diff --git a/src/db/db/dbCommonReader.cc b/src/db/db/dbCommonReader.cc
index 15cb0fb2e..7d4a1f1f3 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbCommonReader.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbCommonReader.cc
@@ -541,31 +541,58 @@ CommonReaderBase::open_dl_uncached (db::Layout &layout, const LDPair &dl)
     }
 
     unsigned int nl = layout.insert_layer (lp);
+
+    //  change OASIS layer name if a layer already exists by layer/datatype, but has a different name
+    if (! lp.name.empty () && layout.get_properties (nl).name != lp.name) {
+      layout.set_properties (nl, lp);
+    }
+
     m_layer_map_out.map (dl, nl, lp);
 
     m_layers_created.insert (nl);
 
     return std::make_pair (true, nl);
 
-  } else if (li.size () == 1) {
-
-    m_layer_map_out.map (dl, *li.begin (), layout.get_properties (*li.begin ()));
-
-    return std::make_pair (true, *li.begin ());
-
   } else {
 
-    for (std::set<unsigned int>::const_iterator i = li.begin (); i != li.end (); ++i) {
-      m_layer_map_out.mmap (dl, *i, layout.get_properties (*i));
+    for (auto i = li.begin (); i != li.end (); ++i) {
+
+      //  change OASIS layer name if a layer exists by layer/datatype, but has a different name
+      const tl::interval_map <db::ld_type, std::string> *names_dmap = m_layer_names.mapped (dl.layer);
+      if (names_dmap != 0) {
+        const std::string *name = names_dmap->mapped (dl.datatype);
+        if (name != 0) {
+          db::LayerProperties lp_out = layout.get_properties (*i);
+          if (lp_out.name != *name) {
+            lp_out.name = *name;
+            layout.set_properties (*i, lp_out);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
     }
 
-    std::map<std::set<unsigned int>, unsigned int>::iterator mmp = m_multi_mapping_placeholders.find (li);
-    if (mmp == m_multi_mapping_placeholders.end ()) {
-      //  create a placeholder layer
-      mmp = m_multi_mapping_placeholders.insert (std::make_pair (li, layout.insert_layer ())).first;
-    }
+    if (li.size () == 1) {
 
-    return std::make_pair (true, mmp->second);
+      m_layer_map_out.map (dl, *li.begin (), layout.get_properties (*li.begin ()));
+
+      return std::make_pair (true, *li.begin ());
+
+    } else {
+
+      for (std::set<unsigned int>::const_iterator i = li.begin (); i != li.end (); ++i) {
+        m_layer_map_out.mmap (dl, *i, layout.get_properties (*i));
+      }
+
+      std::map<std::set<unsigned int>, unsigned int>::iterator mmp = m_multi_mapping_placeholders.find (li);
+      if (mmp == m_multi_mapping_placeholders.end ()) {
+        //  create a placeholder layer
+        mmp = m_multi_mapping_placeholders.insert (std::make_pair (li, layout.insert_layer ())).first;
+      }
+
+      return std::make_pair (true, mmp->second);
+
+    }
 
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayerProperties.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayerProperties.cc
index 1758ad72b..f40066c09 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayerProperties.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayerProperties.cc
@@ -640,6 +640,13 @@ LayerProperties::do_realize (const LayoutViewBase *view) const
 
       }
 
+      if (m_layer_index >= 0) {
+        const auto &lp = cv->layout ().get_properties (m_layer_index);
+        if (! lp.name.empty () && m_source_real.name () != lp.name) {
+          m_source_real.name (lp.name);
+        }
+      }
+
     }
 
   }
diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
index d893ea79b..0a07c65cc 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
@@ -3383,6 +3383,7 @@ LayoutViewBase::reload_layout (unsigned int cv_index)
   }
 
   set_properties (new_props);
+  do_update_layer_sources ();
 
   goto_view (state);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/streamers/lstream/unit_tests/dbLStreamReaderTests.cc b/src/plugins/streamers/lstream/unit_tests/dbLStreamReaderTests.cc
index 6c4a92d2b..5ce038752 100644
--- a/src/plugins/streamers/lstream/unit_tests/dbLStreamReaderTests.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/streamers/lstream/unit_tests/dbLStreamReaderTests.cc
@@ -131,3 +131,23 @@ TEST(variants)
   run_test (_this, tl::testdata (), "variants.lstr", "variants_au.oas");
 }
 
+TEST(reload_layer_props)
+{
+  db::LoadLayoutOptions options;
+
+  db::Layout layout;
+  auto l1 = layout.insert_layer (db::LayerProperties (1, 0, "A"));
+  auto l2 = layout.insert_layer (db::LayerProperties (2, 0, "B"));
+
+  {
+    std::string fn (tl::testdata ());
+    fn += "/lstream/layers.lstr";
+    tl::InputStream stream (fn);
+    db::Reader reader (stream);
+    reader.read (layout, options);
+  }
+
+  //  layer 1 got renamed
+  EXPECT_EQ (layout.get_properties (l1).to_string (), "ONE (1/0)");
+  EXPECT_EQ (layout.get_properties (l2).to_string (), "B (2/0)");
+}
diff --git a/testdata/lstream/layers.lstr b/testdata/lstream/layers.lstr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bc26c5c0
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