diff --git a/src/db/update/Service.cxx b/src/db/update/Service.cxx
index 8660575c6..eee89c484 100644
--- a/src/db/update/Service.cxx
+++ b/src/db/update/Service.cxx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "Idle.hxx"
 #include "Log.hxx"
 #include "thread/Thread.hxx"
+#include "thread/Name.hxx"
 #include "thread/Util.hxx"
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
@@ -113,6 +114,8 @@ UpdateService::Task()
 {
 	assert(walk != nullptr);
 
+	SetThreadName("update");
+
 	if (!next.path_utf8.empty())
 		FormatDebug(update_domain, "starting: %s",
 			    next.path_utf8.c_str());