diff --git a/ixwebsocket/windows/IXSetThreadName_windows.cpp b/ixwebsocket/windows/IXSetThreadName_windows.cpp
index 615e7ecd..3c21a852 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/windows/IXSetThreadName_windows.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/windows/IXSetThreadName_windows.cpp
@@ -5,12 +5,41 @@
  */
 #include "../IXSetThreadName.h"
 #include <iostream>
+#include <Windows.h>
 
 namespace ix
 {
+    const DWORD MS_VC_EXCEPTION = 0x406D1388;
+
+#pragma pack(push,8)
+    typedef struct tagTHREADNAME_INFO
+    {
+        DWORD dwType;     // Must be 0x1000.
+        LPCSTR szName;    // Pointer to name (in user addr space).
+        DWORD dwThreadID; // Thread ID (-1=caller thread).
+        DWORD dwFlags;    // Reserved for future use, must be zero.
+    } THREADNAME_INFO;
+#pragma pack(pop)
+
+    void SetThreadName(DWORD dwThreadID, const char* threadName)
+    {
+        THREADNAME_INFO info;
+        info.dwType = 0x1000;
+        info.szName = threadName;
+        info.dwThreadID = dwThreadID;
+        info.dwFlags = 0;
+
+        __try
+        {
+            RaiseException(MS_VC_EXCEPTION, 0, sizeof(info) / sizeof(ULONG_PTR), (ULONG_PTR*)& info);
+        }
+        __except (EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
     void setThreadName(const std::string& name)
     {
-        // FIXME
-        std::cerr << "setThreadName not implemented on Windows yet" << std::endl;
+        SetThreadName(-1, name.c_str());
     }
 }