diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a00566f..5522b2a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ except:
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='warcprox',
-        version='2.4b2.dev166',
+        version='2.4b2.dev167',
         description='WARC writing MITM HTTP/S proxy',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/warcprox',
         author='Noah Levitt',
diff --git a/warcprox/controller.py b/warcprox/controller.py
index 7735df9..cfffd06 100644
--- a/warcprox/controller.py
+++ b/warcprox/controller.py
@@ -439,3 +439,18 @@ class WarcproxController(object):
                 self.logger.notice(
                         'performance profile of %s:\n%s', processor,
                         buf.getvalue())
+
+                if hasattr(processor, 'thread_profilers'):
+                    files = []
+                    for th_id, profiler in processor.thread_profilers.items():
+                        file = os.path.join(tmpdir, '%s.dat' % th_id)
+                        profiler.dump_stats(file)
+                        files.append(file)
+                    buf = io.StringIO()
+                    stats = pstats.Stats(*files, stream=buf)
+                    stats.sort_stats('cumulative')
+                    stats.print_stats(0.1)
+                    self.logger.notice(
+                            'aggregate performance profile of %s worker '
+                            'threads of %s:\n%s',
+                            len(files), processor, buf.getvalue())
diff --git a/warcprox/writerthread.py b/warcprox/writerthread.py
index 03aee9e..f4de35d 100644
--- a/warcprox/writerthread.py
+++ b/warcprox/writerthread.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import logging
 import time
 import warcprox
 from concurrent import futures
+import threading
 
 class WarcWriterProcessor(warcprox.BaseStandardPostfetchProcessor):
     logger = logging.getLogger("warcprox.writerthread.WarcWriterProcessor")
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ class WarcWriterProcessor(warcprox.BaseStandardPostfetchProcessor):
         self.method_filter = set(method.upper() for method in self.options.method_filter or [])
 
         # set max_queued small, because self.inq is already handling queueing
+        self.thread_local = threading.local()
+        self.thread_profilers = {}
         # for us; but give it a little breathing room to make sure it can keep
         # worker threads busy
         self.pool = warcprox.ThreadPoolExecutor(
@@ -58,10 +61,26 @@ class WarcWriterProcessor(warcprox.BaseStandardPostfetchProcessor):
         try:
             recorded_url = self.inq.get(block=True, timeout=0.5)
             self.batch.add(recorded_url)
-            self.pool.submit(self._process_url, recorded_url)
+            self.pool.submit(self._wrap_process_url, recorded_url)
         finally:
             self.writer_pool.maybe_idle_rollover()
 
+    def _wrap_process_url(self, recorded_url):
+        if not getattr(self.thread_local, 'name_set', False):
+            threading.current_thread().name = 'WarcWriterThread(tid=%s)' % warcprox.gettid()
+            self.thread_local.name_set = True
+        if self.options.profile:
+            import cProfile
+            if not hasattr(self.thread_local, 'profiler'):
+                self.thread_local.profiler = cProfile.Profile()
+                tid = threading.current_thread().ident
+                self.thread_profilers[tid] = self.thread_local.profiler
+            self.thread_local.profiler.enable()
+            self._process_url(recorded_url)
+            self.thread_local.profiler.disable()
+        else:
+            self._process_url(recorded_url)
+
     def _process_url(self, recorded_url):
         try:
             records = []