diff --git a/src/mango_httpd.erl b/src/mango_httpd.erl
index 2588a23..28a1578 100644
--- a/src/mango_httpd.erl
+++ b/src/mango_httpd.erl
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 -include_lib("couch/include/couch_db.hrl").
 -include("mango.hrl").
+-include("mango_idx.hrl").
 
 
 handle_req(#httpd{} = Req, Db0) ->
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@
     {ok, Idx0} = mango_idx:new(Db, Opts),
     {ok, Idx} = mango_idx:validate(Idx0),
     {ok, DDoc} = mango_util:load_ddoc(Db, mango_idx:ddoc(Idx)),
+    Id = Idx#idx.ddoc,
+    Name = Idx#idx.name,
     Status = case mango_idx:add(DDoc, Idx) of
         {ok, DDoc} ->
             <<"exists">>;
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@
                     ?MANGO_ERROR(error_saving_ddoc)
             end
     end,
-	chttpd:send_json(Req, {[{result, Status}]});
+	chttpd:send_json(Req, {[{result, Status}, {id, Id}, {name, Name}]});
 
 handle_index_req(#httpd{method='DELETE',
         path_parts=[A, B, <<"_design">>, DDocId0, Type, Name]}=Req, Db) ->
diff --git a/test/mango.py b/test/mango.py
index 79545e1..57dfffb 100644
--- a/test/mango.py
+++ b/test/mango.py
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@
         body = json.dumps(body)
         r = self.sess.post(self.path("_index"), data=body)
         r.raise_for_status()
+        assert r.json()["id"] is not None
+        assert r.json()["name"] is not None
         return r.json()["result"] == "created"
 
     def create_text_index(self, analyzer=None, selector=None, idx_type="text",
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(klass):
-        klass.db = Database("127.0.0.1", "5984", random_db_name())
+        klass.db = Database("127.0.0.1", "15984", random_db_name())
         klass.db.create(q=1, n=3)
 
     def setUp(self):