diff --git a/sql/table.sql b/sql/table.sql
index 08bfc40b1c0ea292a1f855711086f0201d451ef5..21ec5c6b82453a533a5bc2a2fd0cb9d4bb64410b 100755
--- a/sql/table.sql
+++ b/sql/table.sql
@@ -1027,7 +1027,8 @@ CREATE TABLE seq_region (
   length                      INT(10) NOT NULL,
 
   UNIQUE(coord_system_id, name),
-  PRIMARY KEY (seq_region_id)
+  PRIMARY KEY (seq_region_id),
+  KEY name_idx(name)  
 
 ) TYPE=MyISAM;