diff --git a/src/brpc/details/usercode_backup_pool.cpp b/src/brpc/details/usercode_backup_pool.cpp
index 53a1541d32..489def454c 100644
--- a/src/brpc/details/usercode_backup_pool.cpp
+++ b/src/brpc/details/usercode_backup_pool.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <gflags/gflags.h>
 #include "butil/scoped_lock.h"
+#include "butil/threading/platform_thread.h"
 #ifdef BAIDU_INTERNAL
 #include "butil/comlog_sink.h"
 #endif
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ UserCodeBackupPool::UserCodeBackupPool()
 }
 
 static void* UserCodeRunner(void* args) {
+    butil::PlatformThread::SetName("brpc_user_code_runner");
     static_cast<UserCodeBackupPool*>(args)->UserCodeRunningLoop();
     return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/src/bthread/task_control.cpp b/src/bthread/task_control.cpp
index 3b90dc7854..6706080436 100644
--- a/src/bthread/task_control.cpp
+++ b/src/bthread/task_control.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "butil/scoped_lock.h"             // BAIDU_SCOPED_LOCK
 #include "butil/errno.h"                   // berror
 #include "butil/logging.h"
+#include "butil/threading/platform_thread.h"
 #include "butil/third_party/murmurhash3/murmurhash3.h"
 #include "bthread/sys_futex.h"            // futex_wake_private
 #include "bthread/interrupt_pthread.h"
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ void* TaskControl::worker_thread(void* arg) {
         LOG(ERROR) << "Fail to create TaskGroup in pthread=" << pthread_self();
         return NULL;
     }
+    std::string worker_thread_name = butil::string_printf(
+        "brpc_worker:%d",
+        c->_next_worker_id.fetch_add(1, butil::memory_order_relaxed));
+    butil::PlatformThread::SetName(worker_thread_name.c_str());
     BT_VLOG << "Created worker=" << pthread_self()
             << " bthread=" << g->main_tid();
 
@@ -126,6 +131,7 @@ TaskControl::TaskControl()
     , _groups((TaskGroup**)calloc(BTHREAD_MAX_CONCURRENCY, sizeof(TaskGroup*)))
     , _stop(false)
     , _concurrency(0)
+    , _next_worker_id(0)
     , _nworkers("bthread_worker_count")
     , _pending_time(NULL)
       // Delay exposure of following two vars because they rely on TC which
diff --git a/src/bthread/task_control.h b/src/bthread/task_control.h
index fd40d6ce00..0a56864f2c 100644
--- a/src/bthread/task_control.h
+++ b/src/bthread/task_control.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class TaskControl {
     bool _stop;
     butil::atomic<int> _concurrency;
     std::vector<pthread_t> _workers;
+    butil::atomic<int> _next_worker_id;
 
     bvar::Adder<int64_t> _nworkers;
     butil::Mutex _pending_time_mutex;
diff --git a/src/bthread/timer_thread.cpp b/src/bthread/timer_thread.cpp
index 2c2dd9b29c..4b52b90fe6 100644
--- a/src/bthread/timer_thread.cpp
+++ b/src/bthread/timer_thread.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "butil/logging.h"
 #include "butil/third_party/murmurhash3/murmurhash3.h"   // fmix64
 #include "butil/resource_pool.h"
+#include "butil/threading/platform_thread.h"
 #include "bvar/bvar.h"
 #include "bthread/sys_futex.h"
 #include "bthread/timer_thread.h"
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ inline bool task_greater(const TimerThread::Task* a, const TimerThread::Task* b)
 }
 
 void* TimerThread::run_this(void* arg) {
+    butil::PlatformThread::SetName("brpc_timer");
     static_cast<TimerThread*>(arg)->run();
     return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/src/bvar/collector.cpp b/src/bvar/collector.cpp
index c7844c1f71..d708bd52f2 100644
--- a/src/bvar/collector.cpp
+++ b/src/bvar/collector.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <gflags/gflags.h>
 #include "butil/memory/singleton_on_pthread_once.h"
+#include "butil/threading/platform_thread.h"
 #include "bvar/bvar.h"
 #include "bvar/collector.h"
 
@@ -76,11 +77,13 @@ class Collector : public bvar::Reducer<Collected*, CombineCollected> {
                             int64_t interval_us);
 
     static void* run_grab_thread(void* arg) {
+        butil::PlatformThread::SetName("bvar_collector_grabber");
         static_cast<Collector*>(arg)->grab_thread();
         return NULL;
     }
 
     static void* run_dump_thread(void* arg) {
+        butil::PlatformThread::SetName("bvar_collector_dumper");
         static_cast<Collector*>(arg)->dump_thread();
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/src/bvar/detail/sampler.cpp b/src/bvar/detail/sampler.cpp
index 1d398ba913..ea82612080 100644
--- a/src/bvar/detail/sampler.cpp
+++ b/src/bvar/detail/sampler.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 // Date: Tue Jul 28 18:14:40 CST 2015
 
 #include <gflags/gflags.h>
+#include "butil/threading/platform_thread.h"
 #include "butil/time.h"
 #include "butil/memory/singleton_on_pthread_once.h"
 #include "bvar/reducer.h"
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ class SamplerCollector : public bvar::Reducer<Sampler*, CombineSampler> {
     void run();
 
     static void* sampling_thread(void* arg) {
+        butil::PlatformThread::SetName("bvar_sampler");
         static_cast<SamplerCollector*>(arg)->run();
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/src/bvar/variable.cpp b/src/bvar/variable.cpp
index 1f9da3a1bb..630d2af2ca 100644
--- a/src/bvar/variable.cpp
+++ b/src/bvar/variable.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "butil/errno.h"                         // berror
 #include "butil/time.h"                          // milliseconds_from_now
 #include "butil/file_util.h"                     // butil::FilePath
+#include "butil/threading/platform_thread.h"
 #include "bvar/gflag.h"
 #include "bvar/variable.h"
 #include "bvar/mvariable.h"
@@ -728,6 +729,7 @@ static GFlag s_gflag_bvar_dump_interval("bvar_dump_interval");
 static void* dumping_thread(void*) {
     // NOTE: this variable was declared as static <= r34381, which was
     // destructed when program exits and caused coredumps.
+    butil::PlatformThread::SetName("bvar_dumper");
     const std::string command_name = read_command_name();
     std::string last_filename;
     std::string mbvar_last_filename;