diff --git a/website/structure/collections.nix b/website/structure/collections.nix
index a4f4fa66..3ddb5d32 100644
--- a/website/structure/collections.nix
+++ b/website/structure/collections.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ in
         name = mkOption {
           description = "Symbolic name, used as a human-readable identifier";
           type = types.str;
-          default = name;
+          default = lib.mkDefault name;
         };
         prefixes = mkOption {
           description = ''
@@ -52,12 +52,17 @@ in
         };
         entry = mkOption {
           description = "An entry in the collection";
-          type = types.collection (types.submodule ({
+          type = with types; collection (submodule ({
             imports = [ config.type ];
             _module.args.collection = config;
             process-locations = ls: with lib; concatMap (l: map (p: "${p}/${l}") config.prefixes) ls;
           }));
         };
+        by-name = mkOption {
+          description = "Entries accessible by symbolic name";
+          type = with types; attrsOf attrs;
+          default = with lib; listToAttrs (map (e: { name = e.name; value = e; }) config.entry);
+        };
       };
     }));
   };