diff --git a/term.c b/term.c
index 1b8131a..9763211 100644
--- a/term.c
+++ b/term.c
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ static void *term_poll_thread_loop(void *param)
 {
 	struct pollfd fds[TERM_MAX_DEVS];
 	struct kvm *kvm = (struct kvm *) param;
-
 	int i;
 
+	kvm__set_thread_name("term-poll");
+
 	for (i = 0; i < TERM_MAX_DEVS; i++) {
 		fds[i].fd = term_fds[i][TERM_FD_IN];
 		fds[i].events = POLLIN;
diff --git a/virtio/net.c b/virtio/net.c
index 077efbf..d59a0d5 100644
--- a/virtio/net.c
+++ b/virtio/net.c
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ static void *virtio_net_ctrl_thread(void *p)
 	struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr *ctrl;
 	virtio_net_ctrl_ack *ack;
 
+	kvm__set_thread_name("virtio-net-ctrl");
+
 	while (1) {
 		mutex_lock(&ndev->io_lock[id]);
 		if (!virt_queue__available(vq))