diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
index 838980aaa5..b4c2359272 100644
--- a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
+++ b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "qemu/atomic.h"
 #include "qemu/notify.h"
 #include "qemu-thread-common.h"
+#include "qemu/tsan.h"
 
 static bool name_threads;
 
@@ -513,6 +514,7 @@ static void *qemu_thread_start(void *args)
 # endif
     }
 #endif
+    QEMU_TSAN_ANNOTATE_THREAD_NAME(qemu_thread_args->name);
     g_free(qemu_thread_args->name);
     g_free(qemu_thread_args);
     pthread_cleanup_push(qemu_thread_atexit_notify, NULL);