diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b9c7200f491911d63973488067bb545a238daebe..3a03bf281f4856f6ae217f6a4bb9c86841a4159a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 image: "flowdalic/debian-dev:1.13"
 
 before_script:
+  - apt update && apt install -y pkg-config
+  - apt install -y -t testing liburcu-dev
   - |
     readarray TOOLS <<EOF
     c++
diff --git a/emper/Emper.hpp b/emper/Emper.hpp
index 76fa35e31ccb4ed0defe0e1511cba81f1b05e5d1..d5c3dc57b40a468a3361fb40c1e6f0fdcc48395a 100644
--- a/emper/Emper.hpp
+++ b/emper/Emper.hpp
@@ -22,4 +22,12 @@ static const bool WORKER_SLEEP =
 #endif
 		;
 
+static const bool LIBURCU =
+#ifdef EMPER_LIBURCU
+		true
+#else
+		false
+#endif
+		;
+
 }	 // namespace emper
diff --git a/emper/Runtime.cpp b/emper/Runtime.cpp
index 041bcc4bc7c52b6f634a0ed39ae513d119aa6889..2cc9e480b524f777e94f152fdda963cef656b601 100644
--- a/emper/Runtime.cpp
+++ b/emper/Runtime.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 // Non portable.
 #include <sched.h>				// for cpu_set_t, CPU_SET, CPU_ZERO
 #include <sys/sysinfo.h>	// for get_nprocs
+#include <urcu.h>					// for rcu_register_thread
 
 #include <cstdlib>	// for rand, srand, abort
 #include <cstring>
@@ -78,6 +79,10 @@ Runtime::Runtime(workerid_t workerCount, RuntimeStrategy& strategy, unsigned int
 		workerIds[i] = i;
 
 		auto thread_function = [](void* voidWorkerId) -> void* {
+			if constexpr (emper::LIBURCU) {
+				rcu_register_thread();
+			}
+
 			return currentRuntime->workerLoop(voidWorkerId);
 		};
 		errno = pthread_create(&threads[i], &attr, thread_function, &workerIds[i]);
diff --git a/emper/meson.build b/emper/meson.build
index eeee83e0fcdc45d4072b09519c49684b85ddba25..f73891a7543d0266bdeea336542a7a009957264d 100644
--- a/emper/meson.build
+++ b/emper/meson.build
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ emper = library(
   [emper_cpp_sources, emper_generated_files],
   emper_asm_objects,
   include_directories: emper_all_include,
-  dependencies: thread_dep,
+  dependencies: emper_dependencies,
   install: true,
 )
 
diff --git a/iwyu-mappings.imp b/iwyu-mappings.imp
index 8a64523b20e91b6a76971ec7398b9dbbcd5bfa9f..3b0d99bef9cad915b5f885595e236530608d3c27 100644
--- a/iwyu-mappings.imp
+++ b/iwyu-mappings.imp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [
 	{ include: ["<bits/getopt_core.h>", "private", "<unistd.h>", "public"] },
 	{ include: ["@<gtest/.*>", "private", "<gtest/gtest.h>", "public"] },
+	{ include: ["<urcu/map/urcu-memb.h>", "private", "<urcu.h>", "public"] },
 ]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 325105c849c06f727a5fa8c03dfff3561e7ee435..4bb842e19fef375f7d2e0b9c89481fcfa93a3a59 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ project('EMPER', 'c', 'cpp',
 add_project_arguments('-Wno-non-virtual-dtor', language: 'cpp')
 
 thread_dep = dependency('threads')
-emper_dependencies = [thread_dep]
+liburcu_dep = dependency('liburcu')
+emper_dependencies = [thread_dep, liburcu_dep]
 
 run_target('iwyu',
 		   command: 'tools/check-iwyu')
 
 conf_data = configuration_data()
+conf_data.set('EMPER_LIBURCU', get_option('liburcu'))
 conf_data.set('EMPER_WORKER_SLEEP', get_option('worker_sleep'))
 conf_data.set('EMPER_LOCKED_WS_QUEUE', get_option('locked_ws_queue'))
 conf_data.set('EMPER_OVERFLOW_QUEUE', get_option('overflow_queue'))
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 98a9ca1502ba1b7aa5fe3a03bd7d85a587771147..4eadf18eb7e4d8e35dbfcc8e1ae9d02a8f17e4a9 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+option(
+  'liburcu',
+  type: 'boolean',
+  value: true,
+  description: 'Register worker threads for the default userspace RCU flavor',
+)
 option(
   'worker_sleep',
   type: 'boolean',