diff --git a/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/packaging/CorDappManifest.avsc b/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/packaging/CorDappManifest.avsc
index 4e7de5a5af..5b908d9f4c 100644
--- a/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/packaging/CorDappManifest.avsc
+++ b/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/packaging/CorDappManifest.avsc
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
     {
       "name": "attributes",
       "type" : { "type":  "map", "values" :  "string", "default": {}}
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "cordappName",
+      "type": ["null", "string"],
+      "default": null
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/data/avro-schema/src/test/kotlin/net/corda/data/packaging/CorDappManifestSchemaCompatibilityTest.kt b/data/avro-schema/src/test/kotlin/net/corda/data/packaging/CorDappManifestSchemaCompatibilityTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..489f018e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/avro-schema/src/test/kotlin/net/corda/data/packaging/CorDappManifestSchemaCompatibilityTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package net.corda.data.packaging
+
+import net.corda.data.KeyValuePairList
+import org.apache.avro.Schema
+import org.apache.avro.SchemaCompatibility
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+class CorDappManifestSchemaCompatibilityTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `CorDappManifest schema changes between Corda 5_0 and 5_1 are compatible`() {
+        val oldSchemaJson = """
+        {
+          "type": "record",
+          "namespace": "net.corda.data.packaging",
+          "name": "CorDappManifest",
+          "fields": [
+            {
+              "name": "bundleSymbolicName",
+              "type" : "string"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "bundleVersion",
+              "type" : "string"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "minPlatformVersion",
+              "type" : "int"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "targetPlatformVersion",
+              "type" : "int"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "type",
+              "type" : "net.corda.data.packaging.CorDappType"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "shortName",
+              "type": ["null", "string"]
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "vendor",
+              "type": ["null", "string"]
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "versionId",
+              "type": ["null", "int"]
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "license",
+              "type": ["null", "string"]
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "attributes",
+              "type" : { "type":  "map", "values" :  "string", "default": {}}
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+        """.trimIndent()
+
+        val oldSchema = Schema.Parser()
+            .addTypes(
+                mapOf(
+                    CorDappType::class.java.name to CorDappType.`SCHEMA$`
+                )
+            )
+            .parse(oldSchemaJson)
+
+        val newSchema = CorDappManifest.`SCHEMA$`
+
+        val compatibility = SchemaCompatibility.checkReaderWriterCompatibility(newSchema, oldSchema)
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals(
+            compatibility.type,
+            SchemaCompatibility.SchemaCompatibilityType.COMPATIBLE,
+            "Failed due to incompatible change. ${compatibility.description}"
+        )
+    }
+}