diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gc.py b/Lib/test/test_gc.py
index 904fc7d..246980a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gc.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import unittest
 from test.support import (verbose, refcount_test, run_unittest,
                           strip_python_stderr, cpython_only, start_threads,
-                          temp_dir, requires_type_collecting)
+                          temp_dir, requires_type_collecting,reap_threads)
 from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok, make_script
 
 import sys
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 import gc
 import weakref
 import threading
+import warnings
+
 
 try:
     from _testcapi import with_tp_del
@@ -1007,6 +1009,73 @@
             # empty __dict__.
             self.assertEqual(x, None)
 
+    def test_ensure_disabled(self):
+        original_status = gc.isenabled()
+
+        with gc.ensure_disabled():
+            inside_status = gc.isenabled()
+
+        after_status = gc.isenabled()
+        self.assertEqual(original_status, True)
+        self.assertEqual(inside_status, False)
+        self.assertEqual(after_status, True)
+
+    def test_ensure_disabled_with_gc_disabled(self):
+        gc.disable()
+
+        original_status = gc.isenabled()
+
+        with gc.ensure_disabled():
+            inside_status = gc.isenabled()
+
+        after_status = gc.isenabled()
+        self.assertEqual(original_status, False)
+        self.assertEqual(inside_status, False)
+        self.assertEqual(after_status, False)
+
+    @reap_threads
+    def test_ensure_disabled_thread(self):
+
+        thread_original_status = None
+        thread_inside_status = None
+        thread_after_status = None
+
+        def disabling_thread():
+            nonlocal thread_original_status
+            nonlocal thread_inside_status
+            nonlocal thread_after_status
+            thread_original_status = gc.isenabled()
+
+            with gc.ensure_disabled():
+                time.sleep(0.01)
+                thread_inside_status = gc.isenabled()
+
+            thread_after_status = gc.isenabled()
+
+        original_status = gc.isenabled()
+
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w, gc.ensure_disabled():
+            inside_status_before_thread = gc.isenabled()
+            thread = threading.Thread(target=disabling_thread)
+            thread.start()
+            inside_status_after_thread = gc.isenabled()
+
+        after_status = gc.isenabled()
+        thread.join()
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(w), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(issubclass(w[-1].category, RuntimeWarning))
+        self.assertEqual("Garbage collector enabled while another thread is "
+                         "inside gc.ensure_enabled", str(w[-1].message))
+        self.assertEqual(original_status, True)
+        self.assertEqual(inside_status_before_thread, False)
+        self.assertEqual(thread_original_status, False)
+        self.assertEqual(thread_inside_status, True)
+        self.assertEqual(thread_after_status, False)
+        self.assertEqual(inside_status_after_thread, False)
+        self.assertEqual(after_status, True)
+
+
 def test_main():
     enabled = gc.isenabled()
     gc.disable()