diff --git a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/util/Util.java b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/util/Util.java
index 2d82e993bb..09a6169e38 100644
--- a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/util/Util.java
+++ b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/util/Util.java
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.zip.DataFormatException;
@@ -742,6 +743,17 @@ public final class Util {
     return Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(runnable -> new Thread(runnable, threadName));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Instantiates a new single threaded scheduled executor whose thread has the specified name.
+   *
+   * @param threadName The name of the thread.
+   * @return The executor.
+   */
+  @UnstableApi
+  public static ScheduledExecutorService newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(String threadName) {
+    return Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(runnable -> new Thread(runnable, threadName));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Closes a {@link Closeable}, suppressing any {@link IOException} that may occur. Both {@link
    * java.io.OutputStream} and {@link InputStream} are {@code Closeable}.
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/MuxerWrapper.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/MuxerWrapper.java
index 18cb6e2621..b2af8efd78 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/MuxerWrapper.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/MuxerWrapper.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import androidx.media3.effect.DebugTraceUtil;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.EnsuresNonNull;
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.RequiresNonNull;
  */
 /* package */ final class MuxerWrapper {
 
+  private static final String TIMER_THREAD_NAME = "Muxer:Timer";
   private static final String MUXER_TIMEOUT_ERROR_FORMAT_STRING =
       "Abort: no output sample written in the last %d milliseconds. DebugTrace: %s";
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.RequiresNonNull;
 
     trackTypeToInfo = new SparseArray<>();
     previousTrackType = C.TRACK_TYPE_NONE;
-    abortScheduledExecutorService = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
+    abortScheduledExecutorService = Util.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(TIMER_THREAD_NAME);
   }
 
   /**