diff --git a/components/finsh/shell.c b/components/finsh/shell.c
index 90792e00390c3e26e501b049e7ab836b2830b3ba..d1fadd722145cac7a2d6e4d93b8f925d78c8c0bc 100644
--- a/components/finsh/shell.c
+++ b/components/finsh/shell.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ int finsh_system_init(void)
 
     rt_sem_init(&(shell->rx_sem), "shrx", 0, 0);
     result = rt_thread_init(&finsh_thread,
-                            "tshell",
+                            FINSH_THREAD_NAME,
                             finsh_thread_entry, RT_NULL,
                             &finsh_thread_stack[0], sizeof(finsh_thread_stack),
                             FINSH_THREAD_PRIORITY, 10);
diff --git a/components/finsh/shell.h b/components/finsh/shell.h
index 51494cb07b5b8c295f03245dd2366e110432d648..7d5dd47076a2cc5ea6b440b69b25dc516eaa51e6 100644
--- a/components/finsh/shell.h
+++ b/components/finsh/shell.h
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ const char* finsh_get_prompt(void);
     #endif
 #endif /* FINSH_USING_AUTH */
 
+#ifndef FINSH_THREAD_NAME
+#define FINSH_THREAD_NAME   "tshell"
+#endif
+
 enum input_stat
 {
     WAIT_NORMAL,