diff --git a/Include/cpython/pystate.h b/Include/cpython/pystate.h
index 63ba60074d5..1049eda3e51 100644
--- a/Include/cpython/pystate.h
+++ b/Include/cpython/pystate.h
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ struct _ts {
     PyObject *async_exc; /* Asynchronous exception to raise */
     unsigned long thread_id; /* Thread id where this tstate was created */
 
+    /* Native thread id where this tstate was created. This will be 0 except on
+     * those platforms that have the notion of native thread id, for which the
+     * macro PY_HAVE_THREAD_NATIVE_ID is then defined.
+     */
+    unsigned long native_thread_id;
+
     int trash_delete_nesting;
     PyObject *trash_delete_later;
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-04-17-16-08-00.bpo-43879.zkyJgh.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-04-17-16-08-00.bpo-43879.zkyJgh.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98b51736904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-04-17-16-08-00.bpo-43879.zkyJgh.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add native_thread_id to PyThreadState. Patch by Gabriele N. Tornetta.
diff --git a/Modules/_threadmodule.c b/Modules/_threadmodule.c
index 6924d6553a1..d4d5c0acff8 100644
--- a/Modules/_threadmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_threadmodule.c
@@ -1071,6 +1071,11 @@ thread_run(void *boot_raw)
 
     tstate = boot->tstate;
     tstate->thread_id = PyThread_get_thread_ident();
+#ifdef PY_HAVE_THREAD_NATIVE_ID
+    tstate->native_thread_id = PyThread_get_thread_native_id();
+#else
+    tstate->native_thread_id = 0;
+#endif
     _PyThreadState_Init(tstate);
     PyEval_AcquireThread(tstate);
     tstate->interp->num_threads++;
diff --git a/Python/pystate.c b/Python/pystate.c
index 64dcd577a0f..4a3cb24a199 100644
--- a/Python/pystate.c
+++ b/Python/pystate.c
@@ -645,6 +645,11 @@ new_threadstate(PyInterpreterState *interp, int init)
     tstate->gilstate_counter = 0;
     tstate->async_exc = NULL;
     tstate->thread_id = PyThread_get_thread_ident();
+#ifdef PY_HAVE_THREAD_NATIVE_ID
+    tstate->native_thread_id = PyThread_get_thread_native_id();
+#else
+    tstate->native_thread_id = 0;
+#endif
 
     tstate->dict = NULL;