diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibThreading/Thread.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibThreading/Thread.cpp
index 71c6c4f45e3..2d0da5c1183 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibThreading/Thread.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibThreading/Thread.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Threading::Thread::Thread(Function<intptr_t()> action, StringView thread_name)
 
 Threading::Thread::~Thread()
 {
-    if (m_tid) {
+    if (m_tid && !m_detached) {
         dbgln("Destroying thread \"{}\"({}) while it is still running!", m_thread_name, m_tid);
         [[maybe_unused]] auto res = join();
     }
@@ -46,3 +46,13 @@ void Threading::Thread::start()
     }
     dbgln("Started thread \"{}\", tid = {}", m_thread_name, m_tid);
 }
+
+void Threading::Thread::detach()
+{
+    VERIFY(!m_detached);
+
+    int rc = pthread_detach(m_tid);
+    VERIFY(rc == 0);
+
+    m_detached = true;
+}
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibThreading/Thread.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibThreading/Thread.h
index d04fba6a54d..ab9c18b3650 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibThreading/Thread.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibThreading/Thread.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2019-2020, Sergey Bugaev <bugaevc@serenityos.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Spencer Dixon <spencercdixon@gmail.com>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ public:
     virtual ~Thread();
 
     void start();
+    void detach();
 
     template<typename T = void>
     Result<T, ThreadError> join();
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ private:
     Function<intptr_t()> m_action;
     pthread_t m_tid { 0 };
     String m_thread_name;
+    bool m_detached { false };
 };
 
 template<typename T>