diff --git a/libs/ardour/midi_scene_changer.cc b/libs/ardour/midi_scene_changer.cc
index 14d0ea6328..d791c1275a 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/midi_scene_changer.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/midi_scene_changer.cc
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ MIDISceneChanger::program_change_input (MIDI::Parser& parser, MIDI::byte program
 	}
 
 	loc->set_scene_change (std::shared_ptr<MIDISceneChange> (msc));
+	loc->set_name( string_compose(_("scene [%1]"), 1+bank*128+(program & 0x7f)));
 
 	/* this will generate a "changed" signal to be emitted by locations,
 	   and we will call ::gather() to update our list of MIDI events.