diff --git a/mobile/android/base/CrashReporter.java.in b/mobile/android/base/CrashReporter.java.in
index a21bf561fbf..8498808836d 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/CrashReporter.java.in
+++ b/mobile/android/base/CrashReporter.java.in
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class CrashReporter extends Activity
             public void run() {
                 sendReport(mPendingMinidumpFile, mExtrasStringMap, mPendingExtrasFile);
             }
-        }).start();
+            }, "CrashReporter Thread").start();
     }
 
     public void onCloseClick(View v) {  // bound via crash_reporter.xml
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java b/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
index 722a273cec9..5dec54b247b 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ abstract public class GeckoApp
                         // we really don't care.
                     }
                 }
-            }).start();
+            }, "DNSPrefetcher Thread").start();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java b/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
index 42ef2e16ed4..482182f0529 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ public class GeckoAppShell
             new SynchronousQueue<Handler>();
         
         public void run() {
+            setName("GeckoLooper Thread");
             Looper.prepare();
             try {
                 mHandlerQueue.put(new Handler());
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/GeckoInputConnection.java b/mobile/android/base/GeckoInputConnection.java
index 284c1aebdd5..a7c06bad2d7 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/GeckoInputConnection.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/GeckoInputConnection.java
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ public class GeckoInputConnection
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {}
     }
 
-    static private final Timer mIMETimer = new Timer();
+    static private final Timer mIMETimer = new Timer("GeckoInputConnection Timer");
 
     static private final int NOTIFY_IME_RESETINPUTSTATE = 0;
     static private final int NOTIFY_IME_SETOPENSTATE = 1;
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/ui/PanZoomController.java b/mobile/android/base/ui/PanZoomController.java
index eaa6e1f9182..46decb5210f 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/ui/PanZoomController.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/ui/PanZoomController.java
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ public class PanZoomController
             stopAnimationTimer();
         }
 
-        mAnimationTimer = new Timer();
+        mAnimationTimer = new Timer("Animation Timer");
         mAnimationTimer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {
             @Override
             public void run() { mController.post(runnable); }