diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fazecast/jSerialComm/SerialPort.java b/src/main/java/com/fazecast/jSerialComm/SerialPort.java
index 5d7ed80..af6bbef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fazecast/jSerialComm/SerialPort.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fazecast/jSerialComm/SerialPort.java
@@ -405,8 +405,8 @@ public final class SerialPort
 		catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
 
 		// Add a shutdown hook to ensure that all ports get closed
-		Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread()
-		{
+		Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(SerialPortThreadFactory.get().newThread(new Runnable() {
+			@Override
 			public void run()
 			{
 				// Run any user-specified shutdown hooks
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ public final class SerialPort
 				isShuttingDown = true;
 				uninitializeLibrary();
 			}
-		});
+		}));
 	}
 
 	// Static symbolic link testing function
@@ -1755,7 +1755,7 @@ public final class SerialPort
 
 			dataPacketIndex = 0;
 			setEventListeningStatus(portHandle, true);
-			serialEventThread = new Thread(new Runnable()
+			serialEventThread = SerialPortThreadFactory.get().newThread(new Runnable()
 			{
 				@Override
 				public void run()
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fazecast/jSerialComm/SerialPortThreadFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/fazecast/jSerialComm/SerialPortThreadFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bbd9ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fazecast/jSerialComm/SerialPortThreadFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.fazecast.jSerialComm;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
+
+public class SerialPortThreadFactory {
+    private static ThreadFactory INSTANCE = new ThreadFactory() {
+        @Override
+        public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
+            return new Thread(r);
+        }
+    };
+
+    public static ThreadFactory get() {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Use this method to supply custom thread factory
+     * @param threadFactory
+     */
+    public static void set(ThreadFactory threadFactory) {
+        SerialPortThreadFactory.INSTANCE = threadFactory;
+    }
+}