diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 3d750ab6b..355d54bdc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ This document provides a high-level view of the changes introduced by release.
 === 0.43.3
 
 - Clear lock for JCEF preview to prevent a blank preview every time you open an AsciiDoc file (#1610)
+- Notify user when an Antora component descriptor misses the name (#1728)
 
 === 0.43.2
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/asciidoc/intellij/editor/notification/AntoraComponentNameMissingNotificationProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/asciidoc/intellij/editor/notification/AntoraComponentNameMissingNotificationProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7f0109e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/asciidoc/intellij/editor/notification/AntoraComponentNameMissingNotificationProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package org.asciidoc.intellij.editor.notification;
+
+import com.intellij.ide.BrowserUtil;
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditor;
+import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.OpenFileDescriptor;
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAware;
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
+import com.intellij.ui.EditorNotificationPanel;
+import com.intellij.ui.EditorNotificationProvider;
+import org.asciidoc.intellij.AsciiDocWrapper;
+import org.asciidoc.intellij.file.AsciiDocFileType;
+import org.asciidoc.intellij.psi.AsciiDocUtil;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import static org.asciidoc.intellij.psi.AsciiDocUtil.ANTORA_YML;
+
+/**
+ * Notify a user that an Antora component name is missing, which is a required field.
+ */
+public class AntoraComponentNameMissingNotificationProvider implements EditorNotificationProvider, DumbAware {
+
+  @Override
+  public @Nullable Function<? super @NotNull FileEditor, ? extends @Nullable JComponent> collectNotificationData(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull VirtualFile file) {
+    // only in AsciiDoc or Antora files
+    Map<String, Object> antora;
+    VirtualFile antoraFile;
+    if (file.getFileType() == AsciiDocFileType.INSTANCE) {
+      VirtualFile antoraModuleDir = AsciiDocUtil.findAntoraModuleDir(project, file);
+      if (antoraModuleDir == null || antoraModuleDir.getParent() == null || antoraModuleDir.getParent().getParent() == null) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      antoraFile = antoraModuleDir.getParent().getParent().findChild(ANTORA_YML);
+      if (antoraFile == null) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      antora = AsciiDocWrapper.readAntoraYaml(project, antoraFile);
+    } else if (file.getName().equals(ANTORA_YML)) {
+      antoraFile = file;
+      antora = AsciiDocWrapper.readAntoraYaml(project, file);
+    } else {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (antora.get("name") != null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    return fileEditor -> {
+      final EditorNotificationPanel panel = new EditorNotificationPanel();
+      panel.setText("The Antora component descriptor 'antora.yml' is missing the attribute 'name'.");
+      if (!file.equals(antoraFile)) {
+        panel.createActionLabel("Open 'antora.yml'", ()
+          -> ApplicationManager.getApplication().invokeLater(()
+          -> new OpenFileDescriptor(project, antoraFile).navigate(true)));
+      }
+      panel.createActionLabel("Read more...", ()
+        -> BrowserUtil.browse("https://docs.antora.org/antora/latest/component-version-descriptor/"));
+      return panel;
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 43e61b4b3..be7ac07e3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@
       implementation="org.asciidoc.intellij.editor.notification.FileOutsideCurrentProjectNotificationProvider"/>
     <editorNotificationProvider
       implementation="org.asciidoc.intellij.editor.notification.IncompatiblePluginNotificationProvider"/>
+    <editorNotificationProvider
+      implementation="org.asciidoc.intellij.editor.notification.AntoraComponentNameMissingNotificationProvider"/>
     <gotoSymbolContributor implementation="org.asciidoc.intellij.psi.AsciiDocChooseByNameContributor"/>
     <searchEverywhereClassifier implementation="org.asciidoc.intellij.psi.AsciiDocSearchEverywhereClassifier"/>
     <localInspection language="AsciiDoc" displayName="Heading inspection" groupPath="AsciiDoc"