diff --git a/cloudformation/sqsqueue.yaml b/cloudformation/sqsqueue.yaml
index df7dc4b98..725a49646 100644
--- a/cloudformation/sqsqueue.yaml
+++ b/cloudformation/sqsqueue.yaml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ Resources:
   SQSQueue:
     Type: 'AWS::SQS::Queue'
     Properties:
+      QueueName: !Ref ResourceName
       ContentBasedDeduplication: !If
         - IsFifo
         - !Ref ContentBasedDeduplication
diff --git a/examples/cloudformationtemplates/sqsqueue.yaml b/examples/cloudformationtemplates/sqsqueue.yaml
index ac4040e30..dbd152627 100644
--- a/examples/cloudformationtemplates/sqsqueue.yaml
+++ b/examples/cloudformationtemplates/sqsqueue.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ data:
       SQSQueue:
         Type: 'AWS::SQS::Queue'
         Properties:
+          QueueName: !Ref ResourceName
           ContentBasedDeduplication: !If
             - IsFifo
             - !Ref ContentBasedDeduplication
@@ -142,4 +143,4 @@ data:
         Value: !If [ CreateDeadLetterQueue, !GetAtt MyDeadLetterQueue.Arn, "" ]
       DeadLetterQueueName:
         Description: Name newly created SQS Queue
-        Value: !If [ CreateDeadLetterQueue, !GetAtt MyDeadLetterQueue.QueueName, "" ]
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+        Value: !If [ CreateDeadLetterQueue, !GetAtt MyDeadLetterQueue.QueueName, "" ]