diff --git a/src/common/platform/threading.hpp b/src/common/platform/threading.hpp
index 256a6ef7..de430220 100644
--- a/src/common/platform/threading.hpp
+++ b/src/common/platform/threading.hpp
@@ -109,4 +109,13 @@ typedef struct _KCONTINUE_ARGUMENT
 #define KCONTINUE_FLAG_TEST_ALERT  0x00000001
 #define KCONTINUE_FLAG_DELIVER_APC 0x00000002
 
+#ifndef OS_WINDOWS
+typedef enum _QUEUE_USER_APC_FLAGS
+{
+    QUEUE_USER_APC_FLAGS_NONE,
+    QUEUE_USER_APC_FLAGS_SPECIAL_USER_APC,
+    QUEUE_USER_APC_CALLBACK_DATA_CONTEXT
+} QUEUE_USER_APC_FLAGS;
+#endif
+
 // NOLINTEND(modernize-use-using,cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays)
diff --git a/src/windows-emulator/syscalls/thread.cpp b/src/windows-emulator/syscalls/thread.cpp
index d11511ce..6c72d506 100644
--- a/src/windows-emulator/syscalls/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/windows-emulator/syscalls/thread.cpp
@@ -600,7 +600,16 @@ namespace syscalls
                                        const uint64_t apc_argument1, const uint64_t apc_argument2,
                                        const uint64_t apc_argument3)
     {
-        return handle_NtQueueApcThreadEx2(c, thread_handle, reserve_handle, 0, apc_routine, apc_argument1,
+        uint32_t flags{0};
+        auto real_reserve_handle = reserve_handle;
+        if (reserve_handle.bits == QUEUE_USER_APC_FLAGS_SPECIAL_USER_APC)
+        {
+            real_reserve_handle.bits = 0;
+            flags = QUEUE_USER_APC_FLAGS_SPECIAL_USER_APC;
+            static_assert(QUEUE_USER_APC_FLAGS_SPECIAL_USER_APC == 1);
+        }
+
+        return handle_NtQueueApcThreadEx2(c, thread_handle, real_reserve_handle, flags, apc_routine, apc_argument1,
                                           apc_argument2, apc_argument3);
     }
 
@@ -611,4 +620,4 @@ namespace syscalls
         return handle_NtQueueApcThreadEx(c, thread_handle, make_handle(0), apc_routine, apc_argument1, apc_argument2,
                                          apc_argument3);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}