diff --git a/src/node_messaging.cc b/src/node_messaging.cc
index ac4abc3af01568..c398c162f7130e 100644
--- a/src/node_messaging.cc
+++ b/src/node_messaging.cc
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ Maybe<bool> SiblingGroup::Dispatch(
     std::shared_ptr<Message> message,
     std::string* error) {
 
-  Mutex::ScopedLock lock(group_mutex_);
+  RwLock::ScopedReadLock lock(group_mutex_);
 
   // The source MessagePortData is not part of this group.
   if (ports_.find(source) == ports_.end()) {
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ void SiblingGroup::Entangle(MessagePortData* port) {
 }
 
 void SiblingGroup::Entangle(std::initializer_list<MessagePortData*> ports) {
-  Mutex::ScopedLock lock(group_mutex_);
+  RwLock::ScopedWriteLock lock(group_mutex_);
   for (MessagePortData* data : ports) {
     ports_.insert(data);
     CHECK(!data->group_);
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ void SiblingGroup::Entangle(std::initializer_list<MessagePortData*> ports) {
 
 void SiblingGroup::Disentangle(MessagePortData* data) {
   auto self = shared_from_this();  // Keep alive until end of function.
-  Mutex::ScopedLock lock(group_mutex_);
+  RwLock::ScopedWriteLock lock(group_mutex_);
   ports_.erase(data);
   data->group_.reset();
 
diff --git a/src/node_messaging.h b/src/node_messaging.h
index 429a5646b8ada4..510778f61718a5 100644
--- a/src/node_messaging.h
+++ b/src/node_messaging.h
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ class SiblingGroup final : public std::enable_shared_from_this<SiblingGroup> {
   size_t size() const { return ports_.size(); }
 
  private:
-  std::string name_;
+  const std::string name_;
+  RwLock group_mutex_;  // Protects ports_.
   std::set<MessagePortData*> ports_;
-  Mutex group_mutex_;
 
   static void CheckSiblingGroup(const std::string& name);
 
diff --git a/src/node_mutex.h b/src/node_mutex.h
index 40c44c6d4fadb1..69e64ba27c3106 100644
--- a/src/node_mutex.h
+++ b/src/node_mutex.h
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ namespace node {
 template <typename Traits> class ConditionVariableBase;
 template <typename Traits> class MutexBase;
 struct LibuvMutexTraits;
+struct LibuvRwlockTraits;
 
 using ConditionVariable = ConditionVariableBase<LibuvMutexTraits>;
 using Mutex = MutexBase<LibuvMutexTraits>;
+using RwLock = MutexBase<LibuvRwlockTraits>;
 
 template <typename T, typename MutexT = Mutex>
 class ExclusiveAccess {
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ class MutexBase {
   inline ~MutexBase();
   inline void Lock();
   inline void Unlock();
+  inline void RdLock();
+  inline void RdUnlock();
 
   MutexBase(const MutexBase&) = delete;
   MutexBase& operator=(const MutexBase&) = delete;
@@ -92,6 +96,21 @@ class MutexBase {
     const MutexBase& mutex_;
   };
 
+  class ScopedReadLock {
+   public:
+    inline explicit ScopedReadLock(const MutexBase& mutex);
+    inline ~ScopedReadLock();
+
+    ScopedReadLock(const ScopedReadLock&) = delete;
+    ScopedReadLock& operator=(const ScopedReadLock&) = delete;
+
+   private:
+    template <typename> friend class ConditionVariableBase;
+    const MutexBase& mutex_;
+  };
+
+  using ScopedWriteLock = ScopedLock;
+
   class ScopedUnlock {
    public:
     inline explicit ScopedUnlock(const ScopedLock& scoped_lock);
@@ -167,6 +186,42 @@ struct LibuvMutexTraits {
   static inline void mutex_unlock(MutexT* mutex) {
     uv_mutex_unlock(mutex);
   }
+
+  static inline void mutex_rdlock(MutexT* mutex) {
+    uv_mutex_lock(mutex);
+  }
+
+  static inline void mutex_rdunlock(MutexT* mutex) {
+    uv_mutex_unlock(mutex);
+  }
+};
+
+struct LibuvRwlockTraits {
+  using MutexT = uv_rwlock_t;
+
+  static inline int mutex_init(MutexT* mutex) {
+    return uv_rwlock_init(mutex);
+  }
+
+  static inline void mutex_destroy(MutexT* mutex) {
+    uv_rwlock_destroy(mutex);
+  }
+
+  static inline void mutex_lock(MutexT* mutex) {
+    uv_rwlock_wrlock(mutex);
+  }
+
+  static inline void mutex_unlock(MutexT* mutex) {
+    uv_rwlock_wrunlock(mutex);
+  }
+
+  static inline void mutex_rdlock(MutexT* mutex) {
+    uv_rwlock_rdlock(mutex);
+  }
+
+  static inline void mutex_rdunlock(MutexT* mutex) {
+    uv_rwlock_rdunlock(mutex);
+  }
 };
 
 template <typename Traits>
@@ -214,6 +269,16 @@ void MutexBase<Traits>::Unlock() {
   Traits::mutex_unlock(&mutex_);
 }
 
+template <typename Traits>
+void MutexBase<Traits>::RdLock() {
+  Traits::mutex_rdlock(&mutex_);
+}
+
+template <typename Traits>
+void MutexBase<Traits>::RdUnlock() {
+  Traits::mutex_rdunlock(&mutex_);
+}
+
 template <typename Traits>
 MutexBase<Traits>::ScopedLock::ScopedLock(const MutexBase& mutex)
     : mutex_(mutex) {
@@ -229,6 +294,17 @@ MutexBase<Traits>::ScopedLock::~ScopedLock() {
   Traits::mutex_unlock(&mutex_.mutex_);
 }
 
+template <typename Traits>
+MutexBase<Traits>::ScopedReadLock::ScopedReadLock(const MutexBase& mutex)
+    : mutex_(mutex) {
+  Traits::mutex_rdlock(&mutex_.mutex_);
+}
+
+template <typename Traits>
+MutexBase<Traits>::ScopedReadLock::~ScopedReadLock() {
+  Traits::mutex_rdunlock(&mutex_.mutex_);
+}
+
 template <typename Traits>
 MutexBase<Traits>::ScopedUnlock::ScopedUnlock(const ScopedLock& scoped_lock)
     : mutex_(scoped_lock.mutex_) {