diff --git a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/brush.rs b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/brush.rs
index f7e1f8893..3904e6aab 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/brush.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/brush.rs
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ pub(super) enum BrushError {
 }
 
 /// The strings of a plug-in object's section (`section`: what follows `%AI8_BeginPluginObject`):
-/// its plug-in name, its name and its parameters, joined. `None` with fewer than two strings.
-pub(super) fn plugin_strings(section: &[u8]) -> Option<(String, String, String)> {
+/// its plug-in name, its name and its parameters, joined. The name is `None` with one string, and
+/// the whole is `None` with none.
+pub(super) fn plugin_strings(section: &[u8]) -> Option<(String, Option<String>, String)> {
     let mut lex = Lexer::new(section);
     let mut strings = vec![];
     let mut params = vec![];
@@ -142,8 +143,9 @@ pub(super) fn plugin_strings(section: &[u8]) -> Option<(String, String, String)>
             }
         }
     }
-    let [kind, name]: [String; 2] = strings.try_into().ok()?;
-    Some((kind, name, obj::text(&params)))
+    let mut strings = strings.into_iter();
+    let kind = strings.next()?;
+    Some((kind, strings.next(), obj::text(&params)))
 }
 
 /// The brush manager's order (`params`: its parameters): the kind and name of each brush. Pairs
diff --git a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/read/directives.rs b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/read/directives.rs
index e2c9df048..b1c9db39d 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/read/directives.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/read/directives.rs
@@ -518,16 +518,23 @@ impl<'a> Reader<'a> {
     }
 
     /// A plug-in object (`section`: what follows `%AI8_BeginPluginObject`): the brush manager's
-    /// order or a brush ([`brush`]); other objects are left alone.
+    /// order or a brush ([`brush`]); other objects are left alone. A brush without a name is counted
+    /// as not read.
     fn plugin_object(&mut self, section: &[u8]) {
         let Some((kind, name, params)) = brush::plugin_strings(section) else { return };
         if kind == brush::MANAGER {
-            self.brush_objects = true;
-            self.brush_order = brush::parse_brush_manager(&params);
+            if name.is_some() {
+                self.brush_objects = true;
+                self.brush_order = brush::parse_brush_manager(&params);
+            }
             return;
         }
         let Some(tool) = brush::tool(&kind) else { return };
         self.brush_objects = true;
+        let Some(name) = name else {
+            self.brushes_unread += 1;
+            return;
+        };
         if self.brush_drafts.len() >= brush::MAX_BRUSHES {
             self.brushes_unread += 1;
             return;
diff --git a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs
index eb46288c4..6e97b279d 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs
@@ -5224,6 +5224,20 @@ fn a_file_whose_brushes_are_all_left_out_has_none() {
     assert!(vectorcraft_brush::library(&r.doc).is_empty());
 }
 
+/// A brush object that ends after its plug-in name is counted as a brush left out, and the file
+/// gets no default brushes.
+#[test]
+fn a_brush_object_without_a_name_is_counted_as_left_out() {
+    let nameless = format!("%AI5_Begin_NonPrinting\nNp\n%AI8_BeginPluginObject\n({CALLIGRAPHIC})\n%AI8_EndPluginObject\n%AI5_End_NonPrinting--\n");
+    let r = read_ok(&format!("{nameless}{}", layer("")));
+    assert!(vectorcraft_brush::library(&r.doc).is_empty(), "{:?}", r.warnings);
+    assert!(r.warnings.iter().any(|w| w.ends_with("Brushes panel (1)")), "{:?}", r.warnings);
+    let r = read_ok(&format!("{}{nameless}{}", plugin_object(CALLIGRAPHIC, "Nib", NIB), layer("")));
+    let lib = vectorcraft_brush::library(&r.doc);
+    assert_eq!(lib.iter().map(|b| b.name.as_str()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), ["Nib"], "{:?}", r.warnings);
+    assert!(r.warnings.iter().any(|w| w.ends_with("Brushes panel (1)")), "{:?}", r.warnings);
+}
+
 /// A gradient's `Br` (a stop's ramp) isn't a brush: the gradient keeps its stops.
 #[test]
 fn a_gradients_br_is_not_a_brush() {