diff --git a/src/modules/coreaudio/module-coreaudio-device.c b/src/modules/coreaudio/module-coreaudio-device.c
index 5e6d49c28..cc4600b57 100644
--- a/src/modules/coreaudio/module-coreaudio-device.c
+++ b/src/modules/coreaudio/module-coreaudio-device.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ int pa__init(pa_module *m) {
     ca_device_create_streams(m, TRUE);
 
     /* create the message thread */
-    if (!(u->thread = pa_thread_new(thread_func, u))) {
+    if (!(u->thread = pa_thread_new("coreaudio", thread_func, u))) {
         pa_log("Failed to create thread.");
         goto fail;
     }