diff --git a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/LWCToolkit.m b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/LWCToolkit.m
index 630c0eed9748bb40ac01bf83238aa097623b7e07..d619655e4d998f6b04f31525140146d08c448058 100644
--- a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/LWCToolkit.m
+++ b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/LWCToolkit.m
@@ -188,14 +188,15 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
 Java_sun_lwawt_macosx_LWCToolkit_initIDs
 (JNIEnv *env, jclass klass) {
     // set thread names
-    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
-        [[NSThread currentThread] setName:@"AppKit Thread"];
-
-        JNIEnv *env = [ThreadUtilities getJNIEnv];
-        static JNF_CLASS_CACHE(jc_LWCToolkit, "sun/lwawt/macosx/LWCToolkit");
-        static JNF_STATIC_MEMBER_CACHE(jsm_installToolkitThreadInJava, jc_LWCToolkit, "installToolkitThreadInJava", "()V");
-        JNFCallStaticVoidMethod(env, jsm_installToolkitThreadInJava);
-    });
+    if (![ThreadUtilities isAWTEmbedded]) {
+        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
+            [[NSThread currentThread] setName:@"AppKit Thread"];
+            JNIEnv *env = [ThreadUtilities getJNIEnv];
+            static JNF_CLASS_CACHE(jc_LWCToolkit, "sun/lwawt/macosx/LWCToolkit");
+            static JNF_STATIC_MEMBER_CACHE(jsm_installToolkitThreadInJava, jc_LWCToolkit, "installToolkitThreadInJava", "()V");
+            JNFCallStaticVoidMethod(env, jsm_installToolkitThreadInJava);
+        });
+    }
     
     gNumberOfButtons = sun_lwawt_macosx_LWCToolkit_BUTTONS;
 
diff --git a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/awt.m b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/awt.m
index 16262af9715e99c09226536ae41c50d1cdd5e1b0..293a6c05c03a495874c7d0dbffd6942f9b1f02cd 100644
--- a/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/awt.m
+++ b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/awt.m
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ AWT_ASSERT_APPKIT_THREAD;
     //  AppKit Application.
     NSApplication *app = [NSApplicationAWT sharedApplication];
     isEmbedded = ![NSApp isKindOfClass:[NSApplicationAWT class]];
+    [ThreadUtilities setAWTEmbedded:isEmbedded];
 
     if (!isEmbedded) {
         // Install run loop observers and set the AppKit Java thread name
diff --git a/src/macosx/native/sun/osxapp/ThreadUtilities.h b/src/macosx/native/sun/osxapp/ThreadUtilities.h
index 2cd41aa0c894ace4876ca6349d7e6cad26dfc4b8..6a469cd4cd8a778f8f70db9b259be277e3720aed 100644
--- a/src/macosx/native/sun/osxapp/ThreadUtilities.h
+++ b/src/macosx/native/sun/osxapp/ThreadUtilities.h
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ __attribute__((visibility("default")))
 + (JNIEnv*)getJNIEnvUncached;
 + (void)detachCurrentThread;
 + (void)setAppkitThreadGroup:(jobject)group;
++ (void)setAWTEmbedded:(BOOL)embedded;
++ (BOOL)isAWTEmbedded;
 
 //Wrappers for the corresponding JNFRunLoop methods with a check for main thread
 + (void)performOnMainThreadWaiting:(BOOL)wait block:(void (^)())block;
diff --git a/src/macosx/native/sun/osxapp/ThreadUtilities.m b/src/macosx/native/sun/osxapp/ThreadUtilities.m
index b7d3b3f55248434754c737037d9c69f018cd8ca5..7458431010b7fc11dea9015e11ac06a6c99aa1cd 100644
--- a/src/macosx/native/sun/osxapp/ThreadUtilities.m
+++ b/src/macosx/native/sun/osxapp/ThreadUtilities.m
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 JavaVM *jvm = NULL;
 static JNIEnv *appKitEnv = NULL;
 static jobject appkitThreadGroup = NULL;
+static BOOL awtEmbedded = NO;
 
 inline void attachCurrentThread(void** env) {
     if ([NSThread isMainThread]) {
@@ -87,6 +88,14 @@ AWT_ASSERT_APPKIT_THREAD;
     }
 }
 
++ (void)setAWTEmbedded:(BOOL)embedded {
+    awtEmbedded = embedded;
+}
+
++ (BOOL)isAWTEmbedded {
+    return awtEmbedded;
+}
+
 @end