diff --git a/primedev/client/audio.cpp b/primedev/client/audio.cpp
index 15f5c2aec..4a759cdab 100644
--- a/primedev/client/audio.cpp
+++ b/primedev/client/audio.cpp
@@ -509,6 +509,40 @@ static void __fastcall h_MilesLog(int level, const char* string)
 	spdlog::info("[MSS] {} - {}", level, string);
 }
 
+static void(__fastcall* o_pSub_18003EBD0)(DWORD dwThreadID, const char* threadName) = nullptr;
+static void __fastcall h_Sub_18003EBD0(DWORD dwThreadID, const char* threadName)
+{
+	HANDLE hThread = OpenThread(THREAD_SET_LIMITED_INFORMATION, FALSE, dwThreadID);
+
+	if (hThread != NULL)
+	{
+		// TODO: This "method" of "charset conversion" from string to wstring is abhorrent. Change it to a proper one
+		// as soon as Northstar has some helper function to do proper charset conversions.
+		auto tmp = std::string(threadName);
+		HRESULT WINAPI _SetThreadDescription(HANDLE hThread, PCWSTR lpThreadDescription);
+		_SetThreadDescription(hThread, std::wstring(tmp.begin(), tmp.end()).c_str());
+
+		CloseHandle(hThread);
+	}
+
+	o_pSub_18003EBD0(dwThreadID, threadName);
+}
+
+static char*(__fastcall* o_pSub_18003BC10)(void* a1, void* a2, void* a3, void* a4, void* a5, int a6) = nullptr;
+static char* __fastcall h_Sub_18003BC10(void* a1, void* a2, void* a3, void* a4, void* a5, int a6)
+{
+	HANDLE hThread;
+	char* ret = o_pSub_18003BC10(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6);
+
+	if (ret != NULL && (hThread = reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(*((uint64_t*)ret + 55))) != NULL)
+	{
+		HRESULT WINAPI _SetThreadDescription(HANDLE hThread, PCWSTR lpThreadDescription);
+		_SetThreadDescription(hThread, L"[Miles] WASAPI Service Thread");
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 ON_DLL_LOAD("mileswin64.dll", MilesWin64_Audio, (CModule module))
 {
 	o_pLoadSampleMetadata = module.Offset(0xF110).RCast<decltype(o_pLoadSampleMetadata)>();
@@ -516,6 +550,12 @@ ON_DLL_LOAD("mileswin64.dll", MilesWin64_Audio, (CModule module))
 
 	o_pSub_1800294C0 = module.Offset(0x294C0).RCast<decltype(o_pSub_1800294C0)>();
 	HookAttach(&(PVOID&)o_pSub_1800294C0, (PVOID)h_Sub_1800294C0);
+
+	o_pSub_18003EBD0 = module.Offset(0x3EBD0).RCast<decltype(o_pSub_18003EBD0)>();
+	HookAttach(&(PVOID&)o_pSub_18003EBD0, (PVOID)h_Sub_18003EBD0);
+
+	o_pSub_18003BC10 = module.Offset(0x3BC10).RCast<decltype(o_pSub_18003BC10)>();
+	HookAttach(&(PVOID&)o_pSub_18003BC10, (PVOID)h_Sub_18003BC10);
 }
 
 ON_DLL_LOAD_RELIESON("engine.dll", MilesLogFuncHooks, ConVar, (CModule module))
diff --git a/primedev/core/tier0.cpp b/primedev/core/tier0.cpp
index dd5ac245e..639b3bf8c 100644
--- a/primedev/core/tier0.cpp
+++ b/primedev/core/tier0.cpp
@@ -18,11 +18,40 @@ void TryCreateGlobalMemAlloc()
 	g_pMemAllocSingleton = CreateGlobalMemAlloc(); // if it already exists, this returns the preexisting IMemAlloc instance
 }
 
+HRESULT WINAPI _SetThreadDescription(HANDLE hThread, PCWSTR lpThreadDescription)
+{
+	// need to grab it dynamically as this function was only introduced at some point in Windows 10
+	static decltype(&SetThreadDescription) _SetThreadDescription =
+		CModule("KernelBase.dll").GetExportedFunction("SetThreadDescription").RCast<decltype(&SetThreadDescription)>();
+
+	if (_SetThreadDescription)
+		return _SetThreadDescription(hThread, lpThreadDescription);
+
+	return ERROR_OLD_WIN_VERSION;
+}
+
+static void(__fastcall* o_pThreadSetDebugName)(HANDLE threadHandle, const char* name) = nullptr;
+static void __fastcall h_ThreadSetDebugName(HANDLE threadHandle, const char* name)
+{
+	if (threadHandle == 0)
+		threadHandle = GetCurrentThread();
+
+	// TODO: This "method" of "charset conversion" from string to wstring is abhorrent. Change it to a proper one
+	// as soon as Northstar has some helper function to do proper charset conversions.
+	auto tmp = std::string(name);
+	_SetThreadDescription(threadHandle, std::wstring(tmp.begin(), tmp.end()).c_str());
+
+	o_pThreadSetDebugName(threadHandle, name);
+}
+
 ON_DLL_LOAD("tier0.dll", Tier0GameFuncs, (CModule module))
 {
 	// shouldn't be necessary, but do this just in case
 	TryCreateGlobalMemAlloc();
 
+	o_pThreadSetDebugName = module.GetExportedFunction("ThreadSetDebugName").RCast<decltype(o_pThreadSetDebugName)>();
+	HookAttach(&(PVOID&)o_pThreadSetDebugName, (PVOID)h_ThreadSetDebugName);
+
 	// setup tier0 funcs
 	CommandLine = module.GetExportedFunction("CommandLine").RCast<CommandLineType>();
 	Plat_FloatTime = module.GetExportedFunction("Plat_FloatTime").RCast<Plat_FloatTimeType>();