diff --git a/integrationtests/test.sh b/integrationtests/test.sh
index 1c0357e265eec770069166e614fc0a3aa6ecc548..e97596980918c08567cc2c8ca17dd3387e343c29 100755
--- a/integrationtests/test.sh
+++ b/integrationtests/test.sh
@@ -82,5 +82,8 @@ python3 -m pytest test_crawl_with_datamodel_problems.py
 echo "Testing table export"
 python3 -m pytest test_base_table_exporter_integration.py
 
+echo "Testing yaml datamodel parser"
+python3 -m pytest test_yaml_parser.py
+
 # Obsolete due to teardown in the above test.
 # echo "/n/n/n YOU NEED TO RESTART THE SERVER TO REDO TESTS!!!"
diff --git a/integrationtests/test_yaml_parser.py b/integrationtests/test_yaml_parser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5401367cdea643cd98dbfcc38b51a2cd56067a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integrationtests/test_yaml_parser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# This file is a part of the CaosDB Project.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2022 IndiScale GmbH <info@indiscale.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Florian Spreckelsen <f.spreckelsen@indiscale.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+# later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along
+# with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+import caosdb as db
+from caosadvancedtools.models.parser import parse_model_from_string
+
+
+def _delete_everything():
+    ents = db.execute_query("FIND ENTITY WITH ID > 99")
+    if ents:
+        ents.delete()
+
+
+def setup_module():
+    _delete_everything()
+
+
+def teardown_module():
+    _delete_everything()
+
+
+def test_name_in_extern():
+    """Test adding the internal `name` property as a parent to an existing
+    property.
+
+    """
+
+    model = """
+extern:
+- name
+- test_name
+test_name:
+  inherit_from_suggested:
+  - name
+"""
+    db.Property(name="test_name", datatype=db.TEXT).insert()
+    ents = parse_model_from_string(model)
+    ents.sync_data_model(noquestion=True)
+
+    test_prop = db.Property(name="test_name").retrieve()
+    name_prop = db.Property(name="name").retrieve()
+    assert len(test_prop.parents) == 1
+    assert test_prop.has_parent(name_prop)