diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2e58b2..aa1ff61 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- [#97](https://github.com/georust/gpx/pull/97): Allow empty strings in `<name>` within `<metadata>`
 - [#94](https://github.com/georust/gpx/pull/94): Bump MSRV to 1.67.
 - [#93](https://github.com/georust/gpx/pull/93): Allow empty strings in `<text>` and `<type>` of `<link>`
 - [#91](https://github.com/georust/gpx/pull/91): Optimize deps: Drop `error_chain` and move `assert_approximate_eq` to dev-deps
diff --git a/src/parser/metadata.rs b/src/parser/metadata.rs
index 353fbe8..863b120 100644
--- a/src/parser/metadata.rs
+++ b/src/parser/metadata.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn consume<R: Read>(context: &mut Context<R>) -> GpxResult<Metadata> {
         match next_event {
             XmlEvent::StartElement { ref name, .. } => match name.local_name.as_ref() {
                 "name" => {
-                    metadata.name = Some(string::consume(context, "name", false)?);
+                    metadata.name = Some(string::consume(context, "name", true)?);
                 }
                 "desc" => {
                     metadata.description = Some(string::consume(context, "desc", true)?);