diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.dsmr/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/dsmr/internal/handler/DSMRBridgeHandler.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.dsmr/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/dsmr/internal/handler/DSMRBridgeHandler.java
index fe412e5b9cae8..7cf2542411dcc 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.dsmr/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/dsmr/internal/handler/DSMRBridgeHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.dsmr/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/dsmr/internal/handler/DSMRBridgeHandler.java
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ public void initialize() {
         this.dsmrDevice = dsmrDevice; // otherwise Eclipse will give a null pointer error on the next line :-(
         dsmrDeviceRunnable = new DSMRDeviceRunnable(dsmrDevice, this);
         dsmrDeviceThread = new Thread(dsmrDeviceRunnable);
+        dsmrDeviceThread.setName("OH-binding-" + getThing().getUID());
+        dsmrDeviceThread.setDaemon(true);
         dsmrDeviceThread.start();
         watchdog = scheduler.scheduleWithFixedDelay(this::alive, receivedTimeoutNanos, receivedTimeoutNanos,
                 TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);