diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/EnvFunctions.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/EnvFunctions.java
index 1fe793922b1980cd44b23a674a89c2296e4ec96f..6e8e3aec40fa299d74c4e6a173908e8895098393 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/EnvFunctions.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/EnvFunctions.java
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ public class EnvFunctions {
             ContextStateImpl state = RContext.getInstance().stateREnvironment;
             if (env == state.getGlobalEnv()) {
                 return "R_GlobalEnv";
-            } else if (env == state.getBaseEnv()) {
+            } else if (env == state.getBaseEnv() || env == state.getBaseNamespace()) {
                 return "base";
             } else if (env == REnvironment.emptyEnv()) {
                 return "R_EmptyEnv";