diff --git a/bin/service/netrpc_server.py b/bin/service/netrpc_server.py
index fcd6657bdc9..80cb968c8e9 100644
--- a/bin/service/netrpc_server.py
+++ b/bin/service/netrpc_server.py
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ import tools
 
 class TinySocketClientThread(threading.Thread, netsvc.OpenERPDispatcher):
     def __init__(self, sock, threads):
-        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+        spn = sock and sock.getpeername()
+        spn = 'netrpc-client-%s:%s' % spn[0:2]
+        threading.Thread.__init__(self, name=spn)
         self.sock = sock
         # Only at the server side, use a big timeout: close the
         # clients connection when they're idle for 20min.