diff --git a/src/utils.cc b/src/utils.cc
index ce3af32..cf3e6c3 100644
--- a/src/utils.cc
+++ b/src/utils.cc
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@
     s = threadName + len - 15;
   }
 #if defined(HAVE_ANDROID_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP)
-  /* pthread_setname_np fails rather than truncating long strings */
+  // pthread_setname_np fails rather than truncating long strings.
   char buf[16];       // MAX_TASK_COMM_LEN=16 is hard-coded into bionic
   strncpy(buf, s, sizeof(buf)-1);
   buf[sizeof(buf)-1] = '\0';
@@ -714,6 +714,8 @@
   if (errno != 0) {
     PLOG(WARNING) << "Unable to set the name of current thread to '" << buf << "'";
   }
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+  pthread_setname_np(threadName);
 #elif defined(HAVE_PRCTL)
   prctl(PR_SET_NAME, (unsigned long) s, 0, 0, 0);
 #else