diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2a78c5f164..63ab39227a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "test": "karma start",
     "run-browserstack": "karma start --singleRun --reporters='dots,karma-typescript,BrowserStack' --hostname='bs-local.com'",
     "test-benchmark": "cd integration_tests/benchmarks && yarn benchmark-travis && cd ../../",
-    "test-node": "ts-node src/test_node.ts",
+    "test-node": "ts-node --files src/test_node.ts",
     "test-integration": "./scripts/test-integration.sh",
     "test-travis": "./scripts/test-travis.sh"
   },
diff --git a/src/canvas_util.ts b/src/canvas_util.ts
index 0b7dd08e4c..055b017eea 100644
--- a/src/canvas_util.ts
+++ b/src/canvas_util.ts
@@ -27,9 +27,17 @@ const WEBGL_ATTRIBUTES: WebGLContextAttributes = {
   failIfMajorPerformanceCaveat: true
 };
 
+export function createCanvas(): HTMLCanvasElement {
+  if (window && ('OffscreenCanvas' in window)) {
+    return new OffscreenCanvas(1, 1);
+  } else {
+    return document.createElement('canvas');
+  }
+}
+
 export function getWebGLContext(webGLVersion: number): WebGLRenderingContext {
   if (!(webGLVersion in contexts)) {
-    const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+    const canvas = createCanvas();
     canvas.addEventListener('webglcontextlost', ev => {
       ev.preventDefault();
       delete contexts[webGLVersion];
@@ -60,7 +68,7 @@ function getWebGLRenderingContext(webGLVersion: number): WebGLRenderingContext {
     throw new Error('Cannot get WebGL rendering context, WebGL is disabled.');
   }
 
-  const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+  const canvas = createCanvas();
   if (webGLVersion === 1) {
     return (canvas.getContext('webgl', WEBGL_ATTRIBUTES) ||
             canvas.getContext('experimental-webgl', WEBGL_ATTRIBUTES)) as
diff --git a/src/environment_test.ts b/src/environment_test.ts
index e529655baf..6cf6901b69 100644
--- a/src/environment_test.ts
+++ b/src/environment_test.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,27 @@ describe('Backend', () => {
     ENV.removeBackend('custom-cpu');
   });
 
+  it('web worker', () => {
+    if (typeof OffscreenCanvas !== 'undefined') {
+      const features = {
+        'WEBGL_VERSION': 2,
+        'IS_WORKER': true,
+        'IS_BROWSER': false
+      };
+      ENV.setFeatures(features);
+
+      let backend: MathBackendWebGL;
+      const success = ENV.registerBackend('worker-webgl', () => {
+        backend = new MathBackendWebGL();
+        return backend;
+      }, 104);
+      expect(success).toBe(true);
+
+      const canvas = backend.getCanvas();
+      expect(canvas.constructor.name).toBe('OffscreenCanvas');
+    }
+  });
+
   it('default custom background null', () => {
     expect(ENV.findBackend('custom')).toBeNull();
   });
diff --git a/src/kernels/backend_cpu.ts b/src/kernels/backend_cpu.ts
index dec8ef57ae..af9b433a0e 100644
--- a/src/kernels/backend_cpu.ts
+++ b/src/kernels/backend_cpu.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  */
 
 import * as seedrandom from 'seedrandom';
+
+import {createCanvas} from '../canvas_util';
 import {ENV} from '../environment';
 import {warn} from '../log';
 import * as array_ops_util from '../ops/array_ops_util';
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ import {DataId, Scalar, setTensorTracker, Tensor, Tensor1D, Tensor2D, Tensor3D,
 import {DataType, DataTypeMap, DataValues, NumericDataType, Rank, ShapeMap, TypedArray, upcastType} from '../types';
 import * as util from '../util';
 import {now} from '../util';
+
 import {BackendTimingInfo, DataMover, DataStorage, KernelBackend} from './backend';
 import * as backend_util from './backend_util';
 import * as complex_util from './complex_util';
@@ -60,8 +63,7 @@ export class MathBackendCPU implements KernelBackend {
 
   constructor() {
     if (ENV.get('IS_BROWSER')) {
-      this.fromPixels2DContext =
-          document.createElement('canvas').getContext('2d');
+      this.fromPixels2DContext = createCanvas().getContext('2d');
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/kernels/backend_webgl.ts b/src/kernels/backend_webgl.ts
index cd202e05bf..038b6a2151 100644
--- a/src/kernels/backend_webgl.ts
+++ b/src/kernels/backend_webgl.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * =============================================================================
  */
 
-import {getWebGLContext} from '../canvas_util';
+import {createCanvas, getWebGLContext} from '../canvas_util';
 import {MemoryInfo, TimingInfo} from '../engine';
 import {ENV} from '../environment';
 import {tidy} from '../globals';
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {DataId, Scalar, setTensorTracker, Tensor, Tensor1D, Tensor2D, Tensor3D,
 import {DataType, DataTypeMap, DataValues, NumericDataType, Rank, RecursiveArray, ShapeMap, sumOutType, TypedArray, upcastType} from '../types';
 import * as util from '../util';
 import {getTypedArrayFromDType, sizeFromShape} from '../util';
+
 import {DataMover, DataStorage, KernelBackend} from './backend';
 import * as backend_util from './backend_util';
 import {mergeRealAndImagArrays} from './complex_util';
@@ -214,8 +215,7 @@ export class MathBackendWebGL implements KernelBackend {
               'once the DOM is ready. One way to do that is to add an event ' +
               'listener for `DOMContentLoaded` on the document object');
         }
-        this.fromPixels2DContext =
-            document.createElement('canvas').getContext('2d');
+        this.fromPixels2DContext = createCanvas().getContext('2d');
       }
       this.fromPixels2DContext.canvas.width = pixels.width;
       this.fromPixels2DContext.canvas.height = pixels.height;
@@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ export class MathBackendWebGL implements KernelBackend {
     if (ENV.get('WEBGL_VERSION') < 1) {
       throw new Error('WebGL is not supported on this device');
     }
-
     if (gpgpu == null) {
       const gl = getWebGLContext(ENV.get('WEBGL_VERSION'));
       this.gpgpu = new GPGPUContext(gl);
@@ -515,12 +514,16 @@ export class MathBackendWebGL implements KernelBackend {
       this.canvas = gpgpu.gl.canvas;
     }
     if (ENV.get('WEBGL_PAGING_ENABLED')) {
-      // Use the device screen's resolution as a heuristic to decide on the
-      // maximum memory allocated on the GPU before starting to page.
-      this.NUM_BYTES_BEFORE_PAGING =
-          (window.screen.height * window.screen.width *
-           window.devicePixelRatio) *
-          BEFORE_PAGING_CONSTANT;
+      if (window && ('OffscreenCanvas' in window)) {
+        this.NUM_BYTES_BEFORE_PAGING = Infinity;
+      } else {
+        // Use the device screen's resolution as a heuristic to decide on the
+        // maximum memory allocated on the GPU before starting to page.
+        this.NUM_BYTES_BEFORE_PAGING =
+            (window.screen.height * window.screen.width *
+             window.devicePixelRatio) *
+            BEFORE_PAGING_CONSTANT;
+      }
     }
     this.textureManager = new TextureManager(this.gpgpu);
   }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 7177eaf672..b02869fef2 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
     "preserveConstEnums": true,
     "declaration": true,
     "target": "es5",
-    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
+    "lib": [
+      "es2015",
+      "dom"
+    ],
     "outDir": "./dist",
     "noUnusedLocals": true,
     "noImplicitReturns": true,
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@
     "allowUnreachableCode": false
   },
   "include": [
+    "types/",
     "src/"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/types/OffscreenCanvas.d.ts b/types/OffscreenCanvas.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25b34c7204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/OffscreenCanvas.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+declare let OffscreenCanvas: {
+  new (width: number, height: number): HTMLCanvasElement;
+  prototype: HTMLCanvasElement;
+}
+
+interface OffscreenCanvas extends EventTarget {}