diff --git a/src/topology-read/doc/topology.rst b/src/topology-read/doc/topology.rst
index 2b75d47bc..d29e448e2 100644
--- a/src/topology-read/doc/topology.rst
+++ b/src/topology-read/doc/topology.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,22 @@ Currently there are three models:
 
 An helper ``ns3::TopologyReaderHelper`` is provided to assist on trivial tasks.
 
+In some cases it might not be simple to identify which |ns3| node corresponds to a given node in the
+topology file. To simplify this task, each node created by ``ns3::TopologyReaderHelper`` has a name.
+The name format is "<TopologyReader>/NodeName/<label>" where "<TopologyReader>" is either
+"InetTopology", "OrbisTopology", or "RocketFuelTopology", and "<label>" is the identifier of the
+node in the topology file (can be either a number or a string, depending on the file type).
+Assuming that there are 10 nodes, labeled with number starting from 0, the code could be::
+
+    for (uint32_t nodeNumber = 0; nodeNumber < 10; nodeNumber++)
+    {
+        Ptr<Node> node = Names::Find<Node>("InetTopology/NodeName/" + std::to_string(nodeNumber));
+        if (node)
+        {
+            // Do something
+        }
+    }
+
 A good source for topology data is also Archipelago_.
 
 The current Archipelago Measurements_, monthly updated, are stored in the CAIDA website using
diff --git a/src/topology-read/model/inet-topology-reader.cc b/src/topology-read/model/inet-topology-reader.cc
index 7fb90c534..627907853 100644
--- a/src/topology-read/model/inet-topology-reader.cc
+++ b/src/topology-read/model/inet-topology-reader.cc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "inet-topology-reader.h"
 
 #include "ns3/log.h"
+#include "ns3/names.h"
 #include "ns3/node-container.h"
 
 #include <cstdlib>
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@
 
 namespace ns3
 {
-
 NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE("InetTopologyReader");
 
 NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED(InetTopologyReader);
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ InetTopologyReader::Read()
             {
                 NS_LOG_INFO("Node " << nodesNumber << " name: " << from);
                 Ptr<Node> tmpNode = CreateObject<Node>();
+                std::string nodeName = "InetTopology/NodeName/" + from;
+                Names::Add(from, tmpNode);
                 nodeMap[from] = tmpNode;
                 nodes.Add(tmpNode);
                 nodesNumber++;
@@ -126,6 +128,8 @@ InetTopologyReader::Read()
             {
                 NS_LOG_INFO("Node " << nodesNumber << " name: " << to);
                 Ptr<Node> tmpNode = CreateObject<Node>();
+                std::string nodename = "InetTopology/NodeName/" + to;
+                Names::Add(nodename, tmpNode);
                 nodeMap[to] = tmpNode;
                 nodes.Add(tmpNode);
                 nodesNumber++;
diff --git a/src/topology-read/model/orbis-topology-reader.cc b/src/topology-read/model/orbis-topology-reader.cc
index fd7683c71..b43ce2afe 100644
--- a/src/topology-read/model/orbis-topology-reader.cc
+++ b/src/topology-read/model/orbis-topology-reader.cc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "orbis-topology-reader.h"
 
 #include "ns3/log.h"
+#include "ns3/names.h"
 #include "ns3/node-container.h"
 
 #include <cstdlib>
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ OrbisTopologyReader::Read()
             if (!nodeMap[from])
             {
                 Ptr<Node> tmpNode = CreateObject<Node>();
+                std::string nodename = "OrbisTopology/NodeName/" + from;
+                Names::Add(nodename, tmpNode);
                 nodeMap[from] = tmpNode;
                 nodes.Add(tmpNode);
                 nodesNumber++;
@@ -107,6 +110,8 @@ OrbisTopologyReader::Read()
             if (!nodeMap[to])
             {
                 Ptr<Node> tmpNode = CreateObject<Node>();
+                std::string nodename = "OrbisTopology/NodeName/" + to;
+                Names::Add(nodename, tmpNode);
                 nodeMap[to] = tmpNode;
                 nodes.Add(tmpNode);
                 nodesNumber++;
diff --git a/src/topology-read/model/rocketfuel-topology-reader.cc b/src/topology-read/model/rocketfuel-topology-reader.cc
index af769e770..47ac04e35 100644
--- a/src/topology-read/model/rocketfuel-topology-reader.cc
+++ b/src/topology-read/model/rocketfuel-topology-reader.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "rocketfuel-topology-reader.h"
 
 #include "ns3/log.h"
+#include "ns3/names.h"
 #include "ns3/node-container.h"
 
 #include <cstdlib>
@@ -212,6 +213,8 @@ RocketfuelTopologyReader::GenerateFromMapsFile(const std::vector<std::string>& a
         if (!m_nodeMap[uid])
         {
             Ptr<Node> tmpNode = CreateObject<Node>();
+            std::string nodename = "RocketFuelTopology/NodeName/" + uid;
+            Names::Add(nodename, tmpNode);
             m_nodeMap[uid] = tmpNode;
             nodes.Add(tmpNode);
             m_nodesNumber++;
@@ -227,6 +230,8 @@ RocketfuelTopologyReader::GenerateFromMapsFile(const std::vector<std::string>& a
             if (!m_nodeMap[nuid])
             {
                 Ptr<Node> tmpNode = CreateObject<Node>();
+                std::string nodename = "RocketFuelTopology/NodeName/" + nuid;
+                Names::Add(nodename, tmpNode);
                 m_nodeMap[nuid] = tmpNode;
                 nodes.Add(tmpNode);
                 m_nodesNumber++;
@@ -270,6 +275,8 @@ RocketfuelTopologyReader::GenerateFromWeightsFile(const std::vector<std::string>
         if (!m_nodeMap[sname])
         {
             Ptr<Node> tmpNode = CreateObject<Node>();
+            std::string nodename = "RocketFuelTopology/NodeName/" + sname;
+            Names::Add(nodename, tmpNode);
             m_nodeMap[sname] = tmpNode;
             nodes.Add(tmpNode);
             m_nodesNumber++;
@@ -278,6 +285,8 @@ RocketfuelTopologyReader::GenerateFromWeightsFile(const std::vector<std::string>
         if (!m_nodeMap[tname])
         {
             Ptr<Node> tmpNode = CreateObject<Node>();
+            std::string nodename = "RocketFuelTopology/NodeName/" + tname;
+            Names::Add(nodename, tmpNode);
             m_nodeMap[tname] = tmpNode;
             nodes.Add(tmpNode);
             m_nodesNumber++;