diff --git a/mopidy/backends/libspotify/session_manager.py b/mopidy/backends/libspotify/session_manager.py
index 9ea8386b..22cbb0a0 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/libspotify/session_manager.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/libspotify/session_manager.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class LibspotifySessionManager(SpotifySessionManager, threading.Thread):
 
     def __init__(self, username, password, core_queue, output_queue):
         SpotifySessionManager.__init__(self, username, password)
-        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+        threading.Thread.__init__(self, name='LibspotifySessionManagerThread')
         # Run as a daemon thread, so Mopidy won't wait for this thread to exit
         # before Mopidy exits.
         self.daemon = True