diff --git a/java/api/src/main/java/org/ray/api/Ray.java b/java/api/src/main/java/org/ray/api/Ray.java
index 4cf4ffac6..375f43786 100644
--- a/java/api/src/main/java/org/ray/api/Ray.java
+++ b/java/api/src/main/java/org/ray/api/Ray.java
@@ -119,7 +119,25 @@ public final class Ray extends RayCall {
   }
 
   /**
-   * If users want to use Ray API in there own threads, they should wrap their {@link Runnable}
+   * If users want to use Ray API in their own threads, call this method to get the async context
+   * and then call {@link #setAsyncContext} at the beginning of the new thread.
+   *
+   * @return The async context.
+   */
+  public static Object getAsyncContext() {
+    return runtime.getAsyncContext();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the async context for the current thread.
+   * @param asyncContext The async context to set.
+   */
+  public static void setAsyncContext(Object asyncContext) {
+    runtime.setAsyncContext(asyncContext);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * If users want to use Ray API in their own threads, they should wrap their {@link Runnable}
    * objects with this method.
    *
    * @param runnable The runnable to wrap.
@@ -130,7 +148,7 @@ public final class Ray extends RayCall {
   }
 
   /**
-   * If users want to use Ray API in there own threads, they should wrap their {@link Callable}
+   * If users want to use Ray API in their own threads, they should wrap their {@link Callable}
    * objects with this method.
    *
    * @param callable The callable to wrap.
diff --git a/java/api/src/main/java/org/ray/api/runtime/RayRuntime.java b/java/api/src/main/java/org/ray/api/runtime/RayRuntime.java
index 46d5ca842..059e85aea 100644
--- a/java/api/src/main/java/org/ray/api/runtime/RayRuntime.java
+++ b/java/api/src/main/java/org/ray/api/runtime/RayRuntime.java
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ public interface RayRuntime {
   RayPyActor createPyActor(String moduleName, String className, Object[] args,
       ActorCreationOptions options);
 
+  Object getAsyncContext();
+
+  void setAsyncContext(Object asyncContext);
+
   /**
    * Wrap a {@link Runnable} with necessary context capture.
    * @param runnable The runnable to wrap.
diff --git a/java/runtime/src/main/java/org/ray/runtime/RayDevRuntime.java b/java/runtime/src/main/java/org/ray/runtime/RayDevRuntime.java
index d34f6fc68..8582238f0 100644
--- a/java/runtime/src/main/java/org/ray/runtime/RayDevRuntime.java
+++ b/java/runtime/src/main/java/org/ray/runtime/RayDevRuntime.java
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ public class RayDevRuntime extends AbstractRayRuntime {
     LOGGER.error("Not implemented under SINGLE_PROCESS mode.");
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Object getAsyncContext() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setAsyncContext(Object asyncContext) {
+  }
+
   private JobId nextJobId() {
     return JobId.fromInt(jobCounter.getAndIncrement());
   }
diff --git a/java/runtime/src/main/java/org/ray/runtime/RayMultiWorkerNativeRuntime.java b/java/runtime/src/main/java/org/ray/runtime/RayMultiWorkerNativeRuntime.java
index 47e69cb0e..335ed032a 100644
--- a/java/runtime/src/main/java/org/ray/runtime/RayMultiWorkerNativeRuntime.java
+++ b/java/runtime/src/main/java/org/ray/runtime/RayMultiWorkerNativeRuntime.java
@@ -178,20 +178,30 @@ public class RayMultiWorkerNativeRuntime implements RayRuntime {
     return getCurrentRuntime().createPyActor(moduleName, className, args, options);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Object getAsyncContext() {
+    return getCurrentRuntime();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setAsyncContext(Object asyncContext) {
+    currentThreadRuntime.set((RayNativeRuntime)asyncContext);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Runnable wrapRunnable(Runnable runnable) {
-    RayNativeRuntime runtime = getCurrentRuntime();
+    Object asyncContext = getAsyncContext();
     return () -> {
-      currentThreadRuntime.set(runtime);
+      setAsyncContext(asyncContext);
       runnable.run();
     };
   }
 
   @Override
   public Callable wrapCallable(Callable callable) {
-    RayNativeRuntime runtime = getCurrentRuntime();
+    Object asyncContext = getAsyncContext();
     return () -> {
-      currentThreadRuntime.set(runtime);
+      setAsyncContext(asyncContext);
       return callable.call();
     };
   }
diff --git a/java/runtime/src/main/java/org/ray/runtime/RayNativeRuntime.java b/java/runtime/src/main/java/org/ray/runtime/RayNativeRuntime.java
index ebbcebded..fb05e987a 100644
--- a/java/runtime/src/main/java/org/ray/runtime/RayNativeRuntime.java
+++ b/java/runtime/src/main/java/org/ray/runtime/RayNativeRuntime.java
@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ public final class RayNativeRuntime extends AbstractRayRuntime {
     nativeSetResource(nativeCoreWorkerPointer, resourceName, capacity, nodeId.getBytes());
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Object getAsyncContext() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setAsyncContext(Object asyncContext) {
+  }
+
   public void run() {
     nativeRunTaskExecutor(nativeCoreWorkerPointer, taskExecutor);
   }
diff --git a/java/test/src/main/java/org/ray/api/test/MultiThreadingTest.java b/java/test/src/main/java/org/ray/api/test/MultiThreadingTest.java
index bc5a5f3e3..1ba045f51 100644
--- a/java/test/src/main/java/org/ray/api/test/MultiThreadingTest.java
+++ b/java/test/src/main/java/org/ray/api/test/MultiThreadingTest.java
@@ -168,4 +168,32 @@ public class MultiThreadingTest extends BaseTest {
     }
   }
 
+  private static boolean testGetAsyncContextAndSetAsyncContext() throws Exception {
+    final Object asyncContext = Ray.getAsyncContext();
+    final Object[] result = new Object[1];
+    Thread thread = new Thread(() -> {
+      try {
+        Ray.setAsyncContext(asyncContext);
+        Ray.put(0);
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        result[0] = e;
+      }
+    });
+    thread.start();
+    thread.join();
+    if (result[0] instanceof Exception) {
+      throw (Exception) result[0];
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  public void testGetAsyncContextAndSetAsyncContextInDriver() throws Exception {
+    Assert.assertTrue(testGetAsyncContextAndSetAsyncContext());
+  }
+
+  public void testGetAsyncContextAndSetAsyncContextInWorker() {
+    RayObject<Boolean> obj = Ray.call(MultiThreadingTest::testGetAsyncContextAndSetAsyncContext);
+    Assert.assertTrue(obj.get());
+  }
+
 }