diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/QueuedThreadPool.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/QueuedThreadPool.java
index cbc0ad23409e..47ceda7891cb 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/QueuedThreadPool.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/QueuedThreadPool.java
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ public Thread newThread(Runnable runnable)
         thread.setDaemon(isDaemon());
         thread.setPriority(getThreadsPriority());
         thread.setName(_name + "-" + thread.getId());
+        thread.setContextClassLoader(QueuedThreadPool.class.getClassLoader());
         return thread;
     }