diff --git a/nodejs/__test__/table.test.ts b/nodejs/__test__/table.test.ts
index 5948ea77..91095764 100644
--- a/nodejs/__test__/table.test.ts
+++ b/nodejs/__test__/table.test.ts
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ describe("When creating an index", () => {
     const indices = await tbl.listIndices();
     expect(indices.length).toBe(1);
     expect(indices[0]).toEqual({
+      name: "vec_idx",
       indexType: "IvfPq",
       columns: ["vec"],
     });
diff --git a/nodejs/package-lock.json b/nodejs/package-lock.json
index b33a1b3c..6b197fca 100644
--- a/nodejs/package-lock.json
+++ b/nodejs/package-lock.json
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
         "win32"
       ],
       "dependencies": {
-        "@types/axios": "^0.14.0",
         "apache-arrow": "^15.0.0",
         "axios": "^1.7.2",
         "openai": "^4.29.2",
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@
         "@biomejs/biome": "^1.7.3",
         "@jest/globals": "^29.7.0",
         "@napi-rs/cli": "^2.18.0",
+        "@types/axios": "^0.14.0",
         "@types/jest": "^29.1.2",
         "@types/tmp": "^0.2.6",
         "apache-arrow-old": "npm:apache-arrow@13.0.0",
@@ -3130,6 +3130,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/axios/-/axios-0.14.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-KqQnQbdYE54D7oa/UmYVMZKq7CO4l8DEENzOKc4aBRwxCXSlJXGz83flFx5L7AWrOQnmuN3kVsRdt+GZPPjiVQ==",
       "deprecated": "This is a stub types definition for axios (https://github.com/mzabriskie/axios). axios provides its own type definitions, so you don't need @types/axios installed!",
+      "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "axios": "*"
       }
diff --git a/nodejs/src/table.rs b/nodejs/src/table.rs
index b2b0039e..462b2fa3 100644
--- a/nodejs/src/table.rs
+++ b/nodejs/src/table.rs
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ impl Table {
 #[napi(object)]
 /// A description of an index currently configured on a column
 pub struct IndexConfig {
+    /// The name of the index
+    pub name: String,
     /// The type of the index
     pub index_type: String,
     /// The columns in the index
@@ -355,6 +357,7 @@ impl From<lancedb::index::IndexConfig> for IndexConfig {
         Self {
             index_type,
             columns: value.columns,
+            name: value.name,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/index.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/index.rs
index b98dc9a7..4346e579 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/index.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/index.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ pub enum IndexType {
 
 /// A description of an index currently configured on a column
 pub struct IndexConfig {
+    /// The name of the index
+    pub name: String,
     /// The type of the index
     pub index_type: IndexType,
     /// The columns in the index
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
index afc486e9..34a5d1e7 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
@@ -1860,7 +1860,9 @@ impl TableInternal for NativeTable {
                 }
                 columns.push(field.name.clone());
             }
-            Ok(IndexConfig { index_type: if is_vector { crate::index::IndexType::IvfPq } else { crate::index::IndexType::BTree }, columns })
+            let name = idx.name.clone();
+            let index_type = if is_vector { crate::index::IndexType::IvfPq } else { crate::index::IndexType::BTree };
+            Ok(IndexConfig { index_type, columns, name })
         }).collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()
     }
 }