diff --git a/django/db/models/base.py b/django/db/models/base.py
index 4673920ade..e4ef6e5495 100644
--- a/django/db/models/base.py
+++ b/django/db/models/base.py
@@ -293,14 +293,15 @@ class ModelBase(type):
                 else:
                     new_class.add_to_class(field.name, copy.deepcopy(field))
 
-        if base_meta and base_meta.abstract and not abstract:
-            new_class._meta.indexes = [copy.deepcopy(idx) for idx in new_class._meta.indexes]
-            # Set the name of _meta.indexes. This can't be done in
-            # Options.contribute_to_class() because fields haven't been added
-            # to the model at that point.
-            for index in new_class._meta.indexes:
-                if not index.name:
-                    index.set_name_with_model(new_class)
+        # Copy indexes so that index names are unique when models extend an
+        # abstract model.
+        new_class._meta.indexes = [copy.deepcopy(idx) for idx in new_class._meta.indexes]
+        # Set the name of _meta.indexes. This can't be done in
+        # Options.contribute_to_class() because fields haven't been added to
+        # the model at that point.
+        for index in new_class._meta.indexes:
+            if not index.name:
+                index.set_name_with_model(new_class)
 
         if abstract:
             # Abstract base models can't be instantiated and don't appear in
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.11.3.txt b/docs/releases/1.11.3.txt
index 7085b02669..de6def5aa1 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.11.3.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.11.3.txt
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ Bugfixes
   (:ticket:`28202`).
 
 * Fixed invalid HTML for a required ``AdminFileWidget`` (:ticket:`28278`).
+
+* Fixed model initialization to set the name of class-based model indexes
+  for models that only inherit ``models.Model`` (:ticket:`28282`).
diff --git a/tests/model_indexes/models.py b/tests/model_indexes/models.py
index 34b3f3246c..6d74ad8fa6 100644
--- a/tests/model_indexes/models.py
+++ b/tests/model_indexes/models.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ class Book(models.Model):
     author = models.CharField(max_length=50)
     pages = models.IntegerField(db_column='page_count')
 
+    class Meta:
+        indexes = [models.indexes.Index(fields=['title'])]
+
 
 class AbstractModel(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
diff --git a/tests/model_indexes/tests.py b/tests/model_indexes/tests.py
index 791233daf0..c0f5a84fdb 100644
--- a/tests/model_indexes/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_indexes/tests.py
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ class IndexesTests(SimpleTestCase):
         self.assertIsNot(index, new_index)
         self.assertEqual(index.fields, new_index.fields)
 
+    def test_name_set(self):
+        index_names = [index.name for index in Book._meta.indexes]
+        self.assertEqual(index_names, ['model_index_title_196f42_idx'])
+
     def test_abstract_children(self):
         index_names = [index.name for index in ChildModel1._meta.indexes]
         self.assertEqual(index_names, ['model_index_name_440998_idx'])