diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index cc4d46e..d9836a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     name: build (${{ matrix.ruby }} / ${{ matrix.os }})
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        ruby: [ '3.0', 2.7, 2.6, 2.5, 2.4, head ]
+        ruby: [ '3.0', 2.7, 2.6, 2.5, 2.4, head, jruby-head ]
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/lib/timeout.rb b/lib/timeout.rb
index f50e706..8396db4 100644
--- a/lib/timeout.rb
+++ b/lib/timeout.rb
@@ -131,3 +131,9 @@ def timeout(sec, klass = nil, message = nil, &block)   #:yield: +sec+
 
   module_function :timeout
 end
+
+# Load impl-specific logic on top of base implementation
+case RUBY_ENGINE
+when 'jruby'
+  require 'timeout/jruby'
+end
diff --git a/lib/timeout/jruby.rb b/lib/timeout/jruby.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9b85b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/timeout/jruby.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+require 'jruby'
+
+module Timeout
+  module_function def timeout(sec, klass = nil, message = nil, &block)
+    #:yield: +sec+
+    return yield(sec) if sec == nil or sec.zero?
+
+    message ||= "execution expired".freeze
+
+    if Fiber.respond_to?(:current_scheduler) && (scheduler = Fiber.current_scheduler)&.respond_to?(:timeout_after)
+      return scheduler.timeout_after(sec, klass || Error, message, &block)
+    end
+
+    JRubyTimeout.timeout(sec, klass, message, &block)
+  end
+
+  # An efficient timeout implementation based on the JDK's ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor
+  class JRubyTimeout
+    java_import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor
+    java_import java.lang.Runtime
+    java_import org.jruby.threading.DaemonThreadFactory
+    java_import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
+    java_import org.jruby.RubyTime
+    java_import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException
+    java_import java.lang.InterruptedException
+    java_import java.lang.Runnable
+
+    MICROSECONDS = java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit::MICROSECONDS
+
+    # Executor for timeout jobs
+    EXECUTOR = ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.new(
+      Runtime.runtime.available_processors,
+      DaemonThreadFactory.new)
+    EXECUTOR.remove_on_cancel_policy = true
+
+    # Current JRuby runtime
+    RUNTIME = JRuby.runtime
+
+    include Runnable
+
+    def self.timeout(seconds, exception_class, message)
+      timeout_job = new(exception_class, message)
+      timeout_job.start(seconds)
+      begin
+        yield seconds
+      ensure
+        timeout_job.finish
+      end
+    end
+
+    def initialize(exception_class, message)
+      @exception_class = exception_class
+      @message = message
+
+      @id = exception_class.nil? ? Object.new : nil
+      @latch = AtomicBoolean.new
+      @current_thread = Thread.current
+    end
+
+    def run
+      # check latch to see if we have been canceled
+      if @latch.compare_and_set(false, true)
+        exception_class = @exception_class
+        if exception_class.nil?
+          timeout_exception = Timeout::Error.new(@message)
+          timeout_exception.instance_variable_set(:@exception_id, @id)
+          @current_thread.raise(timeout_exception)
+        else
+          @current_thread.raise(exception_class, @message);
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def start(seconds)
+      sec_float = RubyTime.convert_time_interval RUNTIME.current_context, seconds
+      usec_float = sec_float * 1_000_000
+
+      @timeout_future = EXECUTOR.schedule(self, usec_float, MICROSECONDS)
+    end
+
+    def finish
+      timeout_future = @timeout_future
+      if @latch.compare_and_set(false, true) && timeout_future.cancel(false)
+        # ok, exception will not fire (also cancel caused task to be removed)
+      else
+        # future is not cancellable, wait for it to run and ignore results
+        begin
+          timeout_future.get
+        rescue ExecutionException
+        rescue InterruptedException
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end