diff --git a/src/comp/metadata/creader.rs b/src/comp/metadata/creader.rs
index 5ef08cfd02d..308a59101d4 100644
--- a/src/comp/metadata/creader.rs
+++ b/src/comp/metadata/creader.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ fn find_library_crate(&session::session sess, &ast::ident ident,
                       &vec[str] library_search_paths) ->
    option::t[tup(str, vec[u8])] {
 
+    attr::require_unique_names(sess, metas);
+
     auto crate_name = {
         auto name_items = attr::find_meta_items_by_name(metas, "name");
         alt (vec::last(name_items)) {
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/use-meta-dup.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/use-meta-dup.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc13c1eb044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/use-meta-dup.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// xfail-stage0
+// error-pattern:duplicate meta item `name`
+
+use std(name = "std",
+        name = "nonstd");
+
+fn main(){}