diff --git a/index.test.js b/index.test.js
index 1b5de6d..225f7d9 100644
--- a/index.test.js
+++ b/index.test.js
@@ -220,3 +220,37 @@ test('linkspector should check HTML encoded section links', async () => {
   expect(results[2].status).toBe('alive')
   expect(results[3].status).toBe('alive')
 })
+
+test('linkspector should check HTML encoded section links and include anchor names', async () => {
+  let hasErrorLinks = false
+  let currentFile = '' // Variable to store the current file name
+  let results = [] // Array to store the results if json is true
+
+  for await (const { file, result, headings } of linkspector(
+    './test/fixtures/markdown/with-html-anchors/.withHtmlAnchorsTest.yml',
+    cmd
+  )) {
+    currentFile = file
+    for (const linkStatusObj of result) {
+      if (cmd.json) {
+        results.push({
+          file: currentFile,
+          link: linkStatusObj.link,
+          status_code: linkStatusObj.status_code,
+          line_number: linkStatusObj.line_number,
+          position: linkStatusObj.position,
+          status: linkStatusObj.status,
+          error_message: linkStatusObj.error_message,
+        })
+      }
+      if (linkStatusObj.status === 'error') {
+        hasErrorLinks = true
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Test expectations for link checks
+  expect(hasErrorLinks).toBe(false)
+  expect(results.length).toBe(1)
+  expect(results[0].status).toBe('alive')
+})
diff --git a/lib/check-file-links.js b/lib/check-file-links.js
index 3f27641..25ca07b 100644
--- a/lib/check-file-links.js
+++ b/lib/check-file-links.js
@@ -51,19 +51,25 @@ function checkFileExistence(link, file) {
       // Collect all heading IDs in the file
       // Use GitHub slugger to generate the heading slug for comparison
       const headingNodes = new Set()
-      visit(tree, 'heading', (node) => {
-        const headingText = getText(node)
-
-        const headingId =
-          node.children[0].type === 'html'
-            ? node.children[0].value.match(/name="(.+?)"/)?.[1]
-            : node.children[0] &&
-                node.children[0].value &&
-                node.children[0].value.includes('{#')
-              ? node.children[0].value.match(/{#(.+?)}/)?.[1]
-              : slugger.slug(headingText)
-
-        headingNodes.add(headingId)
+      visit(tree, ['heading', 'html'], (node) => {
+        if (node.type === 'heading') {
+          const headingText = getText(node)
+          const headingId =
+            node.children[0].type === 'html'
+              ? node.children[0].value.match(/name="(.+?)"/)?.[1]
+              : node.children[0] &&
+                  node.children[0].value &&
+                  node.children[0].value.includes('{#')
+                ? node.children[0].value.match(/{#(.+?)}/)?.[1]
+                : slugger.slug(headingText)
+          headingNodes.add(headingId)
+        } else if (node.type === 'html') {
+          const anchorNameMatch = node.value.match(/<a\s+.*?name="(.+?)".*?>/)
+          if (anchorNameMatch) {
+            const anchorName = anchorNameMatch[1]
+            headingNodes.add(anchorName)
+          }
+        }
       })
 
       // Decode the section ID from the URL
diff --git a/test/fixtures/markdown/with-html-anchors/.withHtmlAnchorsTest.yml b/test/fixtures/markdown/with-html-anchors/.withHtmlAnchorsTest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..907d803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/markdown/with-html-anchors/.withHtmlAnchorsTest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dirs:
+  - ./test/fixtures/markdown/with-html-anchors
diff --git a/test/fixtures/markdown/with-html-anchors/html-anchor.md b/test/fixtures/markdown/with-html-anchors/html-anchor.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abf51bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/markdown/with-html-anchors/html-anchor.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# This is heading 1
+
+This is a paragraph in the first file in a first level heading.
+
+Anchor with `a` <a name="custom-id-level-one"></a>
+
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla vel mauris sit amet ipsum venenatis placerat.
+
+Link to anchor with `a` [Link to custom id level one](#custom-id-level-one).