diff --git a/ext/datadog_profiling_native_extension/collectors_stack.c b/ext/datadog_profiling_native_extension/collectors_stack.c
index bf60dbc78b8..94ca42cbdca 100644
--- a/ext/datadog_profiling_native_extension/collectors_stack.c
+++ b/ext/datadog_profiling_native_extension/collectors_stack.c
@@ -354,6 +354,10 @@ void sample_thread(
           state_label->str  = DDOG_CHARSLICE_C("blocked");
         } else if (CHARSLICE_EQUALS("wait_readable", name_slice)) { // Expected to be IO#wait_readable
           state_label->str  = DDOG_CHARSLICE_C("network");
+        } else if (CHARSLICE_EQUALS("_native_idle_sampling_loop", name_slice)) { // Expected to be Datadog::Profiler::Collectors::IdleSamplingHelper#_native_idle_sampling_loop
+          state_label->str  = DDOG_CHARSLICE_C("waiting");
+        } else if (CHARSLICE_EQUALS("_native_sampling_loop", name_slice)) { // Expected to be Datadog::Profiler::Collectors::CpuAndWallTimeWorker#_native_sampling_loop
+          state_label->str  = DDOG_CHARSLICE_C("sleeping");
         }
         #ifdef NO_PRIMITIVE_POP // Ruby < 3.2
           else if (CHARSLICE_EQUALS("pop", name_slice)) { // Expected to be Queue/SizedQueue#pop
diff --git a/spec/datadog/profiling/collectors/stack_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/profiling/collectors/stack_spec.rb
index 8896eac7c47..7a9ecf8997a 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/profiling/collectors/stack_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/profiling/collectors/stack_spec.rb
@@ -578,6 +578,22 @@ def save_rounding_mode # rubocop:disable Lint/UselessMethodDefinition
           expect(sample_and_decode(background_thread, :labels)).to include(state: "unknown")
         end
       end
+
+      context "when sampling the idle sampling helper thread" do
+        let(:expected_method_name) { "_native_idle_sampling_loop" }
+        let(:idle_sampling_helper) { Datadog::Profiling::Collectors::IdleSamplingHelper.new }
+        let(:do_in_background_thread) do
+          proc do |ready_queue|
+            ready_queue << true
+            Datadog::Profiling::Collectors::IdleSamplingHelper._native_idle_sampling_loop(idle_sampling_helper)
+          end
+        end
+        let(:metric_values) { {"cpu-time" => 0, "cpu-samples" => 1, "wall-time" => 1} }
+
+        it do
+          expect(sample_and_decode(background_thread, :labels)).to include(state: "waiting")
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     context "when sampling a stack with a dynamically-generated template method name" do