diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d20a97e..8a323a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ repository = "https://codeberg.org/alpha-tango-kilo/close_already"
 [features]
 default = ["backend-threadpool"]
 backend-async-std = ["dep:async-std"]
+backend-blocking = ["dep:blocking"]
 backend-rayon = ["dep:rayon"]
 backend-smol = ["dep:smol"]
 backend-threadpool = ["dep:threadpool"]
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ backend-tokio = ["dep:tokio"]
 mutually_exclusive_features = "0.0.3"
 # Backends
 async-std = { version = "1", optional = true }
+blocking = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
 rayon = { version = "1", optional = true }
 smol = { version = "1", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "fs"], optional = true }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 607d4de..ae41d02 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ Each listed backend comes with a corresponding feature `backend-<name>`.
 To use a non-default backend, set `default-features = false` and enable the corresponding `backend-<name>` feature
 
 Supported backends:
-* [`threadpool`](https://lib.rs/crates/threadpool) - default, creates and uses its own OS-thread threadpool
-* [`rayon`](https://lib.rs/crates/rayon) - uses rayon's global threadpool
+* [`threadpool`](https://lib.rs/crates/threadpool) - default, creates and uses its own OS-thread thread pool
+* [`blocking`](https://lib.rs/crates/blocking) - uses `blocking`'s thread pool
+* [`rayon`](https://lib.rs/crates/rayon) - uses `rayon`'s global thread pool
 * [`async-std`](https://lib.rs/crates/async-std) - uses `async-std`'s global executor. `async_std`'s `File` is supported
 * [`smol`](https://lib.rs/crates/smol) - uses `smol`'s global executor. `smol`'s `File` is supported
 * [`tokio`](https://lib.rs/crates/tokio) - uses `tokio`'s global executor. `tokio`'s `File` is supported. Enables the `rt` and `fs` features
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7d1cb7c..a897fb6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use std::{
 
 mutually_exclusive_features::exactly_one_of! {
     "backend-async-std",
+    "backend-blocking",
     "backend-rayon",
     "backend-smol",
     "backend-threadpool",
@@ -80,6 +81,18 @@ mod windows {
             closer_pool.execute(move || drop(handle));
         }
 
+        /// Submits the file handle as a `blocking` task to handle its
+        /// closure
+        ///
+        /// Note: on non-Windows targets, nothing is done, the handle is just
+        /// dropped normally
+        #[cfg(feature = "backend-blocking")]
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            // SAFETY: we're in Drop, so self.0 won't be accessed again
+            let handle = unsafe { self.get_handle() };
+            blocking::unblock(move || drop(handle)).detach();
+        }
+
         /// Submits the file handle to `rayon`'s thread pool to handle its
         /// closure
         ///