diff --git a/cmd/scw/testdata/test-all-usage-iot-route-create-usage.golden b/cmd/scw/testdata/test-all-usage-iot-route-create-usage.golden
index 452bf8a20b..81de037eb8 100644
--- a/cmd/scw/testdata/test-all-usage-iot-route-create-usage.golden
+++ b/cmd/scw/testdata/test-all-usage-iot-route-create-usage.golden
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ USAGE:
   scw iot route create [arg=value ...]
 
 ARGS:
-  [name]                        Route name
+  [name=<generated>]            Route name
   [hub-id]                      ID of the route's hub
   [topic]                       Topic the route subscribes to. It must be a valid MQTT topic and up to 65535 characters
   [s3-config.bucket-region]     
diff --git a/internal/namespaces/iot/v1/iot_cli.go b/internal/namespaces/iot/v1/iot_cli.go
index afee397047..c622f36baf 100644
--- a/internal/namespaces/iot/v1/iot_cli.go
+++ b/internal/namespaces/iot/v1/iot_cli.go
@@ -1087,6 +1087,7 @@ func iotRouteCreate() *core.Command {
 				Required:   false,
 				Deprecated: false,
 				Positional: false,
+				Default:    core.RandomValueGenerator("route"),
 			},
 			{
 				Name:       "hub-id",