diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/api/kotlinx-coroutines-core.api b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/api/kotlinx-coroutines-core.api
index f908f964d4..0368cf1cc0 100644
--- a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/api/kotlinx-coroutines-core.api
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/api/kotlinx-coroutines-core.api
@@ -328,6 +328,11 @@ public final class kotlinx/coroutines/GlobalScope : kotlinx/coroutines/Coroutine
 public abstract interface annotation class kotlinx/coroutines/InternalCoroutinesApi : java/lang/annotation/Annotation {
 }
 
+public final class kotlinx/coroutines/InterruptibleKt {
+	public static final fun runInterruptible (Lkotlin/coroutines/CoroutineContext;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function0;Lkotlin/coroutines/Continuation;)Ljava/lang/Object;
+	public static synthetic fun runInterruptible$default (Lkotlin/coroutines/CoroutineContext;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function0;Lkotlin/coroutines/Continuation;ILjava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
+}
+
 public abstract interface class kotlinx/coroutines/Job : kotlin/coroutines/CoroutineContext$Element {
 	public static final field Key Lkotlinx/coroutines/Job$Key;
 	public abstract fun attachChild (Lkotlinx/coroutines/ChildJob;)Lkotlinx/coroutines/ChildHandle;
diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/src/Interruptible.kt b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/src/Interruptible.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4144d87d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/src/Interruptible.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+ */
+
+package kotlinx.coroutines
+
+import kotlinx.atomicfu.*
+import kotlin.coroutines.*
+
+/**
+ * Calls the specified [block] with a given coroutine context in a interruptible manner.
+ * The blocking code block will be interrupted and this function will throw [CancellationException]
+ * if the coroutine is cancelled.
+ * The specified [coroutineContext] directly translates into [withContext] argument.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * ```
+ * val blockingJob = launch {
+ *     // This function will throw CancellationException
+ *     runInterruptible(Dispatchers.IO) {
+ *         // This blocking procedure will be interrupted when this coroutine is canceled
+ *         doSomethingElseUsefulInterruptible()
+ *     }
+ * }
+ *
+ *     delay(500L)
+ *     blockingJob.cancel() // Interrupt blocking call
+ * }
+ * ```
+ *
+ * There is also an optional context parameter to this function to enable single-call conversion of
+ * interruptible Java methods into suspending functions like this:
+ * ```
+ * // With one call here we are moving the call to Dispatchers.IO and supporting interruption.
+ * suspend fun <T> BlockingQueue<T>.awaitTake(): T =
+ *         runInterruptible(Dispatchers.IO) { queue.take() }
+ * ```
+ */
+public suspend fun <T> runInterruptible(
+    context: CoroutineContext = EmptyCoroutineContext,
+    block: () -> T
+): T = withContext(context) {
+    runInterruptibleInExpectedContext(block)
+}
+
+private suspend fun <T> runInterruptibleInExpectedContext(block: () -> T): T {
+    try {
+        // No job -> no cancellation
+        val job = coroutineContext[Job] ?: return block()
+        val threadState = ThreadState(job)
+        try {
+            return block()
+        } finally {
+            threadState.clearInterrupt()
+        }
+    } catch (e: InterruptedException) {
+        throw CancellationException("Blocking call was interrupted due to parent cancellation").initCause(e)
+    }
+}
+
+private const val WORKING = 0
+private const val FINISHED = 1
+private const val INTERRUPTING = 2
+private const val INTERRUPTED = 3
+
+private class ThreadState : CompletionHandler {
+    /*
+       === States ===
+
+       WORKING: running normally
+       FINISH: complete normally
+       INTERRUPTING: canceled, going to interrupt this thread
+       INTERRUPTED: this thread is interrupted
+
+       === Possible Transitions ===
+
+       +----------------+         register job       +-------------------------+
+       |    WORKING     |   cancellation listener    |         WORKING         |
+       | (thread, null) | -------------------------> | (thread, cancel handle) |
+       +----------------+                            +-------------------------+
+               |                                                |   |
+               | cancel                                  cancel |   | complete
+               |                                                |   |
+               V                                                |   |
+       +---------------+                                        |   |
+       | INTERRUPTING  | <--------------------------------------+   |
+       +---------------+                                            |
+               |                                                    |
+               | interrupt                                          |
+               |                                                    |
+               V                                                    V
+       +---------------+                              +-------------------------+
+       |  INTERRUPTED  |                              |         FINISHED         |
+       +---------------+                              +-------------------------+
+    */
+    private val state: AtomicRef<State> = atomic(State(WORKING, null))
+    private val targetThread = Thread.currentThread()
+
+    private data class State(@JvmField val state: Int, @JvmField val cancelHandle: DisposableHandle?)
+
+    // We're using a non-primary constructor instead of init block of a primary constructor here, because
+    // we need to `return`.
+    constructor(job: Job) {
+        // Register cancellation handler
+        val cancelHandle =
+            job.invokeOnCompletion(onCancelling = true, invokeImmediately = true, handler = this)
+        // Either we successfully stored it or it was immediately cancelled
+        state.loop { s ->
+            when (s.state) {
+                // Happy-path, move forward
+                WORKING -> if (state.compareAndSet(s, State(WORKING, cancelHandle))) return
+                // Immediately cancelled, just continue
+                INTERRUPTING, INTERRUPTED -> return
+                else -> throw IllegalStateException("Illegal state $s")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun clearInterrupt() {
+        /*
+         * Do not allow to untriggered interrupt to leak
+         */
+        state.loop { s ->
+            when (s.state) {
+                WORKING -> if (state.compareAndSet(s, State(FINISHED, null))) {
+                    s.cancelHandle?.dispose()
+                    return
+                }
+                INTERRUPTING -> {
+                   /*
+                    * Spin, cancellation mechanism is interrupting our thread right now
+                    * and we have to wait it and then clear interrupt status
+                    */
+                }
+                INTERRUPTED -> {
+                    // Clear it and bail out
+                    Thread.interrupted();
+                    return
+                }
+                else -> error("Illegal state: $s")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Cancellation handler
+    override fun invoke(cause: Throwable?) {
+        state.loop { s ->
+            when (s.state) {
+                // Working -> try to transite state and interrupt the thread
+                WORKING -> {
+                    if (state.compareAndSet(s, State(INTERRUPTING, null))) {
+                        targetThread.interrupt()
+                        state.value = State(INTERRUPTED, null)
+                        return
+                    }
+                }
+                // Finished -- runInterruptible is already complete
+                FINISHED -> return
+                INTERRUPTING, INTERRUPTED -> return
+                else -> error("Illegal state: $s")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/test/RunInterruptibleStressTest.kt b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/test/RunInterruptibleStressTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03c7c6ecb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/test/RunInterruptibleStressTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+ */
+
+package kotlinx.coroutines
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.*
+import kotlin.test.*
+
+class RunInterruptibleStressTest : TestBase() {
+
+    private val dispatcher = Dispatchers.IO
+    private val REPEAT_TIMES = 1000 * stressTestMultiplier
+
+    @Test
+    fun testStress() = runBlocking {
+        val interruptLeak = AtomicBoolean(false)
+        val enterCount = AtomicInteger(0)
+        val interruptedCount = AtomicInteger(0)
+        val otherExceptionCount = AtomicInteger(0)
+
+        repeat(REPEAT_TIMES) { repeat ->
+            val job = launch(dispatcher, start = CoroutineStart.LAZY) {
+                try {
+                    runInterruptible {
+                        enterCount.incrementAndGet()
+                        try {
+                            Thread.sleep(Long.MAX_VALUE)
+                        } catch (e: InterruptedException) {
+                            interruptedCount.incrementAndGet()
+                            throw e
+                        }
+                    }
+                } catch (e: CancellationException) {
+                } catch (e: Throwable) {
+                    otherExceptionCount.incrementAndGet()
+                } finally {
+                    interruptLeak.set(interruptLeak.get() || Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted)
+                }
+            }
+
+            val cancelJob = launch(dispatcher, start = CoroutineStart.LAZY) {
+                job.cancel()
+            }
+
+            job.start()
+            val canceller = launch(dispatcher) {
+                cancelJob.start()
+            }
+
+            joinAll(job, cancelJob, canceller)
+        }
+
+        assertFalse(interruptLeak.get())
+        assertEquals(enterCount.get(), interruptedCount.get())
+        assertEquals(0, otherExceptionCount.get())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/test/RunInterruptibleTest.kt b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/test/RunInterruptibleTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e755b17d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kotlinx-coroutines-core/jvm/test/RunInterruptibleTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+ */
+
+package kotlinx.coroutines
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.*
+import java.io.*
+import java.util.concurrent.*
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.*
+import kotlin.test.*
+
+class RunInterruptibleTest : TestBase() {
+
+    @Test
+    fun testNormalRun() = runTest {
+        val result = runInterruptible {
+            val x = 1
+            val y = 2
+            Thread.sleep(1)
+            x + y
+        }
+        assertEquals(3, result)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testExceptionalRun() = runTest {
+        try {
+            runInterruptible {
+                expect(1)
+                throw TestException()
+            }
+        } catch (e: TestException) {
+            finish(2)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testInterrupt() = runTest {
+        val latch = Channel<Unit>(1)
+        val job = launch {
+            runInterruptible(Dispatchers.IO) {
+                expect(2)
+                latch.offer(Unit)
+                try {
+                    Thread.sleep(10_000L)
+                    expectUnreached()
+                } catch (e: InterruptedException) {
+                    expect(4)
+                    assertFalse { Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        launch(start = CoroutineStart.UNDISPATCHED) {
+            expect(1)
+            latch.receive()
+            expect(3)
+            job.cancelAndJoin()
+        }.join()
+        finish(5)
+    }
+}