diff --git a/src/kit/taosdemo/taosdemo.c b/src/kit/taosdemo/taosdemo.c
index d3ee573150597360ef14bd77a219f81cae08d55b..1630d6f89509cc12c5f49ee939869cd681b0e57a 100644
--- a/src/kit/taosdemo/taosdemo.c
+++ b/src/kit/taosdemo/taosdemo.c
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 
 #define STMT_IFACE_ENABLED  1
 #define NANO_SECOND_ENABLED  1
+#define SET_THREADNAME_ENABLED  1
+
+#if SET_THREADNAME_ENABLED == 0
+#define setThreadName(name)
+#endif
 
 #define REQ_EXTRA_BUF_LEN   1024
 #define RESP_BUF_LEN        4096