diff --git a/include/utils/AndroidThreads.h b/include/utils/AndroidThreads.h
index f67648f..4eee14d 100644
--- a/include/utils/AndroidThreads.h
+++ b/include/utils/AndroidThreads.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
                                      size_t threadStackSize,
                                      android_thread_id_t *threadId);
 
+// set the same of the running thread
+extern void androidSetThreadName(const char* name);
+
 // Used by the Java Runtime to control how threads are created, so that
 // they can be proper and lovely Java threads.
 typedef int (*android_create_thread_fn)(android_thread_func_t entryFunction,