response::getInstance();
+    $response->addJSON(
+        'message',
+        $message
+    );
+    $response->setRequestStatus(false);
+    exit;
+}
+
 if (isset($_REQUEST['createview']) || isset($_REQUEST['alterview'])) {
     /**
      * Creates the view