diff --git a/src/finn/custom_op/fpgadataflow/streamingdataflowpartition.py b/src/finn/custom_op/fpgadataflow/streamingdataflowpartition.py
index 53446ff1f2aba30e69bf188c1673c738440567fb..cf065cf156abed591e579b3f257e8f442eb3a976 100644
--- a/src/finn/custom_op/fpgadataflow/streamingdataflowpartition.py
+++ b/src/finn/custom_op/fpgadataflow/streamingdataflowpartition.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class StreamingDataflowPartition(CustomOp):
             "partition_id": ("i", False, 0),
             "device_id": ("i", False, 0),
             "mem_port": ("s", False, ""),
+            "instance_name": ("s", False, ""),
         }
 
     def make_shape_compatible_op(self, model):