diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index fa19243..493623d 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         Add missing SPEED_SUPER_PLUS constant.
       </action>
       <action dev="kayahr" type="add" date="2018-10-08">
-        Wrap new libusb functions: setOption, devMemAlloc, devMemFree.
+        Wrap new libusb functions: setOption, devMemAlloc, devMemFree, interruptEventHandler.
       </action>
       <action dev="kayahr" type="update" date="2018-10-07">
         Updated to libusb 1.0.22.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/usb4java/LibUsb.java b/src/main/java/org/usb4java/LibUsb.java
index 2df3077..c232569 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/usb4java/LibUsb.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/usb4java/LibUsb.java
@@ -2134,6 +2134,19 @@ public final class LibUsb
      */
     public static native int eventHandlerActive(final Context context);
 
+    /**
+     * Interrupt any active thread that is handling events.
+     *
+     * This is mainly useful for interrupting a dedicated event handling thread when an application wishes to call
+     * {@link #exit()}.
+     *
+     * Since version 1.0.21, LIBUSB_API_VERSION >= 0x01000105
+     *
+     * @param ctx
+     *            The context to operate on, or NULL for the default context.
+     */
+    public static native void interruptEventHandler(final Context context);
+
     /**
      * Acquire the event waiters lock.
      *
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/usb4java/LibUsbTest.java b/src/test/java/org/usb4java/LibUsbTest.java
index 12e0103..9dba00c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/usb4java/LibUsbTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/usb4java/LibUsbTest.java
@@ -1098,6 +1098,17 @@ public class LibUsbTest
         LibUsb.eventHandlerActive(context);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tests {@link LibUsb#interruptEventHandler(Context)} with uninitialized USB context.
+     */
+    @Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
+    public void testInterruptEventHandlerWithUninitializedContext()
+    {
+        assumeUsbTestsEnabled();
+        final Context context = new Context();
+        LibUsb.interruptEventHandler(context);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests {@link LibUsb#lockEventWaiters(Context)} with uninitialized USB
      * context.
@@ -1297,4 +1308,16 @@ public class LibUsbTest
         assertNull(listener.removedFd);
         assertNull(listener.removedUserData);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the {@link LibUsb#interruptEventHandler(Context)} method. Must not crash.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testInterruptEventHandler()
+    {
+        assumeUsbTestsEnabled();
+        final Context context = new Context();
+        assertEquals(LibUsb.SUCCESS, LibUsb.init(context));
+        LibUsb.interruptEventHandler(context);
+    }
 }