diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0be2e7c2..990eb4c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 - Dev: Refactored 7TV/BTTV definitions out of `TwitchIrcServer` into `Application`. (#5532)
 - Dev: Refactored code that's responsible for deleting old update files. (#5535)
 - Dev: Cleanly exit on shutdown. (#5537)
+- Dev: Renamed miniaudio backend thread name. (#5538)
 - Dev: Refactored a few `#define`s into `const(expr)` and cleaned includes. (#5527)
 - Dev: Prepared for Qt 6.8 by addressing some deprecations. (#5529)
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/sound/MiniaudioBackend.cpp b/src/controllers/sound/MiniaudioBackend.cpp
index 63b7efcf..3a88bbf3 100644
--- a/src/controllers/sound/MiniaudioBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/controllers/sound/MiniaudioBackend.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "singletons/Paths.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Settings.hpp"
 #include "singletons/WindowManager.hpp"
+#include "util/RenameThread.hpp"
 #include "widgets/Window.hpp"
 
 #include <boost/asio/executor_work_guard.hpp>
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ MiniaudioBackend::MiniaudioBackend()
     this->audioThread = std::make_unique<std::thread>([this] {
         this->ioContext.run();
     });
+    renameThread(*this->audioThread, "C2Miniaudio");
 }
 
 MiniaudioBackend::~MiniaudioBackend()
diff --git a/src/util/RenameThread.hpp b/src/util/RenameThread.hpp
index 6f57bbb4..69c0b1d2 100644
--- a/src/util/RenameThread.hpp
+++ b/src/util/RenameThread.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 namespace chatterino {
 
 template <typename T>
-void renameThread(T &&thread, const QString &threadName)
+void renameThread(T &thread, const QString &threadName)
 {
 #ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
     pthread_setname_np(thread.native_handle(), threadName.toLocal8Bit());