diff --git a/examples/lots_of_threads.luau b/examples/lots_of_threads.luau
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+--!nocheck
+--!nolint UnknownGlobal
+
+local NUM_BATCHES = 100
+local NUM_THREADS = 10_000
+
+print(`Spawning {NUM_BATCHES * NUM_THREADS} threads split into {NUM_BATCHES} batches\n`)
+
+local before = os.clock()
+for i = 1, NUM_BATCHES do
+	print(`Batch {i} of {NUM_BATCHES}`)
+	local thread = coroutine.running()
+
+	local counter = 0
+	for j = 1, NUM_THREADS do
+		__runtime__spawn(function()
+			sleep()
+			counter += 1
+			if counter == NUM_THREADS then
+				__runtime__spawn(thread)
+			end
+		end)
+	end
+
+	coroutine.yield()
+end
+local after = os.clock()
+
+print(`\nSpawned {NUM_BATCHES * NUM_THREADS} sleeping threads in {after - before}s`)
diff --git a/examples/lots_of_threads.rs b/examples/lots_of_threads.rs
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+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use smol_mlua::{
+    mlua::prelude::{Lua, LuaResult},
+    smol::Timer,
+    Runtime,
+};
+
+const MAIN_SCRIPT: &str = include_str!("./lots_of_threads.luau");
+
+const ONE_NANOSECOND: Duration = Duration::from_nanos(1);
+
+pub fn main() -> LuaResult<()> {
+    // Set up persistent lua environment
+    let lua = Lua::new();
+    lua.globals().set(
+        "sleep",
+        lua.create_async_function(|_, ()| async move {
+            // Obviously we can't sleep for a single nanosecond since
+            // this uses OS scheduling under the hood, but we can try
+            Timer::after(ONE_NANOSECOND).await;
+            Ok(())
+        })?,
+    )?;
+
+    // Load the main script into a runtime and run it until completion
+    let rt = Runtime::new(&lua)?;
+    let main = lua.load(MAIN_SCRIPT);
+    rt.push_thread(&lua, main, ());
+    rt.run_blocking(&lua);
+
+    Ok(())
+}