diff --git a/include/block/aio.h b/include/block/aio.h
index 10fcae1515..807edce9b5 100644
--- a/include/block/aio.h
+++ b/include/block/aio.h
@@ -292,19 +292,44 @@ void aio_context_acquire(AioContext *ctx);
 void aio_context_release(AioContext *ctx);
 
 /**
- * aio_bh_schedule_oneshot: Allocate a new bottom half structure that will run
- * only once and as soon as possible.
+ * aio_bh_schedule_oneshot_full: Allocate a new bottom half structure that will
+ * run only once and as soon as possible.
+ *
+ * @name: A human-readable identifier for debugging purposes.
  */
-void aio_bh_schedule_oneshot(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque);
+void aio_bh_schedule_oneshot_full(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque,
+                                  const char *name);
 
 /**
- * aio_bh_new: Allocate a new bottom half structure.
+ * aio_bh_schedule_oneshot: Allocate a new bottom half structure that will run
+ * only once and as soon as possible.
+ *
+ * A convenience wrapper for aio_bh_schedule_oneshot_full() that uses cb as the
+ * name string.
+ */
+#define aio_bh_schedule_oneshot(ctx, cb, opaque) \
+    aio_bh_schedule_oneshot_full((ctx), (cb), (opaque), (stringify(cb)))
+
+/**
+ * aio_bh_new_full: Allocate a new bottom half structure.
  *
  * Bottom halves are lightweight callbacks whose invocation is guaranteed
  * to be wait-free, thread-safe and signal-safe.  The #QEMUBH structure
  * is opaque and must be allocated prior to its use.
+ *
+ * @name: A human-readable identifier for debugging purposes.
  */
-QEMUBH *aio_bh_new(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque);
+QEMUBH *aio_bh_new_full(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque,
+                        const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * aio_bh_new: Allocate a new bottom half structure
+ *
+ * A convenience wrapper for aio_bh_new_full() that uses the cb as the name
+ * string.
+ */
+#define aio_bh_new(ctx, cb, opaque) \
+    aio_bh_new_full((ctx), (cb), (opaque), (stringify(cb)))
 
 /**
  * aio_notify: Force processing of pending events.
diff --git a/include/qemu/main-loop.h b/include/qemu/main-loop.h
index 98aef5647c..8dbc6fcb89 100644
--- a/include/qemu/main-loop.h
+++ b/include/qemu/main-loop.h
@@ -294,7 +294,9 @@ void qemu_cond_timedwait_iothread(QemuCond *cond, int ms);
 
 void qemu_fd_register(int fd);
 
-QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque);
+#define qemu_bh_new(cb, opaque) \
+    qemu_bh_new_full((cb), (opaque), (stringify(cb)))
+QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new_full(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque, const char *name);
 void qemu_bh_schedule_idle(QEMUBH *bh);
 
 enum {
diff --git a/tests/unit/ptimer-test-stubs.c b/tests/unit/ptimer-test-stubs.c
index 7f801a4d09..2a3ef58799 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ptimer-test-stubs.c
+++ b/tests/unit/ptimer-test-stubs.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ int64_t qemu_clock_deadline_ns_all(QEMUClockType type, int attr_mask)
     return deadline;
 }
 
-QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque)
+QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new_full(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque, const char *name)
 {
     QEMUBH *bh = g_new(QEMUBH, 1);
 
diff --git a/util/async.c b/util/async.c
index 5d9b7cc1eb..9a668996b8 100644
--- a/util/async.c
+++ b/util/async.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ enum {
 
 struct QEMUBH {
     AioContext *ctx;
+    const char *name;
     QEMUBHFunc *cb;
     void *opaque;
     QSLIST_ENTRY(QEMUBH) next;
@@ -107,7 +108,8 @@ static QEMUBH *aio_bh_dequeue(BHList *head, unsigned *flags)
     return bh;
 }
 
-void aio_bh_schedule_oneshot(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque)
+void aio_bh_schedule_oneshot_full(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb,
+                                  void *opaque, const char *name)
 {
     QEMUBH *bh;
     bh = g_new(QEMUBH, 1);
@@ -115,11 +117,13 @@ void aio_bh_schedule_oneshot(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque)
         .ctx = ctx,
         .cb = cb,
         .opaque = opaque,
+        .name = name,
     };
     aio_bh_enqueue(bh, BH_SCHEDULED | BH_ONESHOT);
 }
 
-QEMUBH *aio_bh_new(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque)
+QEMUBH *aio_bh_new_full(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque,
+                        const char *name)
 {
     QEMUBH *bh;
     bh = g_new(QEMUBH, 1);
@@ -127,6 +131,7 @@ QEMUBH *aio_bh_new(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque)
         .ctx = ctx,
         .cb = cb,
         .opaque = opaque,
+        .name = name,
     };
     return bh;
 }
diff --git a/util/main-loop.c b/util/main-loop.c
index 4ae5b23e99..06b18b195c 100644
--- a/util/main-loop.c
+++ b/util/main-loop.c
@@ -544,9 +544,9 @@ void main_loop_wait(int nonblocking)
 
 /* Functions to operate on the main QEMU AioContext.  */
 
-QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque)
+QEMUBH *qemu_bh_new_full(QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque, const char *name)
 {
-    return aio_bh_new(qemu_aio_context, cb, opaque);
+    return aio_bh_new_full(qemu_aio_context, cb, opaque, name);
 }
 
 /*