diff --git a/gns3server/modules/virtualbox/virtualbox_vm.py b/gns3server/modules/virtualbox/virtualbox_vm.py
index e50ab9cb..22294edf 100644
--- a/gns3server/modules/virtualbox/virtualbox_vm.py
+++ b/gns3server/modules/virtualbox/virtualbox_vm.py
@@ -454,6 +454,8 @@ class VirtualBoxVM(object):
         """
 
         log.info("VirtualBox VM {name} [id={id}] has set the VM name to {vmname}".format(name=self._name, id=self._id, vmname=vmname))
+        if self._linked_clone:
+            self._modify_vm('--name "{}"'.format(vmname))
         self._vmname = vmname
 
     @property