diff --git a/js/tree.js b/js/tree.js
index 38f152c31..16b6ef225 100644
--- a/js/tree.js
+++ b/js/tree.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // -- BEGIN UMD WRAPPER PREFACE --
 
-// For more information on UMD visit: 
+// For more information on UMD visit:
 // https://github.com/umdjs/umd/blob/master/jqueryPlugin.js
 
 (function (factory) {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	}
 }(function ($) {
 	// -- END UMD WRAPPER PREFACE --
-		
+
 	// -- BEGIN MODULE CODE HERE --
 
 	var old = $.fn.tree;
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@
 					if(value.type === 'folder') {
 						$entity = self.$element.find('[data-template=treebranch]:eq(0)').clone().removeClass('hide').removeAttr('data-template');
 						$entity.data(value);
-						$entity.find('.tree-branch-name > .tree-label').html(value.name);
+						$entity.find('.tree-branch-name > .tree-label').html(value.text || value.name);
 					} else if (value.type === 'item') {
 						$entity = self.$element.find('[data-template=treeitem]:eq(0)').clone().removeClass('hide').removeAttr('data-template');
-						$entity.find('.tree-item-name > .tree-label').html(value.name);
+						$entity.find('.tree-item-name > .tree-label').html(value.text || value.name);
 						$entity.data(value);
 					}
 
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
 					//         'id': guid
 					//     }
 					// };
+					//
+					// the "name" attribute is also supported but is deprecated for "text".
 
 					// add attributes to tree-branch or tree-item
 					var attr = value['attr'] || value.dataAttributes || [];
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@
 							case 'className':
 								$entity.addClass(value);
 								break;
-							
+
 							// allow custom icons
 							case 'data-icon':
 								$entity.find('.icon-item').removeClass().addClass('icon-item ' + value);
diff --git a/test/tree-test.js b/test/tree-test.js
index c45a54683..a40bde387 100644
--- a/test/tree-test.js
+++ b/test/tree-test.js
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ define(function(require){
 				});
 			};
 
+			this.textDataSource = function (options, callback) {
+				callback({
+					data: [
+						{ text: 'node text', type: 'folder', attr: { id: 'folder1' } }
+					]
+				});
+			};
+
 		}
 	});
 
@@ -144,4 +152,13 @@ define(function(require){
 		equal(typeof( $tree.tree('destroy')) , 'string', 'returns string (markup)');
 		equal( $tree.parent().length, false, 'control has been removed from DOM');
 	});
+
+	test("Tree should accept TEXT as the NAME property in the datasource", function () {
+		var $tree = $(html).find('#MyTree');
+
+		$tree.tree({ dataSource: this.textDataSource});
+
+		$tree.tree('selectFolder', $tree.find('.tree-branch-name:eq(1)'));
+		equal($tree.tree('selectedItems')[0].text, 'node text', 'Param TEXT used in the datasource');
+	});
 });