diff --git a/src/System.Threading.ThreadPool/ref/System.Threading.ThreadPool.cs b/src/System.Threading.ThreadPool/ref/System.Threading.ThreadPool.cs
index 7d1911d50af3..a975085ddd15 100644
--- a/src/System.Threading.ThreadPool/ref/System.Threading.ThreadPool.cs
+++ b/src/System.Threading.ThreadPool/ref/System.Threading.ThreadPool.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 namespace System.Threading
 {
+    public interface IThreadPoolWorkItem
+    {
+        void Execute();
+    }
     public sealed partial class RegisteredWaitHandle : System.MarshalByRefObject
     {
         internal RegisteredWaitHandle() { }
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ public static partial class ThreadPool
         public static bool SetMinThreads(int workerThreads, int completionPortThreads) { throw null; }
         [System.CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
         public static unsafe bool UnsafeQueueNativeOverlapped(System.Threading.NativeOverlapped* overlapped) { throw null; }
+        public static bool UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem(System.Threading.IThreadPoolWorkItem callBack, bool preferLocal) { throw null; }
         public static bool UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem(System.Threading.WaitCallback callBack, object state) { throw null; }
         public static System.Threading.RegisteredWaitHandle UnsafeRegisterWaitForSingleObject(System.Threading.WaitHandle waitObject, System.Threading.WaitOrTimerCallback callBack, object state, int millisecondsTimeOutInterval, bool executeOnlyOnce) { throw null; }
         public static System.Threading.RegisteredWaitHandle UnsafeRegisterWaitForSingleObject(System.Threading.WaitHandle waitObject, System.Threading.WaitOrTimerCallback callBack, object state, long millisecondsTimeOutInterval, bool executeOnlyOnce) { throw null; }
diff --git a/src/System.Threading.ThreadPool/tests/ThreadPoolTests.netcoreapp.cs b/src/System.Threading.ThreadPool/tests/ThreadPoolTests.netcoreapp.cs
index 4aac66daed38..da1f9b0a3287 100644
--- a/src/System.Threading.ThreadPool/tests/ThreadPoolTests.netcoreapp.cs
+++ b/src/System.Threading.ThreadPool/tests/ThreadPoolTests.netcoreapp.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -72,5 +73,83 @@ public async Task QueueUserWorkItem_PreferLocal_ExecutionContextFlowed(bool pref
             asyncLocal.Value = 0;
             Assert.Equal(42, await tcs.Task);
         }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(false)]
+        [InlineData(true)]
+        public void UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem_IThreadPoolWorkItem_Invalid_Throws(bool preferLocal)
+        {
+            AssertExtensions.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("callBack", () => ThreadPool.UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem(null, preferLocal));
+            AssertExtensions.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>("callBack", () => ThreadPool.UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem(new InvalidWorkItemAndTask(() => { }), preferLocal));
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(false)]
+        [InlineData(true)]
+        public async Task UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem_IThreadPoolWorkItem_ManyIndividualItems_AllInvoked(bool preferLocal)
+        {
+            TaskCompletionSource<bool>[] tasks = Enumerable.Range(0, 100).Select(_ => new TaskCompletionSource<bool>()).ToArray();
+            for (int i = 0; i < tasks.Length; i++)
+            {
+                int localI = i;
+                ThreadPool.UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem(new SimpleWorkItem(() =>
+                {
+                    tasks[localI].TrySetResult(true);
+                }), preferLocal);
+            }
+            await Task.WhenAll(tasks.Select(t => t.Task));
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(false)]
+        [InlineData(true)]
+        public async Task UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem_IThreadPoolWorkItem_SameObjectReused_AllInvoked(bool preferLocal)
+        {
+            const int Iters = 100;
+            int remaining = Iters;
+            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
+            var workItem = new SimpleWorkItem(() =>
+            {
+                if (Interlocked.Decrement(ref remaining) == 0)
+                {
+                    tcs.TrySetResult(true);
+                }
+            });
+            for (int i = 0; i < Iters; i++)
+            {
+                ThreadPool.UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem(workItem, preferLocal);
+            }
+            await tcs.Task;
+            Assert.Equal(0, remaining);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(false)]
+        [InlineData(true)]
+        public async Task UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem_IThreadPoolWorkItem_ExecutionContextNotFlowed(bool preferLocal)
+        {
+            var al = new AsyncLocal<int> { Value = 42 };
+            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
+            ThreadPool.UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem(new SimpleWorkItem(() =>
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(0, al.Value);
+                tcs.TrySetResult(true);
+            }), preferLocal);
+            await tcs.Task;
+            Assert.Equal(42, al.Value);
+        }
+
+        private sealed class SimpleWorkItem : IThreadPoolWorkItem
+        {
+            private readonly Action _action;
+            public SimpleWorkItem(Action action) => _action = action;
+            public void Execute() => _action();
+        }
+
+        private sealed class InvalidWorkItemAndTask : Task, IThreadPoolWorkItem
+        {
+            public InvalidWorkItemAndTask(Action action) : base(action) { }
+            public void Execute() { }
+        }
     }
 }