diff --git a/dill/_dill.py b/dill/_dill.py
index d42432ff..53738dfb 100644
--- a/dill/_dill.py
+++ b/dill/_dill.py
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@
 from pickle import GLOBAL, POP
 from _thread import LockType
 from _thread import RLock as RLockType
+try:
+    from _thread import _ExceptHookArgs as ExceptHookArgsType
+except ImportError:
+    ExceptHookArgsType = None
+try:
+    from _thread import _ThreadHandle as ThreadHandleType
+except ImportError:
+    ThreadHandleType = None
 #from io import IOBase
 from types import CodeType, FunctionType, MethodType, GeneratorType, \
     TracebackType, FrameType, ModuleType, BuiltinMethodType
@@ -775,6 +783,14 @@ def _create_typing_tuple(argz, *args): #NOTE: workaround python/cpython#94245
         return typing.Tuple[()]
     return typing.Tuple[argz]
 
+if ThreadHandleType:
+    def _create_thread_handle(ident, done, *args): #XXX: ignores 'blocking'
+        from threading import _make_thread_handle
+        handle = _make_thread_handle(ident)
+        if done:
+            handle._set_done()
+        return handle
+
 def _create_lock(locked, *args): #XXX: ignores 'blocking'
     from threading import Lock
     lock = Lock()
@@ -1306,7 +1322,15 @@ def save_generic_alias(pickler, obj):
         logger.trace(pickler, "# Ga2")
     return
 
-@register(LockType)
+if ThreadHandleType:
+    @register(ThreadHandleType)
+    def save_thread_handle(pickler, obj):
+        logger.trace(pickler, "Th: %s", obj)
+        pickler.save_reduce(_create_thread_handle, (obj.ident, obj.is_done()), obj=obj)
+        logger.trace(pickler, "# Th")
+        return
+
+@register(LockType) #XXX: copied Thread will have new Event (due to new Lock)
 def save_lock(pickler, obj):
     logger.trace(pickler, "Lo: %s", obj)
     pickler.save_reduce(_create_lock, (obj.locked(),), obj=obj)
@@ -1773,7 +1797,7 @@ def save_type(pickler, obj, postproc_list=None):
         logger.trace(pickler, "# T6")
         return
 
-    # special cases: NoneType, NotImplementedType, EllipsisType, EnumMeta
+    # special caes: NoneType, NotImplementedType, EllipsisType, EnumMeta, etc
     elif obj is type(None):
         logger.trace(pickler, "T7: %s", obj)
         #XXX: pickler.save_reduce(type, (None,), obj=obj)
@@ -1791,6 +1815,10 @@ def save_type(pickler, obj, postproc_list=None):
         logger.trace(pickler, "T7: %s", obj)
         pickler.write(GLOBAL + b'enum\nEnumMeta\n')
         logger.trace(pickler, "# T7")
+    elif obj is ExceptHookArgsType: #NOTE: must be after NoneType for pypy
+        logger.trace(pickler, "T7: %s", obj)
+        pickler.write(GLOBAL + b'threading\nExceptHookArgs\n')
+        logger.trace(pickler, "# T7")
 
     else:
         _byref = getattr(pickler, '_byref', None)
diff --git a/dill/tests/test_threads.py b/dill/tests/test_threads.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45f1f58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dill/tests/test_threads.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Author: Mike McKerns (mmckerns @caltech and @uqfoundation)
+# Copyright (c) 2024 The Uncertainty Quantification Foundation.
+# License: 3-clause BSD.  The full license text is available at:
+#  - https://github.com/uqfoundation/dill/blob/master/LICENSE
+
+import dill
+dill.settings['recurse'] = True
+
+
+def test_new_thread():
+    import threading
+    t = threading.Thread()
+    t_ = dill.copy(t)
+    assert t.is_alive() == t_.is_alive()
+    for i in ['daemon','name','ident','native_id']:
+        if hasattr(t, i):
+            assert getattr(t, i) == getattr(t_, i)
+
+def test_run_thread():
+    import threading
+    t = threading.Thread()
+    t.start()
+    t_ = dill.copy(t)
+    assert t.is_alive() == t_.is_alive()
+    for i in ['daemon','name','ident','native_id']:
+        if hasattr(t, i):
+            assert getattr(t, i) == getattr(t_, i)
+
+def test_join_thread():
+    import threading
+    t = threading.Thread()
+    t.start()
+    t.join()
+    t_ = dill.copy(t)
+    assert t.is_alive() == t_.is_alive()
+    for i in ['daemon','name','ident','native_id']:
+        if hasattr(t, i):
+            assert getattr(t, i) == getattr(t_, i)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_new_thread()
+    test_run_thread()
+    test_join_thread()