diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/AbstractTempRegion.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/AbstractTempRegion.java
index de794525d3..c106b10779 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/AbstractTempRegion.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/AbstractTempRegion.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTempRegion extends AbstractRegion {
         this.doCacheTempDestinations=broker.getBrokerService().isCacheTempDestinations();
         this.purgeTime = broker.getBrokerService().getTimeBeforePurgeTempDestinations();
         if (this.doCacheTempDestinations) {
-            this.purgeTimer = new Timer(true);
+            this.purgeTimer = new Timer("ActiveMQ Temp destination purge timer", true);
             this.purgeTask = new TimerTask() {
                 public void run() {
                     doPurge();
diff --git a/activemq-jmdns_1.0/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/jmdns/JmDNS.java b/activemq-jmdns_1.0/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/jmdns/JmDNS.java
index 8a808f30c3..db6dd6c52e 100644
--- a/activemq-jmdns_1.0/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/jmdns/JmDNS.java
+++ b/activemq-jmdns_1.0/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/jmdns/JmDNS.java
@@ -222,9 +222,7 @@ public class JmDNS
         services = new Hashtable(20);
         serviceTypes = new Hashtable(20);
 
-        // REMIND: If I could pass in a name for the Timer thread,
-        //         I would pass 'JmDNS.Timer'.
-        timer = new Timer();
+        timer = new Timer("JmDNS.Timer");
         new RecordReaper().start();
         shutdown = new Thread(new Shutdown(), "JmDNS.Shutdown");
         Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(shutdown);