diff --git a/.azure_pipeline.yml b/.azure_pipeline.yml
index df5133f3..955a222a 100644
--- a/.azure_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.azure_pipeline.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         VERSION_PYTHON: '*'
         CC_OUTER_LOOP: 'clang-8'
         CC_INNER_LOOP: 'gcc'
+        MKL_THREADING_LAYER: 'INTEL'
       # Linux + Python 3.7 with numpy / scipy installed with pip from PyPI and
       # heterogeneous openmp runtimes.
       py37_pip_openblas_gcc_clang:
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4850acd5..35fe4605 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+1.2.0 (TBD)
+===========
+
+- Expose MKL threading layer in informations displayed by `threadpool_info`.
+  This information is referenced in the `threading_layer` field.
+  https://github.com/joblib/threadpoolctl/pull/48
+
+
 1.1.0 (2019-09-12)
 ==================
 
diff --git a/tests/test_threadpoolctl.py b/tests/test_threadpoolctl.py
index 201c5ab4..75d88895 100644
--- a/tests/test_threadpoolctl.py
+++ b/tests/test_threadpoolctl.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import re
 import ctypes
 import pytest
@@ -302,3 +303,19 @@ def test_get_original_num_threads(limit):
                     expected = min(
                         [module['num_threads'] for module in original_infos])
                     assert original_num_threads['blas'] == expected
+
+
+def test_mkl_threading_layer():
+    # Check that threadpool_info correctly recovers the threading layer used
+    # by mkl
+    mkl_info = [module for module in threadpool_info()
+                if module['internal_api'] == 'mkl']
+
+    if not mkl_info:
+        pytest.skip("requires MKL")
+
+    expected_layer = os.getenv("MKL_THREADING_LAYER")
+    actual_layer = mkl_info[0]['threading_layer']
+
+    if expected_layer:
+        assert actual_layer == expected_layer.lower()
diff --git a/threadpoolctl.py b/threadpoolctl.py
index 2c6dc515..b4004519 100644
--- a/threadpoolctl.py
+++ b/threadpoolctl.py
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ def threadpool_info():
         # we map it to 1 for consistency with other libraries.
         if module['num_threads'] == -1 and module['internal_api'] == 'blis':
             module['num_threads'] = 1
+        if module['internal_api'] == 'mkl':
+            layer = _get_mkl_threading_layer(module['dynlib'])
+            module['threading_layer'] = layer
         # Remove the wrapper for the module and its function
         del module['set_num_threads'], module['get_num_threads']
         del module['dynlib']
@@ -251,6 +254,17 @@ def threadpool_info():
     return infos
 
 
+def _get_mkl_threading_layer(mkl_dynlib):
+    """Return the threading layer of MKL"""
+    # The function mkl_set_threading_layer returns the current threading layer
+    # Calling it with an invalid threading layer allows us to safely get
+    # the threading layer
+    set_threading_layer = getattr(mkl_dynlib, "MKL_Set_Threading_Layer")
+    layer_map = {0: "intel", 1: "sequential", 2: "pgi",
+                 3: "gnu", 4: "tbb", -1: "not specified"}
+    return layer_map[set_threading_layer(-1)]
+
+
 def _get_version(dynlib, internal_api):
     if internal_api == "mkl":
         return _get_mkl_version(dynlib)