diff --git a/include/refcount/refcount.h b/include/refcount/refcount.h
index 5ee108a..e2db9c8 100644
--- a/include/refcount/refcount.h
+++ b/include/refcount/refcount.h
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ typedef struct RefcountContext {
 #ifdef REFCOUNT_HAS_THREADS
     mtx_t so_mtx; //<! Mutex protecting static_objects.
     mtx_t gr_mtx; //<! Mutex protecting gc_roots.
+    _Atomic bool doing_gc;
+#else
+    bool doing_gc;
 #endif
 } RefcountContext;
 
@@ -195,6 +198,20 @@ static inline void refcount_context_unref_as_callback(void *obj, void *ctx) {
 
 ptrdiff_t refcount_context_garbage_collect(RefcountContext *ctx);
 
+/**
+ * Test weather a give context is currently performing a GC operation.
+ * @param ctx The #RefcountContext
+ * @return True if the context is currently doing a GC operation, false
+ * otherwise
+ */
+static bool refcount_context_is_doing_gc(const RefcountContext *ctx) {
+#ifdef REFCOUNT_HAS_THREADS
+    return atomic_load_explicit(&ctx->doing_gc, memory_order_relaxed);
+#else
+    return ctx->doing_gc;
+#endif
+}
+
 RefcountWeakref *refcount_context_make_weakref(const RefcountContext *ctx,
                                                void *obj);
 
@@ -320,7 +337,7 @@ static inline void refcount_unref_as_callback(void *obj) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Same as #refcount_context_garbage_collect, but only operates on the globa
+ * Same as #refcount_context_garbage_collect, but only operates on the global
  * context.
  * @return The number of object's freed, or -1 if an error occurred
  */
@@ -328,6 +345,16 @@ static inline ptrdiff_t refcount_garbage_collect(void) {
     return refcount_context_garbage_collect(refcount_default_context);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Same as #refcount_context_is_doing_gc, but only operates on the global
+ * context.
+ * @return True if the context is currently doing a GC operation, false
+ * otherwise
+ */
+static inline bool refcount_is_doing_gc(void) {
+    return refcount_context_is_doing_gc(refcount_default_context);
+}
+
 /**
  * Same as #refcount_context_make_weakref, but operates on the global context.
  * @param obj The object to reference
diff --git a/src/refcount.c b/src/refcount.c
index 0e55c31..51c1912 100644
--- a/src/refcount.c
+++ b/src/refcount.c
@@ -26,19 +26,24 @@
         (atomic_fetch_sub_explicit(obj, 1, memory_order_relaxed))
 #    define lock_entry_mtx(obj)   (lock_mutex(&obj->weak_ref->mtx))
 #    define unlock_entry_mtx(obj) (unlock_mutex(&obj->weak_ref->mtx))
+#    define store_flag_maybe_atomic(obj, value) \
+        (atomic_store_explicit(obj, value, memory_order_relaxed))
 #else
-#    define lock_mutex(m)          true
-#    define unlock_mutex(m)        true
-#    define store_wr_count(obj, c) (*(obj) = (c))
-#    define inc_wr_count(obj)      ((*(obj))++)
-#    define dec_wr_count(obj)      ((*(obj))--)
-#    define lock_entry_mtx(obj)    true
-#    define unlock_entry_mtx(obj)  true
+#    define lock_mutex(m)                       true
+#    define unlock_mutex(m)                     true
+#    define store_wr_count(obj, c)              (*(obj) = (c))
+#    define inc_wr_count(obj)                   ((*(obj))++)
+#    define dec_wr_count(obj)                   ((*(obj))--)
+#    define lock_entry_mtx(obj)                 true
+#    define unlock_entry_mtx(obj)               true
+#    define store_flag_maybe_atomic(obj, value) (*(obj) = (value))
 #endif
 
 /**
  * Default context to use for functions that do not take a context. You must
  * initialize this before use.
+ *
+ * > The default value of this is NULL.
  */
 RefcountContext *refcount_default_context = NULL;
 
@@ -85,6 +90,7 @@ refcount_make_context(size_t entry_offset,
 
     ctx->static_objects = NULL;
     ctx->gc_roots = NULL;
+    ctx->doing_gc = false;
     return ctx;
 }
 
@@ -689,6 +695,7 @@ ptrdiff_t refcount_context_garbage_collect(RefcountContext *ctx) {
     if (!lock_mutex(&ctx->gr_mtx)) {
         return -1;
     }
+    store_flag_maybe_atomic(&ctx->doing_gc, true);
     ptrdiff_t total_cleared = 0;
     RefcountList *root = ctx->gc_roots;
     while (root) {
@@ -698,6 +705,7 @@ ptrdiff_t refcount_context_garbage_collect(RefcountContext *ctx) {
         }
         total_cleared += res;
     }
+    store_flag_maybe_atomic(&ctx->doing_gc, false);
     unlock_mutex(&ctx->gr_mtx);
     return total_cleared;
 }
diff --git a/test/test_refcount.c b/test/test_refcount.c
index 171e870..00c37ce 100644
--- a/test/test_refcount.c
+++ b/test/test_refcount.c
@@ -26,7 +26,16 @@ bool held_refs_callback(void *a_raw, RefcountList **out, void *ignored) {
     return true;
 }
 
-void destroy_callback(void *a_raw, void *ignored) {
+struct ContextAndFlag {
+    const RefcountContext *ctx;
+    bool should_be_doing_gc;
+};
+
+void destroy_callback(void *a_raw, void *ctx_and_flag_raw) {
+    struct ContextAndFlag *ctx_and_flag = ctx_and_flag_raw;
+    if (ctx_and_flag->should_be_doing_gc) {
+        assert(refcount_context_is_doing_gc(ctx_and_flag->ctx));
+    }
     A *a = a_raw;
     counting_free(a->str);
     counting_free(a);
@@ -38,9 +47,13 @@ void reref_destructor(void *a, void *ctx_raw) {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
-    RefcountContext *c =
-        refcount_make_context(offsetof(A, refcount), held_refs_callback,
-                              destroy_callback, NULL, &COUNTING_ALLOCATOR);
+    struct ContextAndFlag ctx_and_flag = {.should_be_doing_gc = false};
+
+    RefcountContext *c = refcount_make_context(
+        offsetof(A, refcount), held_refs_callback, destroy_callback,
+        &ctx_and_flag, &COUNTING_ALLOCATOR);
+
+    ctx_and_flag.ctx = c;
 
     A static_a = {
         .num = 0,
@@ -127,7 +140,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
     assert(refcount_context_garbage_collect(c) == 0);
     assert(refcount_context_num_refs(c, a_with_destructor) == 1);
     assert(refcount_context_remove_destructor(c, a_with_destructor, &key));
+    assert(!refcount_context_is_doing_gc(c));
+    ctx_and_flag.should_be_doing_gc = true;
     assert(refcount_context_garbage_collect(c) == 26);
+    ctx_and_flag.should_be_doing_gc = false;
+    assert(!refcount_context_is_doing_gc(c));
 
     a = make_a(c, 0, "a");