diff --git a/src/runtime_linux.cc b/src/runtime_linux.cc
index d68e4bd..5856f06 100644
--- a/src/runtime_linux.cc
+++ b/src/runtime_linux.cc
@@ -235,8 +235,10 @@
   OS os_info;
   const char* cmd_line = GetCmdLine();
   if (cmd_line == NULL) {
-    cmd_line = "<unset>"; // Because we're in a unit test, say.
+    cmd_line = "<unset>"; // Because no-one called InitLogging.
   }
+  pid_t tid = GetTid();
+  std::string thread_name(GetThreadName(tid));
   UContext thread_context(raw_context);
   Backtrace thread_backtrace;
 
@@ -248,14 +250,17 @@
                       << (has_address ? StringPrintf(" fault addr %p", info->si_addr) : "") << "\n"
                       << "OS: " << Dumpable<OS>(os_info) << "\n"
                       << "Cmdline: " << cmd_line << "\n"
+                      << "Thread: " << tid << " \"" << thread_name << "\"\n"
                       << "Registers:\n" << Dumpable<UContext>(thread_context) << "\n"
                       << "Backtrace:\n" << Dumpable<Backtrace>(thread_backtrace);
 
   // TODO: instead, get debuggerd running on the host, try to connect, and hang around on success.
   if (getenv("debug_db_uid") != NULL) {
     LOG(INTERNAL_FATAL) << "********************************************************\n"
-                        << "* Process " << getpid() << " thread " << GetTid() << " has been suspended while crashing. Attach gdb:\n"
-                        << "*     gdb -p " << GetTid() << "\n"
+                        << "* Process " << getpid() << " thread " << tid << " \"" << thread_name << "\""
+                        << " has been suspended while crashing.\n"
+                        << "* Attach gdb:\n"
+                        << "*     gdb -p " << tid << "\n"
                         << "********************************************************\n";
     // Wait for debugger to attach.
     while (true) {
diff --git a/src/thread.cc b/src/thread.cc
index b263039..b177cf8 100644
--- a/src/thread.cc
+++ b/src/thread.cc
@@ -465,13 +465,7 @@
        << " tid=" << thread->GetThinLockId()
        << " " << thread->GetState() << "\n";
   } else {
-    std::string thread_name;
-    if (ReadFileToString(StringPrintf("/proc/self/task/%d/comm", tid), &thread_name)) {
-      thread_name.resize(thread_name.size() - 1); // Lose the trailing '\n'.
-    } else {
-      thread_name = "<unknown>";
-    }
-    os << '"' << thread_name << '"'
+    os << '"' << ::art::GetThreadName(tid) << '"'
        << " prio=" << priority
        << " (not attached)\n";
   }
diff --git a/src/utils.cc b/src/utils.cc
index 084456d..d45568e 100644
--- a/src/utils.cc
+++ b/src/utils.cc
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+std::string GetThreadName(pid_t tid) {
+  std::string result;
+  if (ReadFileToString(StringPrintf("/proc/self/task/%d/comm", tid), &result)) {
+    result.resize(result.size() - 1); // Lose the trailing '\n'.
+  } else {
+    result = "<unknown>";
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 void GetThreadStack(void*& stack_base, size_t& stack_size) {
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
   stack_size = pthread_get_stacksize_np(pthread_self());
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index e1c00ac..a31588b 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@
 // Returns the calling thread's tid. (The C libraries don't expose this.)
 pid_t GetTid();
 
+// Returns the given thread's name.
+std::string GetThreadName(pid_t tid);
+
 // Returns details of the calling thread's stack.
 void GetThreadStack(void*& stack_base, size_t& stack_size);