diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5eaa802a80..fb3bd0588f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2712,6 +2712,24 @@ if test "$mingw32" != yes -a "$pthread" = no; then
       "Make sure to have the pthread libs and headers installed."
 fi
 
+# check for pthread_setname_np
+pthread_setname_np=no
+cat > $TMPC << EOF
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+static void *f(void *p) { return NULL; }
+int main(void)
+{
+    pthread_t thread;
+    pthread_create(&thread, 0, f, 0);
+    pthread_setname_np(thread, "QEMU");
+    return 0;
+}
+EOF
+if compile_prog "" "$pthread_lib" ; then
+  pthread_setname_np=yes
+fi
+
 ##########################################
 # rbd probe
 if test "$rbd" != "no" ; then
@@ -4648,6 +4666,16 @@ if test "$rdma" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_RDMA=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
+# Hold two types of flag:
+#   CONFIG_THREAD_SETNAME_BYTHREAD  - we've got a way of setting the name on
+#                                     a thread we have a handle to
+#   CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP       - A way of doing it on a particular
+#                                     platform
+if test "$pthread_setname_np" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CONFIG_THREAD_SETNAME_BYTHREAD=y" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP=y" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
+
 if test "$tcg_interpreter" = "yes"; then
   QEMU_INCLUDES="-I\$(SRC_PATH)/tcg/tci $QEMU_INCLUDES"
 elif test "$ARCH" = "sparc64" ; then
diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index b34d9272d8..a5d3fbfcbd 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static void build_pci_bus_end(PCIBus *bus, void *bus_state)
         pc = PCI_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(pdev);
         dc = DEVICE_GET_CLASS(pdev);
 
-        if (pc->class_id == PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_ISA) {
+        if (pc->class_id == PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_ISA || pc->is_bridge) {
             set_bit(slot, slot_device_system);
         }
 
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static void build_pci_bus_end(PCIBus *bus, void *bus_state)
             memcpy(pcihp, ACPI_PCIVGA_AML, ACPI_PCIVGA_SIZEOF);
             patch_pcivga(i, pcihp);
         } else if (system) {
-            /* Nothing to do: system devices are in DSDT. */
+            /* Nothing to do: system devices are in DSDT or in SSDT above. */
         } else if (present) {
             void *pcihp = acpi_data_push(bus_table,
                                          ACPI_PCINOHP_SIZEOF);
diff --git a/hw/timer/hpet.c b/hw/timer/hpet.c
index 1264dfd46a..e15d6bcac7 100644
--- a/hw/timer/hpet.c
+++ b/hw/timer/hpet.c
@@ -506,7 +506,8 @@ static void hpet_ram_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
                 timer->cmp = (uint32_t)timer->cmp;
                 timer->period = (uint32_t)timer->period;
             }
-            if (activating_bit(old_val, new_val, HPET_TN_ENABLE)) {
+            if (activating_bit(old_val, new_val, HPET_TN_ENABLE) &&
+                hpet_enabled(s)) {
                 hpet_set_timer(timer);
             } else if (deactivating_bit(old_val, new_val, HPET_TN_ENABLE)) {
                 hpet_del_timer(timer);
diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
index 960d7f5d42..d05a6497e1 100644
--- a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
+++ b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ static bool name_threads;
 void qemu_thread_naming(bool enable)
 {
     name_threads = enable;
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_THREAD_SETNAME_BYTHREAD
+    /* This is a debugging option, not fatal */
+    if (enable) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "qemu: thread naming not supported on this host\n");
+    }
+#endif
 }
 
 static void error_exit(int err, const char *msg)
@@ -394,6 +401,16 @@ void qemu_event_wait(QemuEvent *ev)
     }
 }
 
+/* Attempt to set the threads name; note that this is for debug, so
+ * we're not going to fail if we can't set it.
+ */
+static void qemu_thread_set_name(QemuThread *thread, const char *name)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP
+    pthread_setname_np(thread->thread, name);
+#endif
+}
+
 void qemu_thread_create(QemuThread *thread, const char *name,
                        void *(*start_routine)(void*),
                        void *arg, int mode)
@@ -420,11 +437,9 @@ void qemu_thread_create(QemuThread *thread, const char *name,
     if (err)
         error_exit(err, __func__);
 
-#if defined(__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC__ > 2 || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 12))
     if (name_threads) {
-        pthread_setname_np(thread->thread, name);
+        qemu_thread_set_name(thread, name);
     }
-#endif
 
     pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldset, NULL);
 
diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-win32.c b/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
index b9c957b6a0..c405c9bef6 100644
--- a/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
+++ b/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ void qemu_thread_naming(bool enable)
 {
     /* But note we don't actually name them on Windows yet */
     name_threads = enable;
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "qemu: thread naming not supported on this host\n");
 }
 
 static void error_exit(int err, const char *msg)