diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/hermit/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/hermit/thread.rs
index fee80c02d4a..cf45b9c2396 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/hermit/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/hermit/thread.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use super::abi;
 use super::thread_local_dtor::run_dtors;
-use crate::ffi::CStr;
+use crate::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use crate::io;
 use crate::mem;
 use crate::num::NonZero;
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ impl Thread {
         // nope
     }
 
+    pub fn get_name() -> Option<CString> {
+        None
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn sleep(dur: Duration) {
         unsafe {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/itron/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/itron/thread.rs
index 9c1387bf408..814a102dd09 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/itron/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/itron/thread.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use super::{
 };
 use crate::{
     cell::UnsafeCell,
-    ffi::CStr,
+    ffi::{CStr, CString},
     hint, io,
     mem::ManuallyDrop,
     num::NonZero,
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ impl Thread {
         // nope
     }
 
+    pub fn get_name() -> Option<CString> {
+        None
+    }
+
     pub fn sleep(dur: Duration) {
         for timeout in dur2reltims(dur) {
             expect_success(unsafe { abi::dly_tsk(timeout) }, &"dly_tsk");
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/sgx/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/sgx/thread.rs
index c797fde7fbd..77f68bf7334 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/sgx/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/sgx/thread.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![cfg_attr(test, allow(dead_code))] // why is this necessary?
 use super::unsupported;
-use crate::ffi::CStr;
+use crate::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use crate::io;
 use crate::num::NonZero;
 use crate::time::Duration;
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ impl Thread {
         // which succeeds as-is with the SGX target.
     }
 
+    pub fn get_name() -> Option<CString> {
+        None
+    }
+
     pub fn sleep(dur: Duration) {
         usercalls::wait_timeout(0, dur, || true);
     }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/teeos/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/teeos/thread.rs
index 77f9040ead5..b76bcf9bbb0 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/teeos/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/teeos/thread.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use core::convert::TryInto;
 
 use crate::cmp;
-use crate::ffi::CStr;
+use crate::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use crate::io;
 use crate::mem;
 use crate::num::NonZero;
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ impl Thread {
         // contact the teeos rustzone team.
     }
 
+    pub fn get_name() -> Option<CString> {
+        None
+    }
+
     /// only main thread could wait for sometime in teeos
     pub fn sleep(dur: Duration) {
         let sleep_millis = dur.as_millis();
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/uefi/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/uefi/thread.rs
index 3d8fa27251f..b3a4f9c53e3 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/uefi/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/uefi/thread.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::unsupported;
-use crate::ffi::CStr;
+use crate::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use crate::io;
 use crate::num::NonZero;
 use crate::ptr::NonNull;
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ impl Thread {
         // nope
     }
 
+    pub fn get_name() -> Option<CString> {
+        None
+    }
+
     pub fn sleep(dur: Duration) {
         let boot_services: NonNull<r_efi::efi::BootServices> =
             crate::os::uefi::env::boot_services().expect("can't sleep").cast();
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unsupported/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unsupported/thread.rs
index cd1ae7f7d11..b3a91ee1d4c 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unsupported/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unsupported/thread.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::unsupported;
-use crate::ffi::CStr;
+use crate::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use crate::io;
 use crate::num::NonZero;
 use crate::time::Duration;
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ impl Thread {
         // nope
     }
 
+    pub fn get_name() -> Option<CString> {
+        None
+    }
+
     pub fn sleep(_dur: Duration) {
         panic!("can't sleep");
     }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/wasi/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/wasi/thread.rs
index 77d8b4378e7..4b116052f8f 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/wasi/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/wasi/thread.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::ffi::CStr;
+use crate::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use crate::io;
 use crate::mem;
 use crate::num::NonZero;
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ impl Thread {
         // nope
     }
 
+    pub fn get_name() -> Option<CString> {
+        None
+    }
+
     pub fn sleep(dur: Duration) {
         let nanos = dur.as_nanos();
         assert!(nanos <= u64::MAX as u128);
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/xous/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/xous/thread.rs
index 21f5954d6e2..f95ceb7343b 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/xous/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/xous/thread.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::ffi::CStr;
+use crate::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use crate::io;
 use crate::num::NonZero;
 use crate::os::xous::ffi::{
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ impl Thread {
         // nope
     }
 
+    pub fn get_name() -> Option<CString> {
+        None
+    }
+
     pub fn sleep(dur: Duration) {
         // Because the sleep server works on units of `usized milliseconds`, split
         // the messages up into these chunks. This means we may run into issues