diff --git a/src/uvw/util.cpp b/src/uvw/util.cpp
index 201480fc..a18b0e80 100644
--- a/src/uvw/util.cpp
+++ b/src/uvw/util.cpp
@@ -295,4 +295,8 @@ UVW_INLINE void Utilities::sleep(unsigned int msec) noexcept {
     uv_sleep(msec);
 }
 
+UVW_INLINE unsigned int Utilities::availableParallelism() noexcept {
+    return uv_available_parallelism();
+}
+
 } // namespace uvw
diff --git a/src/uvw/util.h b/src/uvw/util.h
index 88192b7b..72326c2c 100644
--- a/src/uvw/util.h
+++ b/src/uvw/util.h
@@ -824,6 +824,13 @@ struct Utilities {
      * @param msec Number of milliseconds to sleep.
      */
     static void sleep(unsigned int msec) noexcept;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Returns an estimate of the amount of parallelism a program should
+     * use (always a non-zero value).
+     * @return Estimate of the amount of parallelism a program should use.
+     */
+    static unsigned int availableParallelism() noexcept;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/uvw/util.cpp b/test/uvw/util.cpp
index cf1aeaec..bb4c4f0e 100644
--- a/test/uvw/util.cpp
+++ b/test/uvw/util.cpp
@@ -166,4 +166,6 @@ TEST(Util, Utilities) {
     ASSERT_NE(uvw::Utilities::setupArgs(1, &argv), nullptr);
     ASSERT_NE(uvw::Utilities::processTitle(), std::string{});
     ASSERT_TRUE(uvw::Utilities::processTitle(uvw::Utilities::processTitle()));
+
+    ASSERT_NE(uvw::Utilities::availableParallelism(), 0u);
 }