diff --git a/nx/include/switch/kernel/thread.h b/nx/include/switch/kernel/thread.h
index 47d57868..89cc83bc 100644
--- a/nx/include/switch/kernel/thread.h
+++ b/nx/include/switch/kernel/thread.h
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ Result threadResume(Thread* t);
  */
 Result threadDumpContext(ThreadContext* ctx, Thread* t);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Gets a pointer to the current thread structure.
+ * @return Thread information structure.
+ */
+Thread *threadGetSelf(void);
+
 /**
  * @brief Gets the raw handle to the current thread.
  * @return The current thread's handle.
diff --git a/nx/source/kernel/thread.c b/nx/source/kernel/thread.c
index a4805066..08617cfa 100644
--- a/nx/source/kernel/thread.c
+++ b/nx/source/kernel/thread.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "kernel/thread.h"
 #include "kernel/wait.h"
 #include "services/fatal.h"
+#include "runtime/env.h"
 #include "../internal.h"
 
 #define USER_TLS_BEGIN 0x108
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ extern u8 __tls_end[];
 static Mutex g_threadMutex;
 static Thread* g_threadList;
 
+static Thread g_mainThread;
+
 static u64 g_tlsUsageMask;
 static void (* g_tlsDestructors[NUM_TLS_SLOTS])(void*);
 
@@ -60,6 +63,33 @@ static void _EntryWrap(ThreadEntryArgs* args) {
     threadExit();
 }
 
+void __libnx_init_thread(void) {
+    g_mainThread.handle         = envGetMainThreadHandle();
+
+    MemoryInfo mem_info = {0};
+    u32 page_info;
+    svcQueryMemory(&mem_info, &page_info, (u64)(&mem_info));
+
+    // Set stack.
+    g_mainThread.owns_stack_mem = false;
+    g_mainThread.stack_mem      = NULL;
+    g_mainThread.stack_mirror   = (void*)mem_info.addr;
+    g_mainThread.stack_sz       = mem_info.size;
+
+    // Set the TLS array.
+    mutexLock(&g_threadMutex);
+    g_mainThread.tls_array = (void**)((u8*)armGetTls() + USER_TLS_BEGIN);
+    g_mainThread.prev_next = &g_threadList;
+    g_mainThread.next = g_threadList;
+    if (g_threadList)
+        g_threadList->prev_next = &g_mainThread.next;
+    g_threadList = &g_mainThread;
+    mutexUnlock(&g_threadMutex);
+
+    // Set thread_ptr.
+    getThreadVars()->thread_ptr = &g_mainThread;
+}
+
 Result threadCreate(
     Thread* t, ThreadFunc entry, void* arg, void* stack_mem, size_t stack_sz,
     int prio, int cpuid)
@@ -230,6 +260,10 @@ Result threadDumpContext(ThreadContext* ctx, Thread* t) {
     return svcGetThreadContext3(ctx, t->handle);
 }
 
+Thread *threadGetSelf(void) {
+    return getThreadVars()->thread_ptr;
+}
+
 Handle threadGetCurHandle(void) {
     return getThreadVars()->handle;
 }
diff --git a/nx/source/runtime/init.c b/nx/source/runtime/init.c
index 3aff48fc..e0cb9d9d 100644
--- a/nx/source/runtime/init.c
+++ b/nx/source/runtime/init.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ void NORETURN __nx_exit(Result rc, LoaderReturnFn retaddr);
 void virtmemSetup(void);
 void newlibSetup(void);
 void argvSetup(void);
+void __libnx_init_thread(void);
 void __libnx_init_time(void);
 void __libnx_init_cwd(void);
 
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ void __attribute__((weak)) __libnx_init(void* ctx, Handle main_thread, void* sav
     newlibSetup();
     virtmemSetup();
     __libnx_initheap();
+    __libnx_init_thread();
 
     // Build argc/argv if present
     argvSetup();