diff --git a/osal/linux/PosixThread.cpp b/osal/linux/PosixThread.cpp
index 24545f6f..3845123c 100644
--- a/osal/linux/PosixThread.cpp
+++ b/osal/linux/PosixThread.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 PosixThread::PosixThread(const char* name_, int priority_, size_t stackSize_):
 		thread(0),priority(priority_),stackSize(stackSize_) {
-	strncpy(name,name_,16);
+	strncpy(name, name_, PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN);
 }
 
 PosixThread::~PosixThread() {
diff --git a/osal/linux/PosixThread.h b/osal/linux/PosixThread.h
index 07233fe5..e9d31728 100644
--- a/osal/linux/PosixThread.h
+++ b/osal/linux/PosixThread.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 class PosixThread {
 public:
+	static constexpr uint8_t PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN = 16;
 	PosixThread(const char* name_, int priority_, size_t stackSize_);
 	virtual ~PosixThread();
 	/**
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ protected:
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief 	Function that has to be called by derived class because the
-	 *  		derived class pointer has to be valid as argument
+	 *  		derived class pointer has to be valid as argument.
 	 * @details
 	 * This function creates a pthread with the given parameters. As the
 	 * function requires a pointer to the derived object it has to be called
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ protected:
 	void createTask(void* (*fnc_)(void*),void* arg_);
 
 private:
-	char name[16];
+	char name[PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN];
 	int priority;
 	size_t stackSize = 0;
 };