diff --git a/Library/EnvelopeFactory.ts b/Library/EnvelopeFactory.ts
index 224fd6288..3ee5924b3 100644
--- a/Library/EnvelopeFactory.ts
+++ b/Library/EnvelopeFactory.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ class EnvelopeFactory {
 
     private static createDependencyData(telemetry: Contracts.DependencyTelemetry & Contracts.Identified): Contracts.Data<Contracts.RemoteDependencyData> {
         var remoteDependency = new Contracts.RemoteDependencyData();
-        remoteDependency.name = telemetry.name.length > 1024 ? telemetry.name.slice(0, 1021) + '...' : telemetry.name;
+        if (typeof telemetry.name === "string") {
+            remoteDependency.name = telemetry.name.length > 1024 ? telemetry.name.slice(0, 1021) + '...' : telemetry.name;
+        }
         remoteDependency.data = telemetry.data;
         remoteDependency.target = telemetry.target;
         remoteDependency.duration = Util.msToTimeSpan(telemetry.duration);
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ class EnvelopeFactory {
         telemetry: Contracts.AvailabilityTelemetry & Contracts.Identified,
     ): Contracts.Data<Contracts.AvailabilityData> {
         let availabilityData = new Contracts.AvailabilityData();
-        
+
         if (telemetry.id) {
             availabilityData.id = telemetry.id;
         } else {
diff --git a/Tests/Library/EnvelopeFactoryTests.ts b/Tests/Library/EnvelopeFactoryTests.ts
index 865323ce8..b31ac5ae1 100644
--- a/Tests/Library/EnvelopeFactoryTests.ts
+++ b/Tests/Library/EnvelopeFactoryTests.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import Client = require("../../Library/TelemetryClient");
 import Util = require("../../Library/Util");
 
 describe("Library/EnvelopeFactory", () => {
-        
+
     var properties: { [key: string]: string; } = { p1: "p1", p2: "p2", common: "commonArg" };
     var mockData = <any>{ baseData: { properties: {} }, baseType: "BaseTestData" };
     describe("#createEnvelope()", () => {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe("Library/EnvelopeFactory", () => {
         });
 
         it("should allow tags to be overwritten", () => {
-          
+
             var client = new Client("key");
             var env = EnvelopeFactory.createEnvelope(<Contracts.EventTelemetry>{name:"name"}, Contracts.TelemetryType.Event, commonproperties, client.context, client.config);
             assert.deepEqual(env.tags, client.context.tags, "tags are set by default");
@@ -58,6 +58,22 @@ describe("Library/EnvelopeFactory", () => {
             assert.equal(envelope.name, "Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.key.Event");
         });
     });
+
+    describe("#createDependencyData()", () => {
+        it("should accept a telemetry item without a name", () => {
+            assert.doesNotThrow(() => {
+                var envelope = EnvelopeFactory.createEnvelope(<Contracts.DependencyTelemetry>{
+                    name: null,
+                    data: "GET https://example.com",
+                    duration: 123,
+                    success: true,
+                    resultCode: 200
+                }, Contracts.TelemetryType.Dependency);
+                assert.equal((envelope.data as Contracts.Data<Contracts.RemoteDependencyData>).baseData.name, undefined);
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
     describe("#createExceptionData()", () => {
         var simpleError: Error;
 
@@ -141,9 +157,9 @@ describe("Library/EnvelopeFactory", () => {
         it("creates data with given content", () => {
             var envelope = EnvelopeFactory.createEnvelope(availabilityTelemetry, Contracts.TelemetryType.Availability);
             var data =  <Contracts.Data<Contracts.AvailabilityData>>envelope.data;
-            
+
             assert.deepEqual(data.baseType, "AvailabilityData");
-            
+
             assert.deepEqual(data.baseData.id, availabilityTelemetry.id);
             assert.deepEqual(data.baseData.measurements, availabilityTelemetry.measurements);
             assert.deepEqual(data.baseData.success, availabilityTelemetry.success);