diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/vm/VMTransportFactory.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/vm/VMTransportFactory.java
index 1cffafce79..f1c03c72ce 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/vm/VMTransportFactory.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/vm/VMTransportFactory.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class VMTransportFactory extends TransportFactory {
                 host = "localhost";
             }
             if (brokerData.getPath() != null) {
-                host = data.getPath();
+                host = brokerData.getPath();
             }
             options = data.getParameters();
             location = new URI("vm://" + host);
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/vm/VMTransportBrokerNameTest.java b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/vm/VMTransportBrokerNameTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac0539317a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/vm/VMTransportBrokerNameTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.transport.vm;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import javax.jms.Connection;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection;
+import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerRegistry;
+
+public class VMTransportBrokerNameTest extends TestCase {
+
+    private static final String MY_BROKER = "myBroker";
+    final String vmUrl = "vm:(broker:(tcp://localhost:61616)/" + MY_BROKER + "?persistent=false)";
+
+    public void testBrokerName() throws Exception {
+        ActiveMQConnectionFactory cf = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory(new URI(vmUrl));
+        ActiveMQConnection c1 = (ActiveMQConnection) cf.createConnection();
+        assertTrue("Transport has name in it: " + c1.getTransport(), c1.getTransport().toString().contains(MY_BROKER));
+        
+        // verify Broker is there with name
+        ActiveMQConnectionFactory cfbyName = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory(new URI("vm://" + MY_BROKER + "?create=false"));
+        Connection c2 = cfbyName.createConnection();
+        
+        assertNotNull(BrokerRegistry.getInstance().lookup(MY_BROKER));
+        assertEquals(BrokerRegistry.getInstance().findFirst().getBrokerName(), MY_BROKER);
+        assertEquals(BrokerRegistry.getInstance().getBrokers().size(), 1);
+        
+        c1.close();
+        c2.close();
+    }
+}