diff --git a/src/lime/system/BackgroundWorker.hx b/src/lime/system/BackgroundWorker.hx
index f9d922e7c..7ad8954d6 100644
--- a/src/lime/system/BackgroundWorker.hx
+++ b/src/lime/system/BackgroundWorker.hx
@@ -1,3 +1,171 @@
 package lime.system;
 
-typedef BackgroundWorker = ThreadPool;
+import lime.app.Application;
+import lime.app.Event;
+#if sys
+#if haxe4
+import sys.thread.Deque;
+import sys.thread.Thread;
+#elseif cpp
+import cpp.vm.Deque;
+import cpp.vm.Thread;
+#elseif neko
+import neko.vm.Deque;
+import neko.vm.Thread;
+#end
+#end
+#if !lime_debug
+@:fileXml('tags="haxe,release"')
+@:noDebug
+#end
+class BackgroundWorker
+{
+@:deprecated("Lime.system.BackgroundWorker is being deprecated since Lime 8.2.0, and it is recommended to use the Lime.system.ThreadPool class instead.")
+	private static var MESSAGE_COMPLETE = "__COMPLETE__";
+	private static var MESSAGE_ERROR = "__ERROR__";
+
+	public var canceled(default, null):Bool;
+	public var completed(default, null):Bool;
+	public var doWork = new Event<Dynamic->Void>();
+	public var onComplete = new Event<Dynamic->Void>();
+	public var onError = new Event<Dynamic->Void>();
+	public var onProgress = new Event<Dynamic->Void>();
+
+	@:noCompletion private var __runMessage:Dynamic;
+	#if (cpp || neko)
+	@:noCompletion private var __messageQueue:Deque<Dynamic>;
+	@:noCompletion private var __workerThread:Thread;
+	#end
+
+	public function new() {}
+
+	public function cancel():Void
+	{
+		canceled = true;
+
+		#if (cpp || neko)
+		__workerThread = null;
+		#end
+	}
+
+	public function run(message:Dynamic = null):Void
+	{
+		canceled = false;
+		completed = false;
+		__runMessage = message;
+
+		#if (cpp || neko)
+		__messageQueue = new Deque<Dynamic>();
+		__workerThread = Thread.create(__doWork);
+
+		// TODO: Better way to do this
+
+		if (Application.current != null)
+		{
+			Application.current.onUpdate.add(__update);
+		}
+		#else
+		__doWork();
+		#end
+	}
+
+	public function sendComplete(message:Dynamic = null):Void
+	{
+		completed = true;
+
+		#if (cpp || neko)
+		__messageQueue.add(MESSAGE_COMPLETE);
+		__messageQueue.add(message);
+		#else
+		if (!canceled)
+		{
+			canceled = true;
+			onComplete.dispatch(message);
+		}
+		#end
+	}
+
+	public function sendError(message:Dynamic = null):Void
+	{
+		#if (cpp || neko)
+		__messageQueue.add(MESSAGE_ERROR);
+		__messageQueue.add(message);
+		#else
+		if (!canceled)
+		{
+			canceled = true;
+			onError.dispatch(message);
+		}
+		#end
+	}
+
+	public function sendProgress(message:Dynamic = null):Void
+	{
+		#if (cpp || neko)
+		__messageQueue.add(message);
+		#else
+		if (!canceled)
+		{
+			onProgress.dispatch(message);
+		}
+		#end
+	}
+
+	@:noCompletion private function __doWork():Void
+	{
+		doWork.dispatch(__runMessage);
+
+		// #if (cpp || neko)
+		//
+		// __messageQueue.add (MESSAGE_COMPLETE);
+		//
+		// #else
+		//
+		// if (!canceled) {
+		//
+		// canceled = true;
+		// onComplete.dispatch (null);
+		//
+		// }
+		//
+		// #end
+	}
+
+	@:noCompletion private function __update(deltaTime:Int):Void
+	{
+		#if (cpp || neko)
+		var message = __messageQueue.pop(false);
+
+		if (message != null)
+		{
+			if (message == MESSAGE_ERROR)
+			{
+				Application.current.onUpdate.remove(__update);
+
+				if (!canceled)
+				{
+					canceled = true;
+					onError.dispatch(__messageQueue.pop(false));
+				}
+			}
+			else if (message == MESSAGE_COMPLETE)
+			{
+				Application.current.onUpdate.remove(__update);
+
+				if (!canceled)
+				{
+					canceled = true;
+					onComplete.dispatch(__messageQueue.pop(false));
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				if (!canceled)
+				{
+					onProgress.dispatch(message);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		#end
+	}
+}