diff --git a/activiti-api-impl/activiti-api-task-runtime-impl/src/main/java/org/activiti/runtime/api/impl/TaskRuntimeImpl.java b/activiti-api-impl/activiti-api-task-runtime-impl/src/main/java/org/activiti/runtime/api/impl/TaskRuntimeImpl.java
index 8e3ae610052cb0705faf42502cbb64d716e6fad0..49cd3cceb8780dfef223b545a7b2e26df455ee41 100644
--- a/activiti-api-impl/activiti-api-task-runtime-impl/src/main/java/org/activiti/runtime/api/impl/TaskRuntimeImpl.java
+++ b/activiti-api-impl/activiti-api-task-runtime-impl/src/main/java/org/activiti/runtime/api/impl/TaskRuntimeImpl.java
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ public class TaskRuntimeImpl implements TaskRuntime {
 
     @Override
     public Task create(CreateTaskPayload createTaskPayload) {
+        if (createTaskPayload.getName() == null || createTaskPayload.getName().isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("You cannot create a task without name");
+        }
+        
         org.activiti.engine.task.Task task = taskService.newTask();
         task.setName(createTaskPayload.getName());
         task.setDescription(createTaskPayload.getDescription());
diff --git a/activiti-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/activiti/spring/boot/tasks/TaskRuntimeStandaloneTaskTest.java b/activiti-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/activiti/spring/boot/tasks/TaskRuntimeStandaloneTaskTest.java
index 95938719fbad1bb62b4b566a8e83c12684413ca7..91583b6e9d19152c9986c176e6eafefa911f631b 100644
--- a/activiti-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/activiti/spring/boot/tasks/TaskRuntimeStandaloneTaskTest.java
+++ b/activiti-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/activiti/spring/boot/tasks/TaskRuntimeStandaloneTaskTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package org.activiti.spring.boot.tasks;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.catchThrowable;
+
 import org.activiti.api.runtime.shared.query.Page;
 import org.activiti.api.runtime.shared.query.Pageable;
 import org.activiti.api.task.model.Task;
@@ -16,8 +19,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
 
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
 @SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.NONE)
 public class TaskRuntimeStandaloneTaskTest {
@@ -115,5 +116,27 @@ public class TaskRuntimeStandaloneTaskTest {
 
 
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void createStandaloneTaskFailWithEmptyName() {
+
+        securityUtil.logInAs("salaboy");
+
+        //when
+        Throwable throwable = catchThrowable(() ->
+        taskRuntime.create(TaskPayloadBuilder.create()
+                           .withAssignee("salaboy")
+                           .build()));
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(throwable)
+                .isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
+        
+        
+        Page<Task> tasks = taskRuntime.tasks(Pageable.of(0,
+                50));
+
+        assertThat(tasks.getContent()).hasSize(0);
+    }
 
 }