diff --git a/src/common/thread.cpp b/src/common/thread.cpp
index 832232cd15..3aad74e7f8 100644
--- a/src/common/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/common/thread.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ void SetCurrentThreadPriority(ThreadPriority new_priority) {
 
 // Sets the debugger-visible name of the current thread.
 void SetCurrentThreadName(const char* name) {
-    SetThreadDescription(GetCurrentThread(), UTF8ToUTF16W(name).data());
+    if (auto pf = (decltype(&SetThreadDescription))GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle(TEXT("KernelBase.dll")), "SetThreadDescription"); pf)
+        pf(GetCurrentThread(), UTF8ToUTF16W(name).data()); // Windows 10+
+    else
+        ; // No-op
 }
 
 #else // !MSVC_VER, so must be POSIX threads