diff --git a/src/bio.c b/src/bio.c
index 2af684570..0662c8c4c 100644
--- a/src/bio.c
+++ b/src/bio.c
@@ -154,6 +154,18 @@ void *bioProcessBackgroundJobs(void *arg) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    switch (type) {
+    case BIO_CLOSE_FILE:
+        redis_set_thread_title("bio_close_file");
+        break;
+    case BIO_AOF_FSYNC:
+        redis_set_thread_title("bio_aof_fsync");
+        break;
+    case BIO_LAZY_FREE:
+        redis_set_thread_title("bio_lazy_free");
+        break;
+    }
+
     /* Make the thread killable at any time, so that bioKillThreads()
      * can work reliably. */
     pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, NULL);
diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index efa9d11f2..82dc201d3 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -226,4 +226,16 @@ void setproctitle(const char *fmt, ...);
 #define USE_ALIGNED_ACCESS
 #endif
 
+/* Define for redis_set_thread_title */
+#ifdef __linux__
+#define redis_set_thread_title(name) pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), name)
+#else
+#if (defined __NetBSD__ || defined __FreeBSD__ || defined __OpenBSD__)
+#include <pthread_np.h>
+#define redis_set_thread_title(name) pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), name)
+#else
+#define redis_set_thread_title(name)
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 8f3d79170..1f5d0bd5d 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -2821,6 +2821,10 @@ void *IOThreadMain(void *myid) {
     /* The ID is the thread number (from 0 to server.iothreads_num-1), and is
      * used by the thread to just manipulate a single sub-array of clients. */
     long id = (unsigned long)myid;
+    char thdname[16];
+
+    snprintf(thdname, sizeof(thdname), "io_thd_%ld", id);
+    redis_set_thread_title(thdname);
 
     while(1) {
         /* Wait for start */