diff --git a/run/src/main/scala/sbt/TrapExit.scala b/run/src/main/scala/sbt/TrapExit.scala
index ce761b002..def4caebc 100644
--- a/run/src/main/scala/sbt/TrapExit.scala
+++ b/run/src/main/scala/sbt/TrapExit.scala
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ object TrapExit
 	/** Computes an identifier for a Thread that has a high probability of being unique within a single JVM execution. */
 	private def computeID(t: Thread): ThreadID =
 		// can't use t.getId because when getAccess first sees a Thread, it hasn't been initialized yet
-		s"${hex(System.identityHashCode(t))}:${t.getName}"
+		// can't use t.getName because calling it on AWT thread in certain circumstances generates a segfault (#997):
+		//    Apple AWT: +[ThreadUtilities getJNIEnvUncached] attempting to attach current thread after JNFObtainEnv() failed
+		s"${hex(System.identityHashCode(t))}"
 
 	/** Waits for the given `thread` to terminate.  However, if the thread state is NEW, this method returns immediately. */
 	private def waitOnThread(thread: Thread, log: Logger)
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/run/awt/A.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/run/awt/A.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7eba868b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/run/awt/A.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+object O {
+  def main(argv: Array[String]) {
+    new java.awt.Color(0,0,0)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/run/awt/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/run/awt/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..540d707bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/run/awt/test
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# in #997, creating an instance of an AWT class triggers a segfault
+#   this verifies that is fixed
+> run