diff --git a/lib/core/thread/New-IcingaThreadHash.psm1 b/lib/core/thread/New-IcingaThreadHash.psm1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56e765d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/thread/New-IcingaThreadHash.psm1
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+function New-IcingaThreadHash()
+{
+    param(
+        [ScriptBlock]$ShellScript,
+        [array]$Arguments
+    );
+
+    [string]$ScriptString = '';
+    [string]$ArgString = ($Arguments | Out-String);
+    if ($null -ne $ShellScript) {
+        $ScriptString = $ShellScript.ToString();
+    }
+    return (Get-StringSha1 -Content ($ScriptString + $ArgString + (Get-Date -Format "MM-dd-yyyy-HH-mm-ffff")));
+}
diff --git a/lib/core/thread/New-IcingaThreadInstance.psm1 b/lib/core/thread/New-IcingaThreadInstance.psm1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a2fa25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/thread/New-IcingaThreadInstance.psm1
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+function New-IcingaThreadInstance()
+{
+    param(
+        [string]$Name,
+        $ThreadPool,
+        [ScriptBlock]$ScriptBlock,
+        [array]$Arguments,
+        [Switch]$Start
+    );
+
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Name)) {
+        $Name = New-IcingaThreadHash -ShellScript $ScriptBlock -Arguments $Arguments;
+    }
+
+    $Shell = [PowerShell]::Create();
+    $Shell.RunspacePool = $ThreadPool;
+    [void]$Shell.AddScript($ScriptBlock);
+    foreach ($argument in $Arguments) {
+        [void]$Shell.AddArgument($argument);
+    }
+
+    $Thread = New-Object PSObject;
+    Add-Member -InputObject $Thread -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Shell -Value $Shell;
+    if ($Start) {
+        Add-Member -InputObject $Thread -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Handle -Value ($Shell.BeginInvoke());
+        Add-Member -InputObject $Thread -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Started -Value $TRUE;
+    } else {
+        Add-Member -InputObject $Thread -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Handle -Value $null;
+        Add-Member -InputObject $Thread -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Started -Value $FALSE;
+    }
+    
+    if ($global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads.ContainsKey($Name) -eq $FALSE) {
+        $global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads.Add($Name, $Thread);
+    } else {
+        $global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads.Add(
+            (New-IcingaThreadHash -ShellScript $ScriptBlock -Arguments $Arguments),
+            $Thread
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/core/thread/New-IcingaThreadPool.psm1 b/lib/core/thread/New-IcingaThreadPool.psm1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0a8a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/thread/New-IcingaThreadPool.psm1
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+function New-IcingaThreadPool()
+{
+    param(
+        [int]$MinInstances = 1,
+        [int]$MaxInstances = 5
+    );
+
+    $Runspaces = [RunspaceFactory]::CreateRunspacePool(
+        $MinInstances,
+        $MaxInstances,
+        [System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.InitialSessionState]::CreateDefault(),
+        $host
+    )
+
+    $Runspaces.Open();
+
+    return $Runspaces;
+}
diff --git a/lib/core/thread/Remove-IcingaThread.psm1 b/lib/core/thread/Remove-IcingaThread.psm1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60f48c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/thread/Remove-IcingaThread.psm1
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+function Remove-IcingaThread()
+{
+    param(
+        [string]$Thread
+    );
+
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Thread)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    Stop-IcingaThread -Thread $Thread;
+
+    if ($global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads.ContainsKey($Thread)) {
+        $global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads[$Thread].Shell.Dispose();
+        $global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads.Remove($Thread);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/core/thread/Restart-IcingaThread.psm1 b/lib/core/thread/Restart-IcingaThread.psm1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..885de77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/thread/Restart-IcingaThread.psm1
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+function Restart-IcingaThread()
+{
+    param(
+        [string]$Thread
+    );
+
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Thread)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    Stop-IcingaThread $Thread;
+    Start-IcingaThread $Thread;
+}
diff --git a/lib/core/thread/Start-IcingaThread.psm1 b/lib/core/thread/Start-IcingaThread.psm1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09eb6ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/thread/Start-IcingaThread.psm1
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+function Start-IcingaThread()
+{
+    param(
+        [string]$Thread
+    );
+
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Thread)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if ($global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads.ContainsKey($Thread)) {
+        if ($global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads[$Thread].Started -eq $FALSE) {
+            $global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads[$Thread].Handle = $global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads[$Thread].Shell.BeginInvoke();
+            $global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads[$Thread].Started = $TRUE;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/core/thread/Stop-IcingaThread.psm1 b/lib/core/thread/Stop-IcingaThread.psm1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e78f4a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/thread/Stop-IcingaThread.psm1
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+function Stop-IcingaThread()
+{
+    param(
+        [string]$Thread
+    );
+
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Thread)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if ($global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads.ContainsKey($Thread)) {
+        if ($global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads[$Thread].Started -eq $TRUE) {
+            $global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads[$Thread].Shell.Stop();
+            $global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads[$Thread].Handle  = $null;
+            $global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads[$Thread].Started = $FALSE;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/core/thread/Test-IcingaThread.psm1 b/lib/core/thread/Test-IcingaThread.psm1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ff7d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/thread/Test-IcingaThread.psm1
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+function Test-IcingaThread()
+{
+    param(
+        [string]$Thread
+    );
+
+    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Thread)) {
+        return $FALSE;
+    }
+
+    return $global:IcingaDaemonData.IcingaThreads.ContainsKey($Thread);
+}