diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/pthread_create.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/pthread_create.cc
index 97e09597f..3a764b852 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/pthread_create.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/pthread_create.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * \brief  pthread_create implementation
  * \author Christian Prochaska
+ * \author Christian Helmuth
  * \date   2012-03-12
  *
  * Purpose of a single file for pthread_create is that other application may
@@ -8,12 +9,16 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2012-2017 Genode Labs GmbH
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Genode Labs GmbH
  *
  * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
  * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
  */
 
+/* Genode includes */
+#include <base/lock.h>
+#include <util/string.h>
+
 /* libc includes */
 #include <libc/allocator.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -23,6 +28,20 @@
 #include <internal/pthread.h>
 
 
+static Genode::String<32> pthread_name()
+{
+	static Genode::Lock mutex;
+
+	static unsigned id = 0;
+
+	Genode::Lock::Guard guard(mutex);
+
+	++id;
+
+	return { "pthread.", id };
+}
+
+
 int Libc::pthread_create(pthread_t *thread,
                          void *(*start_routine) (void *), void *arg,
                          size_t stack_size, char const * name,
@@ -66,7 +85,7 @@ extern "C"
 		                        : Libc::Component::stack_size();
 
 		return Libc::pthread_create(thread, start_routine, arg, stack_size,
-		                            "pthread", nullptr,
+		                            pthread_name().string(), nullptr,
 		                            Genode::Affinity::Location());
 	}
 }