diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/PeerStatusView.java b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/PeerStatusView.java
index 3164a40a9..0ddff5c1a 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/PeerStatusView.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/PeerStatusView.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class PeerStatusView extends LinearLayout {
     private Context mContext;
     private boolean mFinished;
     private int mGameID;
-    private String mDevID;
+    private String mSelfDevID;
 
     public PeerStatusView( Context cx, AttributeSet as )
     {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class PeerStatusView extends LinearLayout {
     public void configure( int gameID, String devID )
     {
         mGameID = gameID;
-        mDevID = devID;
+        mSelfDevID = devID;
         startThreadOnce();
     }
     
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class PeerStatusView extends LinearLayout {
 
     private void startThreadOnce()
     {
-        if ( mFinished && null != mDevID ) {
+        if ( mFinished && null != mSelfDevID ) {
             new Thread( new Runnable() {
                 @Override
                 public void run() {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class PeerStatusView extends LinearLayout {
         JSONObject params = new JSONObject();
         try {
             params.put( "gid16", String.format("%X", mGameID) );
-            params.put( "devid", mDevID );
+            params.put( "devid", mSelfDevID );
 
             HttpURLConnection conn = NetUtils
                 .makeHttpMQTTConn( mContext, "peers" );
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ public class PeerStatusView extends LinearLayout {
                     String age = line.getString( "age" );
                     String name = XwJNI.kplr_nameForMqttDev( mqttID );
                     if ( null == name ) {
-                        name = mqttID;
+                        if ( mSelfDevID.equals(mqttID) ) {
+                            name = LocUtils.getString( mContext, R.string.selfName );
+                        } else {
+                            name = mqttID;
+                        }
                     }
                     lines.add( String.format( "%s: %s", name, age ) );
                 }
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/tmpstrings.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/tmpstrings.xml
index d9500eb6c..354c5275f 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/tmpstrings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/tmpstrings.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 
   <string name="dup_allscores_fmt">All scores: %1$s</string>
 
+  <!-- In Peer Status results, if my own device comes back (as it
+       should) and it isn't assigned a name in Known Players, use
+       this. -->
+  <string name="selfName">This device</string>
 
   <!-- Debug-only: menu to remove quashed marking from a game (in case
        the quashing was accidental) -->