diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
index a3f403a5b40b9c..8e7899e6b6139a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
@@ -643,7 +643,8 @@ loops that truncate the stream.
 
    Once :func:`tee` has made a split, the original *iterable* should not be
    used anywhere else; otherwise, the *iterable* could get advanced without
-   the tee objects being informed.
+   the tee objects being informed. the :func:`tee` iterator can not be consumed
+   from different threads, even if an underlying iterator is thread-safe.
 
    This itertool may require significant auxiliary storage (depending on how
    much temporary data needs to be stored). In general, if one iterator uses
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-29-10-26-57.bpo-34410.ttCIpm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-29-10-26-57.bpo-34410.ttCIpm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..caddada835fcf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-29-10-26-57.bpo-34410.ttCIpm.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Raise a RuntimeError when itertools.tee() iterator is consumed from different
+threads. Patch by hongweipeng.
diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index 781d0cca54196d..101addcfd3a9c9 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ typedef struct {
     teedataobject *dataobj;
     int index;                  /* 0 <= index <= LINKCELLS */
     PyObject *weakreflist;
+    unsigned long thread_id;
 } teeobject;
 
 static PyTypeObject teedataobject_type;
@@ -680,6 +681,11 @@ tee_next(teeobject *to)
 {
     PyObject *value, *link;
 
+    if (to->thread_id != PyThread_get_thread_ident()) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+            "tee() iterator can not be consumed from different threads.");
+        return NULL;
+    }
     if (to->index >= LINKCELLS) {
         link = teedataobject_jumplink(to->dataobj);
         if (link == NULL)
@@ -713,6 +719,7 @@ tee_copy(teeobject *to, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
     newto->dataobj = to->dataobj;
     newto->index = to->index;
     newto->weakreflist = NULL;
+    newto->thread_id = to->thread_id;
     PyObject_GC_Track(newto);
     return (PyObject *)newto;
 }
@@ -745,6 +752,7 @@ tee_fromiterable(PyObject *iterable)
 
     to->index = 0;
     to->weakreflist = NULL;
+    to->thread_id = PyThread_get_thread_ident();
     PyObject_GC_Track(to);
 done:
     Py_XDECREF(it);