diff --git a/libevdev/const.py b/libevdev/const.py
index eeb19ee423b7b82eee1969fa114bc1ab0f579dca..b68c517869c95231f35cb462bf0576cdc77dbe8c 100644
--- a/libevdev/const.py
+++ b/libevdev/const.py
@@ -91,7 +91,17 @@ class EventCode(EvdevBit):
 
     .. attribute:: name
 
-        The string name of this event code
+        The string name of this event code. Where the name is not defined, a
+        fake name is generated by this module, consisting of the prefix and
+        the uppercase hexadecimal value, e.g. ``REL_0B``. These generated
+        names (see :func:`EventCode.is_defined()`) should never be used as
+        input.
+
+        Note that even defined names are not a stable API. From time to time
+        the kernel introduces a new name and aliases the old one. The same
+        numeric event code may then return a different name than before.
+        This does not affect the :func:`evbit()` function which continues to
+        return the correct event code.
 
     .. attribute:: type
 
@@ -356,15 +366,19 @@ def _load_consts():
         codes = []
         for c in range(cmax + 1):
             cname = Libevdev.event_to_name(t, c)
+            name = cname
             has_name = cname is not None
-            # For those without names, we just use the type name plus
-            # hexcode
+            # For those without names, we use the type name plus
+            # hexcode for the actual name, but a prefixing underscore for
+            # the class name (it's not stable API).
+            # i.e. libedev.EV_REL._REL_0B.name == 'REL_0B'
             if cname is None:
-                cname = "{}_{:02X}".format(tname[3:], c)
+                name = "{}_{:02X}".format(tname[3:], c)
+                cname = "_{}".format(name)
 
             new_class = type(cname, (EventCode, ),
                              {'type': type_object,
-                              'name': cname,
+                              'name': name,
                               'value': c,
                               'is_defined': has_name})
             code_object = new_class()
diff --git a/test/test_const.py b/test/test_const.py
index 6563d56eb61f3ab3038e380e50fedeb1d462a6b8..3c9ce2830f4712def301237afb6f51afc9eb8237 100644
--- a/test/test_const.py
+++ b/test/test_const.py
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ class TestEventBits(unittest.TestCase):
                 else:
                     self.assertEqual(c.name, fake_name)
 
+    def test_evcode_undefined(self):
+        self.assertEqual(evbit('SYN_04'), libevdev.EV_SYN._SYN_04)
+        self.assertEqual(libevdev.EV_SYN._SYN_04.name, 'SYN_04')
+
     def test_propbit_string(self):
         self.assertEqual(propbit('INPUT_PROP_POINTER'), libevdev.INPUT_PROP_POINTER)
         self.assertEqual(propbit('INPUT_PROP_DIRECT'), libevdev.INPUT_PROP_DIRECT)