diff --git a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
index e4fea00a34..d7500a24c6 100644
--- a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
@@ -1759,6 +1759,9 @@ FBXGeometry* FBXReader::extractFBXGeometry(const QVariantHash& mapping, const QS
 
         geometry.meshes.append(extracted.mesh);
         int meshIndex = geometry.meshes.size() - 1;
+        if (extracted.mesh._mesh) {
+            extracted.mesh._mesh->displayName = QString("%1#/mesh/%2").arg(url).arg(meshIndex);
+        }
         meshIDsToMeshIndices.insert(it.key(), meshIndex);
     }
 
@@ -1827,7 +1830,19 @@ FBXGeometry* FBXReader::extractFBXGeometry(const QVariantHash& mapping, const QS
             }
         }
     }
-
+    {
+        int i=0;
+        for (const auto& mesh : geometry.meshes) {
+            auto name = geometry.getModelNameOfMesh(i++);
+            if (!name.isEmpty()) {
+                if (mesh._mesh) {
+                    mesh._mesh->displayName += "#" + name;
+                } else {
+                    qDebug() << "modelName but no mesh._mesh" << name;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
     return geometryPtr;
 }
 
@@ -1843,7 +1858,7 @@ FBXGeometry* readFBX(QIODevice* device, const QVariantHash& mapping, const QStri
     reader._loadLightmaps = loadLightmaps;
     reader._lightmapLevel = lightmapLevel;
 
-    qDebug() << "Reading FBX: " << url;
+    qCDebug(modelformat) << "Reading FBX: " << url;
 
     return reader.extractFBXGeometry(mapping, url);
 }
diff --git a/libraries/model/src/model/Geometry.h b/libraries/model/src/model/Geometry.h
index 260de313ab..52ac7c4cd3 100755
--- a/libraries/model/src/model/Geometry.h
+++ b/libraries/model/src/model/Geometry.h
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ public:
 
     static MeshPointer createIndexedTriangles_P3F(uint32_t numVertices, uint32_t numTriangles, const glm::vec3* vertices = nullptr, const uint32_t* indices = nullptr);
 
+    QString displayName;
+
 protected:
 
     gpu::Stream::FormatPointer _vertexFormat;