diff --git a/TracyC.h b/TracyC.h
index ea247399..da412104 100644
--- a/TracyC.h
+++ b/TracyC.h
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ struct ___tracy_c_zone_context
 // This struct, as visible to user, is immutable, so treat it as if const was declared here.
 typedef /*const*/ struct ___tracy_c_zone_context TracyCZoneCtx;
 
+
+#ifdef TRACY_MANUAL_LIFETIME
+TRACY_API void ___tracy_startup_profiler(void);
+TRACY_API void ___tracy_shutdown_profiler(void);
+#endif
+
 TRACY_API uint64_t ___tracy_alloc_srcloc( uint32_t line, const char* source, size_t sourceSz, const char* function, size_t functionSz );
 TRACY_API uint64_t ___tracy_alloc_srcloc_name( uint32_t line, const char* source, size_t sourceSz, const char* function, size_t functionSz, const char* name, size_t nameSz );
 
diff --git a/client/TracyProfiler.cpp b/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
index 17062305..b4973791 100644
--- a/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
+++ b/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
@@ -3602,6 +3602,18 @@ TRACY_API uint64_t ___tracy_alloc_srcloc_name( uint32_t line, const char* source
     return tracy::Profiler::AllocSourceLocation( line, source, sourceSz, function, functionSz, name, nameSz );
 }
 
+#  ifdef TRACY_MANUAL_LIFETIME
+TRACY_API void ___tracy_startup_profiler( void )
+{
+    tracy::StartupProfiler();
+}
+
+TRACY_API void ___tracy_shutdown_profiler( void )
+{
+    tracy::ShutdownProfiler();
+}
+#  endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/manual/tracy.tex b/manual/tracy.tex
index aa67bba0..c7db9f22 100644
--- a/manual/tracy.tex
+++ b/manual/tracy.tex
@@ -1793,7 +1793,8 @@ You can collect call stacks of zones and memory allocation events, as described
 Tracy C API exposes functions with the \texttt{\_\_\_tracy} prefix that may be used to write bindings to other programming languages. Most of the functions available are a counterpart to macros described in section~\ref{capi}. Some functions do not have macro equivalents and are dedicated expressly for binding implementation purposes. This includes the following:
 
 \begin{itemize}
-\item \texttt{\_\_\_tracy\_init\_thread(void)}
+\item \texttt{\_\_\_tracy\_startup\_profiler(void)}
+\item \texttt{\_\_\_tracy\_shutdown\_profiler(void)}
 \item \texttt{\_\_\_tracy\_alloc\_srcloc(uint32\_t line, const char* source, size\_t sourceSz, const char* function, size\_t functionSz)}
 \item \texttt{\_\_\_tracy\_alloc\_srcloc\_name(uint32\_t line, const char* source, size\_t sourceSz, const char* function, size\_t functionSz, const char* name, size\_t nameSz)}
 \end{itemize}
@@ -1809,11 +1810,6 @@ location}. As these functions do not require for the provided string data to be
 return, calling code is free to deallocate them at any time afterwards. This way the string
 lifetime requirements described in section~\ref{textstrings} are relaxed.
 
-Before the \texttt{\_\_\_tracy\_alloc\_*} functions are called on a non-main thread for the first
-time, care should be taken to ensure that \texttt{\_\_\_tracy\_init\_thread} has been called first.
-The \texttt{\_\_\_tracy\_init\_thread} function initializes per-thread structures Tracy uses and
-can be safely called multiple times.
-
 The \texttt{uint64\_t} return value from allocation functions must be passed to one of the zone
 begin functions: