diff --git a/include/net/net_core.h b/include/net/net_core.h
index cc19d80535e..318622be864 100644
--- a/include/net/net_core.h
+++ b/include/net/net_core.h
@@ -43,8 +43,14 @@ extern "C" {
 /** @cond INTERNAL_HIDDEN */
 
 /* Network subsystem logging helpers */
-#define NET_DBG(fmt, ...) LOG_DBG("(%p): " fmt, k_current_get(), \
+#ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_NAME
+#define NET_DBG(fmt, ...) LOG_DBG("(%s): " fmt,				\
+				  k_thread_name_get(k_current_get()),	\
 				  ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#define NET_DBG(fmt, ...) LOG_DBG("(%p): " fmt, k_current_get(),	\
+				  ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#endif /* CONFIG_THREAD_NAME */
 #define NET_ERR(fmt, ...) LOG_ERR(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define NET_WARN(fmt, ...) LOG_WRN(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define NET_INFO(fmt, ...) LOG_INF(fmt,  ##__VA_ARGS__)