diff --git a/geonode/documents/api/serializers.py b/geonode/documents/api/serializers.py
index 1fbcb8ed790..b0c63875060 100644
--- a/geonode/documents/api/serializers.py
+++ b/geonode/documents/api/serializers.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from dynamic_rest.fields.fields import DynamicComputedField
+from rest_framework import serializers
 from geonode.base.api.serializers import ResourceBaseSerializer
 from geonode.documents.models import Document
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ def get_attribute(self, instance):
 
 
 class DocumentSerializer(ResourceBaseSerializer):
+    title = serializers.CharField(required=False)
     file_path = GeonodeFilePathField(required=False, write_only=True)
     doc_file = DocumentFieldField(required=False, write_only=True)
 
diff --git a/geonode/documents/api/tests.py b/geonode/documents/api/tests.py
index f14b5ada5ef..4d144748d41 100644
--- a/geonode/documents/api/tests.py
+++ b/geonode/documents/api/tests.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.url = reverse("documents-list")
         self.invalid_file_path = f"{settings.PROJECT_ROOT}/tests/data/thesaurus.rdf"
         self.valid_file_path = f"{settings.PROJECT_ROOT}/base/fixtures/test_xml.xml"
+        self.no_title_file_path = f"{settings.PROJECT_ROOT}/base/fixtures/test_sld.sld"
 
     def test_documents(self):
         """
@@ -176,6 +177,18 @@ def test_creation_should_create_the_doc(self):
         self.assertEqual("xml", extension)
         self.assertTrue(Document.objects.filter(title="New document for testing").exists())
 
+    def test_uploading_doc_without_title(self):
+        """
+        A document should be uploaded without specifying a title
+        """
+        self.client.force_login(self.admin)
+        payload = {"document": {"metadata_only": True, "file_path": self.no_title_file_path}}
+        actual = self.client.post(self.url, data=payload, format="json")
+        self.assertEqual(201, actual.status_code)
+        extension = actual.json().get("document", {}).get("extension", "")
+        self.assertEqual("sld", extension)
+        self.assertTrue(Document.objects.filter(title="test_sld.sld").exists())
+
     def test_patch_point_of_contact(self):
         document = Document.objects.first()
         url = urljoin(f"{reverse('documents-list')}/", f"{document.id}")
diff --git a/geonode/documents/models.py b/geonode/documents/models.py
index cdd069929a5..626cccb5933 100644
--- a/geonode/documents/models.py
+++ b/geonode/documents/models.py
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ def files(self):
 
     @property
     def name(self):
-        if not self.title:
-            return str(self.id)
+        if not self.title and len(self.files) > 0:
+            return self.files[0].split("/")[-1]
         else:
             return self.title
 
diff --git a/geonode/resource/utils.py b/geonode/resource/utils.py
index 4edfd9ccd47..9a303d6c003 100644
--- a/geonode/resource/utils.py
+++ b/geonode/resource/utils.py
@@ -361,7 +361,11 @@ def document_post_save(instance, *args, **kwargs):
         url = instance.doc_url
 
     Document.objects.filter(id=instance.id).update(
-        extension=instance.extension, subtype=instance.subtype, doc_url=instance.doc_url, csw_type=instance.csw_type
+        title=instance.title,
+        extension=instance.extension,
+        subtype=instance.subtype,
+        doc_url=instance.doc_url,
+        csw_type=instance.csw_type,
     )
 
     if name and url and ext: