diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/runtime.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/runtime.rs
index b7dfb5c9351..a8a95428095 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/runtime.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/runtime.rs
@@ -480,6 +480,10 @@ impl Drop for Runtime {
     }
 }
 
+impl std::panic::UnwindSafe for Runtime {}
+
+impl std::panic::RefUnwindSafe for Runtime {}
+
 cfg_metrics! {
     impl Runtime {
         /// TODO