diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 054d460..7e3ca67 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cdb031dd78e28731d87d56cc8ffef4a8f36ca26c38fe2de700543e627f8a464a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.4.2"
@@ -27,10 +33,22 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "02d96d1e189ef58269ebe5b97953da3274d83a93af647c2ddd6f9dab28cedb8d"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cstree"
 version = "0.0.2"
 dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
  "fxhash",
  "lasso",
  "m_lexer",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 62ca9cf..07dfbfc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ features = ["derive"]
 m_lexer = "0.0.4"
 serde_json = "1.0.61"
 serde_test = "1.0.119"
+crossbeam-utils = "0.8"
 
 [features]
 default = []
diff --git a/src/syntax.rs b/src/syntax.rs
index 1739a4a..0b2966d 100644
--- a/src/syntax.rs
+++ b/src/syntax.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ pub struct SyntaxNode<L: Language, D: 'static = (), R: 'static = ()> {
     data: *mut NodeData<L, D, R>,
 }
 
+unsafe impl<L: Language, D: 'static, R: 'static> Send for SyntaxNode<L, D, R> {}
+unsafe impl<L: Language, D: 'static, R: 'static> Sync for SyntaxNode<L, D, R> {}
+
 impl<L: Language, D, R> SyntaxNode<L, D, R> {
     pub fn debug(&self, resolver: &impl Resolver, recursive: bool) -> String {
         // NOTE: `fmt::Write` methods on `String` never fail
diff --git a/tests/sendsync.rs b/tests/sendsync.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6886c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sendsync.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+#![allow(clippy::redundant_clone)]
+
+#[allow(unused)]
+mod common;
+
+use crossbeam_utils::thread::scope;
+use std::{thread, time::Duration};
+
+use common::{build_recursive, Element, SyntaxNode};
+use cstree::GreenNodeBuilder;
+use lasso::Resolver;
+
+fn build_tree<D>(root: &Element<'_>) -> SyntaxNode<D, impl Resolver> {
+    let mut builder = GreenNodeBuilder::new();
+    build_recursive(root, &mut builder, 0);
+    let (node, interner) = builder.finish();
+    SyntaxNode::new_root_with_resolver(node, interner.unwrap().into_resolver())
+}
+
+fn two_level_tree() -> Element<'static> {
+    use Element::*;
+    Node(vec![
+        Node(vec![Token("0.0"), Token("0.1")]),
+        Node(vec![Token("1.0")]),
+        Node(vec![Token("2.0"), Token("2.1"), Token("2.2")]),
+    ])
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg_attr(miri, ignore)]
+fn send() {
+    let tree = two_level_tree();
+    let tree = build_tree::<()>(&tree);
+    let thread_tree = tree.clone();
+    let thread = thread::spawn(move || {
+        let leaf1_0 = thread_tree
+            .children()
+            .nth(1)
+            .unwrap()
+            .children_with_tokens()
+            .next()
+            .unwrap();
+        let leaf1_0 = leaf1_0.into_token().unwrap();
+        leaf1_0.resolve_text(thread_tree.resolver().as_ref()).to_string()
+    });
+    assert_eq!(thread.join().unwrap(), "1.0");
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg_attr(miri, ignore)]
+fn send_data() {
+    let tree = two_level_tree();
+    let tree = build_tree::<String>(&tree);
+    let thread_tree = tree.clone();
+    {
+        let node2 = tree.children().nth(2).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(*node2.try_set_data("data".into()).unwrap(), "data");
+        let data = node2.get_data().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(data.as_str(), "data");
+        node2.set_data("payload".into());
+        let data = node2.get_data().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(data.as_str(), "payload");
+    }
+    let t = thread::spawn(move || {
+        let node2 = thread_tree.children().nth(2).unwrap();
+        assert!(node2.try_set_data("already present".into()).is_err());
+        let data = node2.get_data().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(data.as_str(), "payload");
+        node2.set_data("new data".into());
+    });
+    // wait for t to finish
+    t.join().unwrap();
+    {
+        let node2 = tree.children().nth(2).unwrap();
+        let data = node2.get_data().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(data.as_str(), "new data");
+        node2.clear_data();
+        // re-use `data` after node data was cleared
+        assert_eq!(data.as_str(), "new data");
+    }
+    let thread_tree = tree.clone();
+    thread::spawn(move || {
+        let node2 = thread_tree.children().nth(2).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(node2.get_data(), None);
+    })
+    .join()
+    .unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg_attr(miri, ignore)]
+fn sync() {
+    let tree = two_level_tree();
+    let tree = build_tree::<()>(&tree);
+    let thread_tree = &tree;
+    let result = scope(move |s| {
+        s.spawn(move |_| {
+            let leaf1_0 = thread_tree
+                .children()
+                .nth(1)
+                .unwrap()
+                .children_with_tokens()
+                .next()
+                .unwrap();
+            let leaf1_0 = leaf1_0.into_token().unwrap();
+            leaf1_0.resolve_text(thread_tree.resolver().as_ref()).to_string()
+        })
+        .join()
+        .unwrap()
+    });
+    assert_eq!(result.unwrap(), "1.0");
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg_attr(miri, ignore)]
+fn drop_send() {
+    let tree = two_level_tree();
+    let tree = build_tree::<()>(&tree);
+    let thread_tree = tree.clone();
+    let thread = thread::spawn(move || {
+        drop(thread_tree);
+    });
+    thread.join().unwrap();
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
+    drop(tree);
+
+    let tree = two_level_tree();
+    let tree = build_tree::<()>(&tree);
+    let thread_tree = tree.clone();
+    drop(tree);
+    let thread = thread::spawn(move || {
+        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
+        drop(thread_tree);
+    });
+    thread.join().unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg_attr(miri, ignore)]
+#[allow(clippy::drop_ref)]
+fn drop_sync() {
+    let tree = two_level_tree();
+    let tree = build_tree::<()>(&tree);
+    let thread_tree = &tree;
+    scope(move |s| {
+        s.spawn(move |_| {
+            drop(thread_tree);
+        });
+    })
+    .unwrap();
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
+    drop(tree);
+}