diff --git a/tokio-util/Cargo.toml b/tokio-util/Cargo.toml
index 12c3c813656..17ae2a0ee94 100644
--- a/tokio-util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio-util/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ futures-util = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
 pin-project-lite = "0.2.11"
 slab = { version = "0.4.4", optional = true } # Backs `DelayQueue`
 tracing = { version = "0.1.25", default-features = false, features = ["std"], optional = true }
+nix = "0.21"
+rand = "0.8"
+libc = "0.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(tokio_unstable)'.dependencies]
 hashbrown = { version = "0.14.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/tokio-util/src/lib.rs b/tokio-util/src/lib.rs
index 22ad92b8c4b..435a925526a 100644
--- a/tokio-util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio-util/src/lib.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ cfg_time! {
     pub mod time;
 }
 
+pub mod lrtd;
+
 pub mod sync;
 
 pub mod either;
diff --git a/tokio-util/src/lrtd/lrtd.rs b/tokio-util/src/lrtd/lrtd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9159cbd385a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokio-util/src/lrtd/lrtd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+use libc;
+use nix::sys::signal::{self, SaFlags, SigAction, SigHandler, SigSet, Signal};
+use rand::Rng;
+use std::backtrace::Backtrace;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::sync::mpsc;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{env, thread};
+use tokio::runtime::{Builder, Runtime};
+
+const PANIC_WORKER_BLOCK_DURATION_DEFAULT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
+
+fn get_panic_worker_block_duration() -> Duration {
+    let duration_str = env::var("MY_DURATION_ENV").unwrap_or_else(|_| "60".to_string());
+    duration_str
+        .parse::<u64>()
+        .map(Duration::from_secs)
+        .unwrap_or(PANIC_WORKER_BLOCK_DURATION_DEFAULT)
+}
+
+fn get_thread_id() -> libc::pthread_t {
+    unsafe { libc::pthread_self() }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct WorkerSet {
+    inner: Mutex<HashSet<libc::pthread_t>>,
+}
+
+impl WorkerSet {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        WorkerSet {
+            inner: Mutex::new(HashSet::new()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn add(&self, pid: libc::pthread_t) {
+        let mut set = self.inner.lock().unwrap();
+        set.insert(pid);
+    }
+
+    fn remove(&self, pid: libc::pthread_t) {
+        let mut set = self.inner.lock().unwrap();
+        set.remove(&pid);
+    }
+
+    fn get_all(&self) -> Vec<libc::pthread_t> {
+        let set = self.inner.lock().unwrap();
+        set.iter().cloned().collect()
+    }
+}
+
+extern "C" fn signal_handler(_: i32) {
+    let thread = thread::current();
+    let name = thread
+        .name()
+        .map(|n| format!(" for thread \"{}\"", n))
+        .unwrap_or("".to_owned());
+    let trace = Backtrace::force_capture();
+    eprintln!("Stack trace{}:{}\n{}", name, get_thread_id(), trace);
+}
+
+pub fn install_thread_stack_stace_handler(signal: Signal) {
+    let mut sigset = SigSet::empty();
+    sigset.add(signal);
+
+    // Set up a signal action
+    let sa = SigAction::new(
+        SigHandler::Handler(signal_handler),
+        SaFlags::empty(),
+        sigset,
+    );
+
+    // Register the signal action for process
+    unsafe {
+        signal::sigaction(signal, &sa).expect("Failed to register signal handler");
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn install_thread_stack_stace_handler_default() {
+    let default_signal = Signal::SIGUSR1;
+    install_thread_stack_stace_handler(default_signal);
+}
+
+fn signal_all_threads(signal: Signal, targets: Vec<libc::pthread_t>) {
+    for thread_id in &targets {
+        let result = unsafe {
+            libc::pthread_kill(
+                *thread_id,
+                match signal.into() {
+                    Some(s) => s as libc::c_int,
+                    None => 0,
+                },
+            )
+        };
+        if result != 0 {
+            eprintln!("Error sending signal: {:?}", result);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct LongRunningTaskDetector {
+    interval: Duration,
+    detection_time: Duration,
+    stop_flag: Arc<Mutex<bool>>,
+    workers: Arc<WorkerSet>,
+    signal: Signal,
+}
+
+async fn do_nothing(tx: mpsc::Sender<()>) {
+    // signal I am done
+    let _ = tx.send(()).unwrap();
+}
+
+fn probe(
+    tokio_runtime: &Arc<Runtime>,
+    detection_time: Duration,
+    signal: Signal,
+    workers: &Arc<WorkerSet>,
+) {
+    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
+    let _nothing_handle = tokio_runtime.spawn(do_nothing(tx));
+    let is_probe_success = match rx.recv_timeout(detection_time) {
+        Ok(_result) => true,
+        Err(_) => false,
+    };
+    if !is_probe_success {
+        let targets = workers.get_all();
+        eprintln!(
+            "Detected worker blocking, signaling worker threads: {:?}",
+            targets
+        );
+        signal_all_threads(signal, targets);
+        // Wait for our probe to eventually finish, we do not want to have multiple probes running at the same time.
+        let _ = rx.recv_timeout(get_panic_worker_block_duration()).unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
+impl LongRunningTaskDetector {
+    pub fn new(
+        interval: Duration,
+        detection_time: Duration,
+        signal: Signal,
+        runtime_builder: &mut Builder,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let workers = Arc::new(WorkerSet::new());
+        if runtime_builder.is_current_threaded() {
+            workers.add(get_thread_id());
+        } else {
+            let workers_clone = Arc::clone(&workers);
+            let workers_clone2 = Arc::clone(&workers);
+            runtime_builder
+                .on_thread_start(move || {
+                    let pid = get_thread_id();
+                    workers_clone.add(pid);
+                })
+                .on_thread_stop(move || {
+                    let pid = get_thread_id();
+                    workers_clone2.remove(pid);
+                });
+        }
+        LongRunningTaskDetector {
+            interval,
+            detection_time,
+            stop_flag: Arc::new(Mutex::new(false)),
+            workers,
+            signal,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn start(&self, runtime: Arc<Runtime>) {
+        let stop_flag = Arc::clone(&self.stop_flag);
+        let detection_time = self.detection_time.clone();
+        let interval = self.interval.clone();
+        let signal = self.signal.clone();
+        let tokio_runtime = runtime.clone();
+        let workers = Arc::clone(&self.workers);
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+            while !*stop_flag.lock().unwrap() {
+                probe(&tokio_runtime, detection_time, signal, &workers);
+                thread::sleep(Duration::from_micros(
+                    rng.gen_range(1..=interval.as_micros()).try_into().unwrap(),
+                ));
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    pub fn stop(&self) {
+        *self.stop_flag.lock().unwrap() = true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tokio-util/src/lrtd/mod.rs b/tokio-util/src/lrtd/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be4b0832b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokio-util/src/lrtd/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+mod lrtd;
+
+pub use self::lrtd::install_thread_stack_stace_handler;
+pub use self::lrtd::install_thread_stack_stace_handler_default;
+pub use self::lrtd::LongRunningTaskDetector;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tokio-util/tests/lrtd.rs b/tokio-util/tests/lrtd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8c4c8bbf36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tokio-util/tests/lrtd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+use nix::sys::signal::Signal;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio_util::lrtd::{install_thread_stack_stace_handler, LongRunningTaskDetector};
+
+async fn run_blocking_stuff() {
+    println!("slow start");
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2));
+    println!("slow done");
+}
+
+fn install_thread_stack_stace_handler_default() {
+    install_thread_stack_stace_handler(Signal::SIGUSR1);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_blocking_detection_multi() {
+    install_thread_stack_stace_handler_default();
+    let mut builder = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread();
+    let mutable_builder = builder.worker_threads(2);
+    let lrtd = LongRunningTaskDetector::new(
+        Duration::from_millis(10),
+        Duration::from_millis(100),
+        Signal::SIGUSR1,
+        mutable_builder,
+    );
+    let runtime = builder.enable_all().build().unwrap();
+    let arc_runtime = Arc::new(runtime);
+    let arc_runtime2 = arc_runtime.clone();
+    lrtd.start(arc_runtime.clone());
+    arc_runtime2.spawn(run_blocking_stuff());
+    arc_runtime2.spawn(run_blocking_stuff());
+    arc_runtime2.block_on(async {
+        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+        println!("Hello world");
+    });
+    lrtd.stop()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_blocking_detection_current() {
+    install_thread_stack_stace_handler_default();
+    let mut builder = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread();
+    let mutable_builder = builder.enable_all();
+    let lrtd = LongRunningTaskDetector::new(
+        Duration::from_millis(10),
+        Duration::from_millis(100),
+        Signal::SIGUSR1,
+        mutable_builder,
+    );
+    let runtime = mutable_builder.build().unwrap();
+    let arc_runtime = Arc::new(runtime);
+    let arc_runtime2 = arc_runtime.clone();
+    lrtd.start(arc_runtime);
+    arc_runtime2.block_on(async {
+        run_blocking_stuff().await;
+        println!("Sleeping");
+        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+        println!("Hello world");
+    });
+    lrtd.stop()
+}
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/builder.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/builder.rs
index 78e6bf50d62..f4eeb775984 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/builder.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/builder.rs
@@ -318,6 +318,17 @@ impl Builder {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns true if kind is "CurrentThread" of this [`Builder`]. False otherwise.
+    pub fn is_current_threaded(&self) -> bool {
+        match &self.kind {
+            Kind::CurrentThread => true,
+            #[cfg(all(feature = "rt-multi-thread", not(target_os = "wasi")))]
+            Kind::MultiThread => false,
+            #[cfg(all(tokio_unstable, feature = "rt-multi-thread", not(target_os = "wasi")))]
+            Kind::MultiThreadAlt => false,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Enables both I/O and time drivers.
     ///
     /// Doing this is a shorthand for calling `enable_io` and `enable_time`