Index: include/pthread_np.h
===================================================================
--- include/pthread_np.h
+++ include/pthread_np.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 int pthread_mutex_isowned_np(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
 void pthread_resume_all_np(void);
 int pthread_resume_np(pthread_t);
+int pthread_peekjoin_np(pthread_t, void **);
 void pthread_set_name_np(pthread_t, const char *);
 int pthread_setaffinity_np(pthread_t, size_t, const cpuset_t *);
 int pthread_single_np(void);
Index: lib/libthr/pthread.map
===================================================================
--- lib/libthr/pthread.map
+++ lib/libthr/pthread.map
@@ -326,3 +326,7 @@
 FBSD_1.5 {
 	 pthread_get_name_np;
 };
+
+FBSD_1.6 {
+	 pthread_peekjoin_np;
+};
Index: lib/libthr/thread/thr_join.c
===================================================================
--- lib/libthr/thread/thr_join.c
+++ lib/libthr/thread/thr_join.c
@@ -36,13 +36,15 @@
 
 #include "thr_private.h"
 
+int	_pthread_peekjoin_np(pthread_t pthread, void **thread_return);
 int	_pthread_timedjoin_np(pthread_t pthread, void **thread_return,
-	const struct timespec *abstime);
-static int join_common(pthread_t, void **, const struct timespec *);
+	    const struct timespec *abstime);
+static int join_common(pthread_t, void **, const struct timespec *, bool peek);
 
 __weak_reference(_thr_join, pthread_join);
 __weak_reference(_thr_join, _pthread_join);
 __weak_reference(_pthread_timedjoin_np, pthread_timedjoin_np);
+__weak_reference(_pthread_peekjoin_np, pthread_peekjoin_np);
 
 static void backout_join(void *arg)
 {
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@
 int
 _thr_join(pthread_t pthread, void **thread_return)
 {
-	return (join_common(pthread, thread_return, NULL));
+	return (join_common(pthread, thread_return, NULL, false));
 }
 
 int
@@ -68,7 +70,13 @@
 	    abstime->tv_nsec >= 1000000000)
 		return (EINVAL);
 
-	return (join_common(pthread, thread_return, abstime));
+	return (join_common(pthread, thread_return, abstime, false));
+}
+
+int
+_pthread_peekjoin_np(pthread_t pthread, void **thread_return)
+{
+	return (join_common(pthread, thread_return, NULL, true));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -77,13 +85,13 @@
  */
 static int
 join_common(pthread_t pthread, void **thread_return,
-	const struct timespec *abstime)
+    const struct timespec *abstime, bool peek)
 {
 	struct pthread *curthread = _get_curthread();
 	struct timespec ts, ts2, *tsp;
 	void *tmp;
 	long tid;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (pthread == NULL)
 		return (EINVAL);
@@ -100,10 +108,21 @@
 		/* Multiple joiners are not supported. */
 		ret = ENOTSUP;
 	}
-	if (ret) {
+	if (ret != 0) {
 		THR_THREAD_UNLOCK(curthread, pthread);
 		return (ret);
 	}
+
+	/* Only peek into status, do not gc the thread. */
+	if (peek) {
+		if (pthread->tid != TID_TERMINATED)
+			ret = EBUSY;
+		else if (thread_return != NULL)
+			*thread_return = pthread->ret;
+		THR_THREAD_UNLOCK(curthread, pthread);
+		return (ret);
+	}
+
 	/* Set the running thread to be the joiner: */
 	pthread->joiner = curthread;
 
Index: share/man/man3/pthread_join.3
===================================================================
--- share/man/man3/pthread_join.3
+++ share/man/man3/pthread_join.3
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd February 3, 2018
+.Dd February 13, 2019
 .Dt PTHREAD_JOIN 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm pthread_join ,
+.Nm pthread_peekjoin_np ,
 .Nm pthread_timedjoin_np
-.Nd wait for thread termination
+.Nd inspect thread termination
 .Sh LIBRARY
 .Lb libpthread
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
@@ -45,7 +46,16 @@
 .Fn pthread_join "pthread_t thread" "void **value_ptr"
 .In pthread_np.h
 .Ft int
-.Fn pthread_timedjoin_np "pthread_t thread" "void **value_ptr" "const struct timespec *abstime"
+.Fo pthread_peekjoin_np
+.Fa "pthread_t thread"
+.Fa "void **value_ptr"
+.Fc
+.Ft int
+.Fo pthread_timedjoin_np
+.Fa "pthread_t thread"
+.Fa "void **value_ptr"
+.Fa "const struct timespec *abstime"
+.Fc
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn pthread_join
@@ -82,19 +92,30 @@
 .Er ETIMEDOUT
 if target thread does not exit before specified absolute time passes.
 .Pp
+The
+.Fn pthread_peekjoin_np
+only peeks into the exit status of the specified thread.
+If the thread did not exited yet, the
+.Er EBUSY
+error is returned.
+Otherwise, zero is returned and the thread exit value is optionally stored
+into the location of
+.Fa *value_ptr .
+The target thread is left unjoined and can be used as an argument for
+the
+.Fn pthread_join
+family of functions again.
+.Pp
 A thread that has exited but remains unjoined counts against
 [_POSIX_THREAD_THREADS_MAX].
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-If successful, the
-.Fn pthread_join
-and
-.Fn pthread_timedjoin_np
-functions will return zero.
-Otherwise an error number will be returned to
-indicate the error.
+If successful, the described functions return zero.
+Otherwise an error number is returned to indicate the error or
+special condition.
 .Sh ERRORS
 The
-.Fn pthread_join
+.Fn pthread_join ,
+.Fn pthread_peekjoin_np ,
 and
 .Fn pthread_timedjoin_np
 functions will fail if:
@@ -125,6 +146,14 @@
 .Fn pthread_timedjoin_np
 waited for thread exit.
 .El
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn pthread_peekjoin_np
+function will also fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EBUSY
+The specified thread did not yet exited.
+.El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr wait 2 ,
 .Xr pthread_create 3
@@ -139,3 +168,7 @@
 .Fx
 extension which first appeared in
 .Fx 6.1 .
+Another extension, the
+.Fn pthread_peekjoin_np
+function, first appearead in
+.Fx 13.0 .