diff --git a/compiler/rustc_log/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_log/src/lib.rs
index 3e43bcb3b8f..0c9ec556549 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_log/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_log/src/lib.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ pub fn init_env_logger(env: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
         Some(v) => &v != "0",
     };
 
+    let verbose_thread_ids = match env::var_os(String::from(env) + "_THREAD_IDS") {
+        None => false,
+        Some(v) => &v == "1",
+    };
+
     let layer = tracing_tree::HierarchicalLayer::default()
         .with_writer(io::stderr)
         .with_indent_lines(true)
@@ -81,9 +86,9 @@ pub fn init_env_logger(env: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
         .with_targets(true)
         .with_verbose_exit(verbose_entry_exit)
         .with_verbose_entry(verbose_entry_exit)
-        .with_indent_amount(2);
-    #[cfg(all(parallel_compiler, debug_assertions))]
-    let layer = layer.with_thread_ids(true).with_thread_names(true);
+        .with_indent_amount(2)
+        .with_thread_ids(verbose_thread_ids)
+        .with_thread_names(verbose_thread_ids);
 
     let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::Registry::default().with(filter).with(layer);
     match env::var(format!("{env}_BACKTRACE")) {