diff --git a/RACTOR.md b/RACTOR.md
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+# Ractor support in SQLite3-Ruby
+
+SQLite3 has [3 different modes of threading support](https://www.sqlite.org/threadsafe.html).
+
+1. Single-thread
+2. Multi-thread
+3. Serialized
+
+"Single thread" mode means there are no mutexes, so the library itself is not
+thread safe.  In other words if two threads do `SQLite3::Database.new` on the
+same file, it will have thread safety problems.
+
+"Multi thread" mode means that SQLite3 puts mutexes in place, but it does not
+mean that the SQLite3 API itself is thread safe.  In other words, in this mode
+it is SAFE for two threads to do `SQLite3::Database.new` on the same file, but
+it is NOT SAFE to share that database object between two threads.
+
+"Serialized" mode is like "Multi thread" mode except that there are mutexes in
+place such that it IS SAFE to share the same database object between threads.
+
+## Ractor Safety
+
+When a C extension claims to be Ractor safe by calling `rb_ext_ractor_safe`,
+it's merely claiming that it's C API is thread safe.  This _does not_ mean that
+objects allocated from said C extension are allowed to cross between Ractor
+boundaries.
+
+In other words, `rb_ext_ractor_safe` matches the expectations of the
+"multi-thread" mode of SQLite3.  We can detect the multithread mode via the
+`sqlite3_threadsafe` function.  In other words, it's fine to declare this
+extension is Ractor safe, but only if `sqlite3_threadsafe` returns true.
+
+Even if we call `rb_ext_ractor_safe`, no database objects are allowed to be
+passed between Ractors.  For example, this code will break with a Ractor error:
+
+```ruby
+require "sqlite3"
+
+r = Ractor.new {
+  loop do
+    break unless Ractor.receive
+  end
+}
+
+db = SQLite3::Database.new ":memory:"
+
+begin
+  r.send db
+  puts "unreachable"
+rescue Ractor::Error
+end
+```
+
+If the user opens the database in "Serialized" mode, then it _is_ OK to pass
+the database object between Ractors, or access the database in parallel because
+the SQLite API is fully thread-safe.
+
+Passing the db connection is fine:
+
+```ruby
+r = Ractor.new {
+  loop do
+    break unless Ractor.receive
+  end
+}
+
+db = SQLite3::Database.new ":memory:",
+  flags: SQLite3::Constants::Open::FULLMUTEX |
+      SQLite3::Constants::Open::READWRITE |
+      SQLite3::Constants::Open::CREATE
+
+# works
+r.send db
+```
+
+Access the DB connection via global is fine:
+
+```ruby
+require "sqlite3"
+
+DB = SQLite3::Database.new ":memory:",
+  flags: SQLite3::Constants::Open::FULLMUTEX |
+      SQLite3::Constants::Open::READWRITE |
+      SQLite3::Constants::Open::CREATE
+
+r = Ractor.new {
+  loop do
+    Ractor.receive
+    p DB
+  end
+}
+
+
+r.send 123
+sleep
+```
+
+## Fork Safety
+
+Fork safety is restricted to database objects that were created on the main
+Ractor.  When a process forks, the child process shuts down all Ractors, so
+any database connections that are inside a Ractor should be released.
+
+However, this doesn't account for a situation where a child Ractor passes a
+database to the main Ractor:
+
+```ruby
+require "sqlite3"
+
+db = Ractor.new {
+    SQLite3::Database.new ":memory:",
+        flags: SQLite3::Constants::Open::FULLMUTEX |
+            SQLite3::Constants::Open::READWRITE |
+            SQLite3::Constants::Open::CREATE
+}.take
+
+fork {
+  # db wasn't tracked
+  p db
+}
+```
diff --git a/ext/sqlite3/database.c b/ext/sqlite3/database.c
index a35ff3a1..33575512 100644
--- a/ext/sqlite3/database.c
+++ b/ext/sqlite3/database.c
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ rb_sqlite3_open_v2(VALUE self, VALUE file, VALUE mode, VALUE zvfs)
         ctx->flags |= SQLITE3_RB_DATABASE_READONLY;
     }
 
+    if (flags & SQLITE_OPEN_FULLMUTEX) {
+        FL_SET_RAW(self, RUBY_FL_SHAREABLE);
+        OBJ_FREEZE(self);
+    }
+
     return self;
 }
 
diff --git a/ext/sqlite3/extconf.rb b/ext/sqlite3/extconf.rb
index 7111c1d0..6d3f4a80 100644
--- a/ext/sqlite3/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/sqlite3/extconf.rb
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ def configure_extension
         # Functions defined in 2.1 but not 2.0
         have_func("rb_integer_pack")
 
+        # Functions defined in 3.0 but not 2.7
+        have_func("rb_ext_ractor_safe")
+
         # These functions may not be defined
         have_func("sqlite3_initialize")
         have_func("sqlite3_backup_init")
diff --git a/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c b/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
index d30e85d5..06e439e9 100644
--- a/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
+++ b/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ init_sqlite3_constants(void)
     VALUE mSqlite3Constants;
     VALUE mSqlite3Open;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_RB_EXT_RACTOR_SAFE
+    if (sqlite3_threadsafe()) {
+        rb_ext_ractor_safe(true);
+    }
+#endif
+
     mSqlite3Constants = rb_define_module_under(mSqlite3, "Constants");
 
     /* sqlite3_open_v2 flags for Database::new */
diff --git a/lib/sqlite3.rb b/lib/sqlite3.rb
index 93caef14..837c936f 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3.rb
+++ b/lib/sqlite3.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ module SQLite3
   def self.threadsafe?
     threadsafe > 0
   end
+
+  # Is the gem's C extension marked as Ractor-safe?
+  def self.ractor_safe?
+    threadsafe? && !defined?(Ractor).nil?
+  end
 end
 
 require "sqlite3/version_info"
diff --git a/lib/sqlite3/database.rb b/lib/sqlite3/database.rb
index 1936dad2..4d3279e8 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3/database.rb
+++ b/lib/sqlite3/database.rb
@@ -141,6 +141,15 @@ def quote(string)
     def initialize file, options = {}, zvfs = nil
       mode = Constants::Open::READWRITE | Constants::Open::CREATE
 
+      @tracefunc = nil
+      @authorizer = nil
+      @progress_handler = nil
+      @collations = {}
+      @functions = {}
+      @results_as_hash = options[:results_as_hash]
+      @readonly = false
+      @default_transaction_mode = options[:default_transaction_mode] || :deferred
+
       file = file.to_path if file.respond_to? :to_path
       if file.encoding == ::Encoding::UTF_16LE || file.encoding == ::Encoding::UTF_16BE || options[:utf16]
         open16 file
@@ -163,6 +172,8 @@ def initialize file, options = {}, zvfs = nil
           mode = options[:flags]
         end
 
+        @readonly = mode & Constants::Open::READONLY != 0
+
         open_v2 file.encode("utf-8"), mode, zvfs
 
         if options[:strict]
@@ -170,18 +181,9 @@ def initialize file, options = {}, zvfs = nil
         end
       end
 
-      @tracefunc = nil
-      @authorizer = nil
-      @progress_handler = nil
-      @collations = {}
-      @functions = {}
-      @results_as_hash = options[:results_as_hash]
-      @readonly = mode & Constants::Open::READONLY != 0
-      @default_transaction_mode = options[:default_transaction_mode] || :deferred
-
       initialize_extensions(options[:extensions])
 
-      ForkSafety.track(self)
+      ForkSafety.track(self) if !defined?(Ractor) || (Ractor.main == Ractor.current)
 
       if block_given?
         begin
diff --git a/test/test_integration_ractor.rb b/test/test_integration_ractor.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..009d386e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_integration_ractor.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "helper"
+require "fileutils"
+
+class IntegrationRactorTestCase < SQLite3::TestCase
+  def test_ractor_safe
+    skip unless RUBY_VERSION >= "3.0" && SQLite3.threadsafe?
+    skip unless defined?(Ractor)
+    assert_predicate SQLite3, :ractor_safe?
+  end
+
+  def test_ractor_share_database
+    skip("Requires Ruby with Ractors") unless SQLite3.ractor_safe?
+
+    db = SQLite3::Database.open(":memory:")
+
+    if RUBY_VERSION >= "3.3"
+      # after ruby/ruby@ce47ee00
+      ractor = Ractor.new do
+        Ractor.receive
+      end
+
+      assert_raises(Ractor::Error) { ractor.send(db) }
+    else
+      # before ruby/ruby@ce47ee00 T_DATA objects could be copied
+      ractor = Ractor.new do
+        local_db = Ractor.receive
+        Ractor.yield local_db.object_id
+      end
+      ractor.send(db)
+      copy_id = ractor.take
+
+      assert_not_equal db.object_id, copy_id
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_shareable_db
+    skip unless defined?(Ractor)
+
+    # databases are shareable between ractors, but only if they're opened
+    # in "full mutex" mode
+    db = SQLite3::Database.new ":memory:",
+      flags: SQLite3::Constants::Open::FULLMUTEX |
+        SQLite3::Constants::Open::READWRITE |
+        SQLite3::Constants::Open::CREATE
+    assert Ractor.shareable?(db)
+
+    db = SQLite3::Database.new ":memory:"
+    refute Ractor.shareable?(db)
+  end
+end