@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@
  * Alternatively, it may be distributed under the terms of the GNU General
  * Public License, either version 2 or 3, which can be found in the file
  * LICENSE.GPLv2 or LICENSE.GPLv3 respectively included in the packaging of this
  * file.
  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_NP_H
+# include <pthread_np.h>
+#endif
 
 struct thread_ctx {
 	void (*function)(id object);
 	id object;
 };
@@ -151,10 +155,31 @@
 {
 	pthread_exit(NULL);
 
 	OF_UNREACHABLE
 }
+
+void
+of_thread_set_name(of_thread_t thread, const char *name)
+{
+#if defined(__HAIKU__)
+	rename_thread(get_pthread_thread_id(thread), name);
+#elif defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_SET_NAME_NP)
+	pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), name);
+#elif defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP)
+# if defined(__APPLE__)
+	pthread_setname_np(name);
+# elif defined(__GLIBC__)
+	char buffer[16];
+
+	strncpy(buffer, name, 15);
+	buffer[15] = 0;
+
+	pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), buffer);
+# endif
+#endif
+}
 
 void
 of_once(of_once_t *control, void (*func)(void))
 {
 	pthread_once(control, func);