diff --git a/mdadm.c b/mdadm.c
index 3324a9b..14005b3 100644
--- a/mdadm.c
+++ b/mdadm.c
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case O(MISC, ConfigFile):
 		case O(MONITOR,'c'):
 		case O(MONITOR,ConfigFile):
+		case O(CREATE,ConfigFile):
 			if (configfile) {
 				pr_err("configfile cannot be set twice.  "
 					"Second value is %s.\n", optarg);
diff --git a/tests/00names b/tests/00names
index c6630e2..7a066d8 100644
--- a/tests/00names
+++ b/tests/00names
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 set -x -e
 
 # create arrays with non-numeric names
+conf=$targetdir/mdadm.conf
+echo "CREATE names=yes" > $conf
 
 for i in linear raid0 raid1 raid4 raid5 raid6
 do
-  mdadm -CR /dev/md/$i -l $i -n 4 $dev4 $dev3 $dev2 $dev1
+  mdadm -CR --config $conf /dev/md/$i -l $i -n 4 $dev4 $dev3 $dev2 $dev1
   check $i
   [ -d /sys/class/block/md_$i/md ]
   mdadm -S md_$i