diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ca8c91c..32ec8e7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     packages=find_packages(),
     package_data={"": ["py.typed"]},
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.7",  # contextvars
     install_requires=["boto3 >= 1.9", "typing-extensions >= 3.7",],
     # it is important to keep these install_requires basically in sync with the Pipfile as well.
 )
diff --git a/tests/xoto3/utils/stack_context_test.py b/tests/xoto3/utils/stack_context_test.py
index b698757..a5e6a08 100644
--- a/tests/xoto3/utils/stack_context_test.py
+++ b/tests/xoto3/utils/stack_context_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from contextvars import ContextVar
 from datetime import datetime
+from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
 
 from xoto3.utils.oncall_default import OnCallDefault
 from xoto3.utils.stack_context import StackContext, stack_context, unwrap
@@ -67,3 +68,25 @@ def g():
     with ConsistentReadContext.set(True):
         assert g() is True
     assert g() is False
+
+
+NumberContext = ContextVar("Number", default=-1)
+
+
+def test_threaded_stack_context():
+    """The idea behind context vars is that each thread gets its own
+    without anyone having to use thread.locals directly, and when paired with stack_context,
+    you can have nested contexts easily within the same thread.
+    """
+    vals = list(range(10))
+
+    def extract_from_context():
+        return NumberContext.get()
+
+    def put_in_context(val):
+        with stack_context(NumberContext, val):
+            return extract_from_context()
+
+    out = ThreadPool(3).map(put_in_context, vals)
+
+    assert out == vals