diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 81bc8464a..17f9c8dbd 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	setlocale(LC_CTYPE,"");
 #endif
 
+	g_set_application_name("Music Player Daemon");
+
 	/* enable GLib's thread safety code */
 	g_thread_init(NULL);