diff --git a/duckdb_engine/__init__.py b/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
index e20a9e96..b76b7d4f 100644
--- a/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
+++ b/duckdb_engine/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql.base import PGExecutionContext, PGInspector
 from sqlalchemy.engine.url import URL
 
+name = "duckdb"  # TODO: find if sqlalchemy documents this field anywhere
+
 
 class DBAPI:
     paramstyle = "qmark"