diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9f87d7312..c0ef28c5a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 * MKVToolNix GUI: the GUI will no longer automatically resize the columns in
   tree and list views to match the content size. Instead it remembers and
   restores the widths set by the user. Implements #2353.
+* mkvmerge: chapter generation: if the name template given by
+  `--generate-chapters-name-template` is empty, no names (`ChapterDisplay`
+  master elements with `ChapterString`/`ChapterLanguage` children) will be
+  generated for the chapter atoms. Part of the implementation of #2275.
 
 ## Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/src/merge/output_control.cpp b/src/merge/output_control.cpp
index 38a2ece6e..f5ecfae7b 100644
--- a/src/merge/output_control.cpp
+++ b/src/merge/output_control.cpp
@@ -1383,9 +1383,11 @@ prepare_additional_chapter_atoms_for_rendering() {
 
   for (auto const &additional_chapter : s_additional_chapter_atoms) {
     auto atom = cons<KaxChapterAtom>(new KaxChapterUID,       create_unique_number(UNIQUE_CHAPTER_IDS),
-                                     new KaxChapterTimeStart, (std::get<0>(additional_chapter) - offset).to_ns(),
-                                     cons<KaxChapterDisplay>(new KaxChapterString,   std::get<1>(additional_chapter),
-                                                             new KaxChapterLanguage, std::get<2>(additional_chapter)));
+                                     new KaxChapterTimeStart, (std::get<0>(additional_chapter) - offset).to_ns());
+    if (!std::get<1>(additional_chapter).empty())
+      atom->PushElement(*cons<KaxChapterDisplay>(new KaxChapterString,   std::get<1>(additional_chapter),
+                                                 new KaxChapterLanguage, std::get<2>(additional_chapter)));
+
     edition.PushElement(*atom);
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/results.txt b/tests/results.txt
index 67e311dec..054a33178 100644
--- a/tests/results.txt
+++ b/tests/results.txt
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ T_305ui_locale_en_US:23026ac2ed9767541e89f2261bcf8b60-0136434e2e22ebcc806ee944cd
 T_306ui_locale_de_DE:5c2281373b0f5d9d7145cca6b2391db7-fe29d5dd8da942a9deb4aac92b2f0514:passed:20111016-192531:0.06032807
 T_307ui_locale_es_ES:3f230a5da62a4650a8874bde6cb3c0e7-343c6efff52830d0484900df270904fb:passed:20111016-192531:0.061216592
 T_308ui_locale_fr_FR:e2ca7f37e22b01b97a3895258fa753e8-8f926266b31c591810d92b84e2bbaa81:passed:20111016-192531:0.139937014
-T_309ui_locale_it_IT:a668340c643c0975e8df7977ffbdacde-c1f64d8ae20baee5fd96efac1df1bf29:passed:20111016-192531:0.075701663
+T_309ui_locale_it_IT:a668340c643c0975e8df7977ffbdacde-c1f64d8ae20baee5fd96efac1df1bf29:failed:20111016-192531:0.075701663
 T_310ui_locale_ja_JP:bbd7198ee176df0a36ae6818471e4204-77e6f10efd219fb9ae9e79254cee32b6:passed:20111016-192531:0.070177897
 T_311ui_locale_lt_LT:23026ac2ed9767541e89f2261bcf8b60-0136434e2e22ebcc806ee944cdd2b853:passed:20111016-192531:0.054643172
 T_312ui_locale_nl_NL:df36526d5fccc2757166fc6cf2455060-82da9222562a7c5746bf76ec6ae82c1e:passed:20111016-192532:0.061745399
@@ -495,3 +495,4 @@ T_646ogg_opus_gap_page_missing:c3c8ff65984de89ce37c2f03520ae83f:passed:20180621-
 T_647recode_textsubs_from_matroska:2e63dc90381d8f5191b852aac6cc3b05-b297cba0182c465fa537abd668f1e6a0:passed:20180621-194122:0.024017386
 T_648append_matroska_first_timestamp_not_zero:80d6193277012fde546499d832b4bab3:passed:20180724-210331:0.023501574
 T_649unsupported_file_types:ok-ok-ok-ok-ok:passed:20180806-201225:0.045725267
+T_650chapter_generation_no_names:65b6db53e376326e7e2f3d1c04caf63d-ok:passed:20180821-140249:0.030599141
diff --git a/tests/test-650chapter_generation_no_names.rb b/tests/test-650chapter_generation_no_names.rb
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..eda2aea38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-650chapter_generation_no_names.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/ruby -w
+
+# T_650chapter_generation_no_names
+describe "mkvmerge / generate chapters without names"
+
+test_merge "data/simple/v.mp3", args: "--generate-chapters interval:10s --generate-chapters-name-template ''", :keep_tmp => true
+test :chapter_names do
+  extract "#{tmp} > #{tmp}-2", :mode => :chapters
+  content = IO.readlines("#{tmp}-2").join("")
+  ok      = %r{ChapterAtom}.match(content)  && !%r{Chapter(Display|String|Language)}.match(content)
+  fail "chapter content is bad" if !ok
+  "ok"
+end