diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b97e7fa4..82a99f2c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 **Fixes**:
 
 - Add logs flush on crash. This is not available for macOS with the `crashpad` backend. ([#1404](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1404))
+- Re-add setting thread name for Windows transport. ([#1424](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1424))
 
 **Internal**:
 
diff --git a/src/sentry_sync.c b/src/sentry_sync.c
index 2aafa371b..7766a6970 100644
--- a/src/sentry_sync.c
+++ b/src/sentry_sync.c
@@ -495,6 +495,14 @@ sentry__bgworker_setname(sentry_bgworker_t *bgw, const char *thread_name)
     bgw->thread_name = sentry__string_clone(thread_name);
 }
 
+#ifdef SENTRY_UNITTEST
+const char *
+sentry__bgworker_get_thread_name(sentry_bgworker_t *bgw)
+{
+    return bgw ? bgw->thread_name : NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
 #if defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_UNIX) || defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_NX)
 #    include "sentry_cpu_relax.h"
 
diff --git a/src/sentry_sync.h b/src/sentry_sync.h
index c19974434..5516443b9 100644
--- a/src/sentry_sync.h
+++ b/src/sentry_sync.h
@@ -460,6 +460,14 @@ int sentry__bgworker_shutdown(sentry_bgworker_t *bgw, uint64_t timeout);
  */
 void sentry__bgworker_setname(sentry_bgworker_t *bgw, const char *thread_name);
 
+#ifdef SENTRY_UNITTEST
+/**
+ * Test helper function to get the thread name from a bgworker.
+ * Only available in unit tests.
+ */
+const char *sentry__bgworker_get_thread_name(sentry_bgworker_t *bgw);
+#endif
+
 /**
  * This will submit a new task to the background thread.
  *
diff --git a/src/sentry_transport.c b/src/sentry_transport.c
index 7c9e51e13..e53a6f8af 100644
--- a/src/sentry_transport.c
+++ b/src/sentry_transport.c
@@ -158,6 +158,15 @@ sentry_transport_free(sentry_transport_t *transport)
     sentry_free(transport);
 }
 
+#ifdef SENTRY_UNITTEST
+void *
+sentry__transport_get_bgworker(sentry_transport_t *transport)
+{
+    // For HTTP transports (curl/winhttp), the transport state is the bgworker
+    return transport ? transport->state : NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef SENTRY_TRANSPORT_COMPRESSION
 static bool
 gzipped_with_compression(const char *body, const size_t body_len,
diff --git a/src/sentry_transport.h b/src/sentry_transport.h
index eb54431ad..723d15085 100644
--- a/src/sentry_transport.h
+++ b/src/sentry_transport.h
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ sentry_transport_t *sentry__transport_new_default(void);
 size_t sentry__transport_dump_queue(
     sentry_transport_t *transport, sentry_run_t *run);
 
+#ifdef SENTRY_UNITTEST
+/**
+ * Test helper function to get the bgworker from a transport.
+ * Only available in unit tests and only works for HTTP transports.
+ */
+void *sentry__transport_get_bgworker(sentry_transport_t *transport);
+#endif
+
 typedef struct sentry_prepared_http_header_s {
     const char *key;
     char *value;
diff --git a/src/transports/sentry_transport_winhttp.c b/src/transports/sentry_transport_winhttp.c
index ebc683def..98386abff 100644
--- a/src/transports/sentry_transport_winhttp.c
+++ b/src/transports/sentry_transport_winhttp.c
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ sentry__winhttp_transport_start(
     state->user_agent = sentry__string_to_wstr(opts->user_agent);
     state->debug = opts->debug;
 
+    sentry__bgworker_setname(bgworker, opts->transport_thread_name);
+
     const char *env_proxy = opts->dsn
         ? getenv(opts->dsn->is_secure ? "https_proxy" : "http_proxy")
         : NULL;
diff --git a/tests/test_unit.py b/tests/test_unit.py
index 2432cd279..bb5c5b283 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 
 def test_unit(cmake, unittest):
+    if unittest in ["basic_transport_thread_name"]:
+        pytest.skip("excluded from unit test-suite")
     cwd = cmake(
         ["sentry_test_unit"],
         {"SENTRY_BACKEND": "none", "SENTRY_TRANSPORT": "none"},
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ def test_unit_transport(cmake, unittest):
 
 
 def test_unit_with_test_path(cmake, unittest):
+    if unittest in ["basic_transport_thread_name"]:
+        pytest.skip("excluded from unit test-suite")
     cwd = cmake(
         ["sentry_test_unit"],
         {"SENTRY_BACKEND": "none", "SENTRY_TRANSPORT": "none"},
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_basic.c b/tests/unit/test_basic.c
index 20c6fad09..e2ae8c3f1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_basic.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test_basic.c
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #include "sentry_core.h"
 #include "sentry_database.h"
+#include "sentry_options.h"
 #include "sentry_string.h"
+#include "sentry_sync.h"
 #include "sentry_testsupport.h"
+#include "sentry_transport.h"
 
 static void
 send_envelope_test_basic(sentry_envelope_t *envelope, void *data)
@@ -304,3 +307,41 @@ SENTRY_TEST(capture_minidump_invalid_path)
 
     sentry_close();
 }
+
+SENTRY_TEST(basic_transport_thread_name)
+{
+    const char *expected_thread_name = "sentry::worker_thread";
+
+    SENTRY_TEST_OPTIONS_NEW(options);
+    sentry_options_set_dsn(options, "https://foo@sentry.invalid/42");
+    sentry_options_set_transport_thread_name(options, expected_thread_name);
+
+    // Initialize sentry which should start the transport and set the thread
+    // name
+    TEST_CHECK_INT_EQUAL(sentry_init(options), 0);
+
+    // Access the transport through runtime options to check if thread name was
+    // set
+    SENTRY_WITH_OPTIONS (runtime_options) {
+        TEST_ASSERT(!!runtime_options->transport);
+
+        // Get the bgworker from the transport (for HTTP transports)
+        sentry_bgworker_t *bgworker
+            = (sentry_bgworker_t *)sentry__transport_get_bgworker(
+                runtime_options->transport);
+        TEST_ASSERT(!!bgworker);
+
+        // Check if the thread name was properly set on the bgworker
+        const char *actual_thread_name
+            = sentry__bgworker_get_thread_name(bgworker);
+
+        if (actual_thread_name) {
+            TEST_CHECK_STRING_EQUAL(actual_thread_name, expected_thread_name);
+        } else {
+            TEST_CHECK(false); // Fail if thread_name is NULL
+            TEST_MSG("Transport thread name was not set ");
+        }
+    }
+
+    sentry_close();
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/tests.inc b/tests/unit/tests.inc
index e57cdaf10..cdce6a715 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tests.inc
+++ b/tests/unit/tests.inc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ XX(basic_logging_functionality)
 XX(basic_spans)
 XX(basic_tracing_context)
 XX(basic_transaction)
+XX(basic_transport_thread_name)
 XX(basic_write_envelope_to_file)
 XX(bgworker_flush)
 XX(breadcrumb_without_type_or_message_still_valid)