diff --git a/daemon/HTTPServer.cpp b/daemon/HTTPServer.cpp
index 73849e4d..25b6ab19 100644
--- a/daemon/HTTPServer.cpp
+++ b/daemon/HTTPServer.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <thread>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include <memory>
 
 #include <boost/asio.hpp>
@@ -1313,7 +1312,8 @@ namespace http {
 
 	void HTTPServer::Run ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "Webconsole");
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("Webconsole");
+
 		while (m_IsRunning)
 		{
 			try
diff --git a/daemon/I2PControl.cpp b/daemon/I2PControl.cpp
index 1fde9109..3f0033e5 100644
--- a/daemon/I2PControl.cpp
+++ b/daemon/I2PControl.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
 #include <boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp>
 #include <boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp>
-#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include "Crypto.h"
 #include "FS.h"
@@ -132,7 +131,8 @@ namespace client
 
 	void I2PControlService::Run ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "I2PC");
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("I2PC");
+
 		while (m_IsRunning)
 		{
 			try {
diff --git a/daemon/UPnP.cpp b/daemon/UPnP.cpp
index 0076ddd7..6ea33c46 100644
--- a/daemon/UPnP.cpp
+++ b/daemon/UPnP.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifdef USE_UPNP
 #include <string>
 #include <thread>
-#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio.hpp>
@@ -61,7 +60,8 @@ namespace transport
 
 	void UPnP::Run ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "UPnP");
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("UPnP");
+
 		while (m_IsRunning)
 		{
 			try
diff --git a/libi2pd/Log.cpp b/libi2pd/Log.cpp
index d7386642..2b555663 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Log.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/Log.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 */
 
 #include "Log.h"
-#include <pthread.h>
+#include "util.h"
 
 //for std::transform
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ namespace log {
 
 	void Log::Run ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "Logging");
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("Logging");
+
 		Reopen ();
 		while (m_IsRunning)
 		{
diff --git a/libi2pd/NetDb.cpp b/libi2pd/NetDb.cpp
index 66dac010..20b54376 100644
--- a/libi2pd/NetDb.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/NetDb.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <boost/asio.hpp>
 #include <stdexcept>
-#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include "I2PEndian.h"
 #include "Base.h"
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "ECIESX25519AEADRatchetSession.h"
 #include "Config.h"
 #include "NetDb.hpp"
+#include "util.h"
 
 using namespace i2p::transport;
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace data
 
 	void NetDb::Run ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "NetDB");
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("NetDB");
 
 		uint32_t lastSave = 0, lastPublish = 0, lastExploratory = 0, lastManageRequest = 0, lastDestinationCleanup = 0;
 		while (m_IsRunning)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace data
 							break;
 							case eI2NPDeliveryStatus:
 								HandleDeliveryStatusMsg (msg);
-							break;	
+							break;
 							case eI2NPDummyMsg:
 								// plain RouterInfo from NTCP2 with flags for now
 								HandleNTCP2RouterInfoMsg (msg);
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@ namespace data
 				if (!m_HiddenMode && i2p::transport::transports.IsOnline ()) 
 				{
 					bool publish = false;
-				    if (m_PublishReplyToken)
-					{	
+					if (m_PublishReplyToken)
+					{
 						if (ts - lastPublish >= NETDB_PUBLISH_CONFIRMATION_TIMEOUT) publish = true;
 					}
 					else if (i2p::context.GetLastUpdateTime () > lastPublish || 
-				    	ts - lastPublish >= NETDB_PUBLISH_INTERVAL) publish = true;
+						ts - lastPublish >= NETDB_PUBLISH_INTERVAL) publish = true;
 					if (publish) // update timestamp and publish
 					{
 						i2p::context.UpdateTimestamp (ts);
diff --git a/libi2pd/SSU.cpp b/libi2pd/SSU.cpp
index a75306bb..3b6280dd 100644
--- a/libi2pd/SSU.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/SSU.cpp
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 */
 
 #include <string.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include "Log.h"
 #include "Timestamp.h"
 #include "RouterContext.h"
 #include "NetDb.hpp"
 #include "SSU.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <boost/winapi/error_codes.hpp>
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ namespace transport
 
 	void SSUServer::Run ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "SSU");
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("SSU");
 
 		while (m_IsRunning)
 		{
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace transport
 
 	void SSUServer::RunReceivers ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "SSUv4");
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("SSUv4");
 
 		while (m_IsRunning)
 		{
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace transport
 
 	void SSUServer::RunReceiversV6 ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "SSUv6");
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("SSUv6");
 
 		while (m_IsRunning)
 		{
diff --git a/libi2pd/Timestamp.cpp b/libi2pd/Timestamp.cpp
index db5c3946..3cd336ed 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Timestamp.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/Timestamp.cpp
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 #include <future>
 #include <boost/asio.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include "Config.h"
 #include "Log.h"
 #include "I2PEndian.h"
 #include "Timestamp.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	#ifndef _WIN64
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ namespace util
 
 	void NTPTimeSync::Run ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "Timesync");
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("Timesync");
+
 		while (m_IsRunning)
 		{
 			try
diff --git a/libi2pd/Transports.cpp b/libi2pd/Transports.cpp
index 585ef8e0..5c2fcb6d 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Transports.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/Transports.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 * See full license text in LICENSE file at top of project tree
 */
 
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include "Log.h"
 #include "Crypto.h"
 #include "RouterContext.h"
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "Transports.h"
 #include "Config.h"
 #include "HTTP.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 using namespace i2p::data;
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace transport
 	template<typename Keys>
 	void EphemeralKeysSupplier<Keys>::Run ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "Ephemerals");
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("Ephemerals");
 
 		while (m_IsRunning)
 		{
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ namespace transport
 
 	void Transports::Run ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "Transports");
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("Transports");
 
 		while (m_IsRunning && m_Service)
 		{
diff --git a/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp b/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp
index a5f20963..42eeeb5d 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/Tunnel.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "I2PEndian.h"
 #include <random>
 #include <thread>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
 #include "Crypto.h"
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "Config.h"
 #include "Tunnel.h"
 #include "TunnelPool.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 namespace i2p
 {
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ namespace tunnel
 
 	void Tunnels::Run ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "Tunnels");
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("Tunnels");
 		std::this_thread::sleep_for (std::chrono::seconds(1)); // wait for other parts are ready
 
 		uint64_t lastTs = 0, lastPoolsTs = 0;
diff --git a/libi2pd/util.cpp b/libi2pd/util.cpp
index e98f939f..2e8e67ba 100644
--- a/libi2pd/util.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/util.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "Log.h"
 
+#if not defined (__FreeBSD__)
+#include <pthread.h>
+#endif
+
+#if defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
+#include <pthread_np.h>
+#endif
+
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -32,7 +41,7 @@
 
 // inet_pton exists Windows since Vista, but XP doesn't have that function!
 // This function was written by Petar Korponai?. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15660203/inet-pton-identifier-not-found
-int inet_pton_xp(int af, const char *src, void *dst)
+int inet_pton_xp (int af, const char *src, void *dst)
 {
 	struct sockaddr_storage ss;
 	int size = sizeof (ss);
@@ -94,7 +103,8 @@ namespace util
 
 	void RunnableService::Run ()
 	{
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), m_Name.c_str());
+		SetThreadName(m_Name.c_str());
+
 		while (m_IsRunning)
 		{
 			try
@@ -108,10 +118,20 @@ namespace util
 		}
 	}
 
+	void SetThreadName (const char *name) {
+#if defined (__APPLE__)
+		pthread_setname_np(name);
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+		pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), name)
+#else
+		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), name);
+#endif
+	}
+
 namespace net
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-	bool IsWindowsXPorLater()
+	bool IsWindowsXPorLater ()
 	{
 		static bool isRequested = false;
 		static bool isXP = false;
@@ -130,7 +150,7 @@ namespace net
 		return isXP;
 	}
 
-	int GetMTUWindowsIpv4(sockaddr_in inputAddress, int fallback)
+	int GetMTUWindowsIpv4 (sockaddr_in inputAddress, int fallback)
 	{
 		ULONG outBufLen = 0;
 		PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES pAddresses = nullptr;
@@ -184,7 +204,7 @@ namespace net
 		return fallback;
 	}
 
-	int GetMTUWindowsIpv6(sockaddr_in6 inputAddress, int fallback)
+	int GetMTUWindowsIpv6 (sockaddr_in6 inputAddress, int fallback)
 	{
 		ULONG outBufLen = 0;
 		PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES pAddresses = nullptr;
@@ -249,7 +269,7 @@ namespace net
 		return fallback;
 	}
 
-	int GetMTUWindows(const boost::asio::ip::address& localAddress, int fallback)
+	int GetMTUWindows (const boost::asio::ip::address& localAddress, int fallback)
 	{
 #ifdef UNICODE
 		string localAddress_temporary = localAddress.to_string();
@@ -281,7 +301,7 @@ namespace net
 		}
 	}
 #else // assume unix
-	int GetMTUUnix(const boost::asio::ip::address& localAddress, int fallback)
+	int GetMTUUnix (const boost::asio::ip::address& localAddress, int fallback)
 	{
 		ifaddrs* ifaddr, *ifa = nullptr;
 		if(getifaddrs(&ifaddr) == -1)
@@ -336,7 +356,7 @@ namespace net
 	}
 #endif // _WIN32
 
-	int GetMTU(const boost::asio::ip::address& localAddress)
+	int GetMTU (const boost::asio::ip::address& localAddress)
 	{
 		int fallback = localAddress.is_v6 () ? 1280 : 620; // fallback MTU
 
@@ -348,7 +368,7 @@ namespace net
 		return fallback;
 	}
 
-	const boost::asio::ip::address GetInterfaceAddress(const std::string & ifname, bool ipv6)
+	const boost::asio::ip::address GetInterfaceAddress (const std::string & ifname, bool ipv6)
 	{
 #ifdef _WIN32
 		LogPrint(eLogError, "NetIface: cannot get address by interface name, not implemented on WIN32");
@@ -396,7 +416,7 @@ namespace net
 #endif
 	}
 
-	bool IsInReservedRange(const boost::asio::ip::address& host) {
+	bool IsInReservedRange (const boost::asio::ip::address& host) {
 		// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses
 		if(host.is_v4())
 		{
diff --git a/libi2pd/util.h b/libi2pd/util.h
index 56ce1e08..f6222b9f 100644
--- a/libi2pd/util.h
+++ b/libi2pd/util.h
@@ -168,11 +168,13 @@ namespace util
 			boost::asio::io_service::work m_Work;
 	};
 
+	void SetThreadName (const char *name);
+
 	namespace net
 	{
 		int GetMTU (const boost::asio::ip::address& localAddress);
-		const boost::asio::ip::address GetInterfaceAddress(const std::string & ifname, bool ipv6=false);
-		bool IsInReservedRange(const boost::asio::ip::address& host);
+		const boost::asio::ip::address GetInterfaceAddress (const std::string & ifname, bool ipv6=false);
+		bool IsInReservedRange (const boost::asio::ip::address& host);
 	}
 }
 }
diff --git a/libi2pd_client/I2PTunnel.cpp b/libi2pd_client/I2PTunnel.cpp
index 18b7c5a0..61c42b24 100644
--- a/libi2pd_client/I2PTunnel.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd_client/I2PTunnel.cpp
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 */
 
 #include <cassert>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include "Base.h"
 #include "Log.h"
 #include "Destination.h"
 #include "ClientContext.h"
 #include "I2PTunnel.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 namespace i2p
 {
@@ -941,8 +941,8 @@ namespace client
 	}
 
 	void I2PUDPClientTunnel::TryResolving() {
+		i2p::util::SetThreadName("UDP Resolver");
 		LogPrint(eLogInfo, "UDP Tunnel: Trying to resolve ", m_RemoteDest);
-		pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "UDP Resolver");
 
 		std::shared_ptr<const Address> addr;
 		while(!(addr = context.GetAddressBook().GetAddress(m_RemoteDest)) && !m_cancel_resolve)