diff --git a/test/threadsafe_function/threadsafe_function_unref.cc b/test/threadsafe_function/threadsafe_function_unref.cc
index 6c278e7ad..5fcc5dd60 100644
--- a/test/threadsafe_function/threadsafe_function_unref.cc
+++ b/test/threadsafe_function/threadsafe_function_unref.cc
@@ -31,11 +31,24 @@ static Value TestUnref(const CallbackInfo& info) {
   return info.Env().Undefined();
 }
 
+static Value TestRef(const CallbackInfo& info) {
+  Function cb = info[1].As<Function>();
+
+  auto tsfn = ThreadSafeFunction::New(info.Env(), cb, "testRes", 1, 1);
+
+  tsfn.BlockingCall();
+  tsfn.Unref(info.Env());
+  tsfn.Ref(info.Env());
+
+  return info.Env().Undefined();
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 
 Object InitThreadSafeFunctionUnref(Env env) {
   Object exports = Object::New(env);
   exports["testUnref"] = Function::New(env, TestUnref);
+  exports["testRef"] = Function::New(env, TestRef);
   return exports;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/threadsafe_function/threadsafe_function_unref.js b/test/threadsafe_function/threadsafe_function_unref.js
index e041e82d9..1f0e96b87 100644
--- a/test/threadsafe_function/threadsafe_function_unref.js
+++ b/test/threadsafe_function/threadsafe_function_unref.js
@@ -11,43 +11,88 @@ const isMainProcess = process.argv[1] !== __filename;
  *   - Child process: creates TSFN. Native module Unref's via setTimeout after some time but does NOT call Release.
  *
  * Main process should expect child process to exit.
+ *
+ * We also added a new test case for `Ref`. The idea being, if a TSFN is active, the event loop that it belongs to should not exit
+ * Our setup is similar to the test for the `Unref` case, with the difference being now we are expecting the child process to hang
  */
 
 if (isMainProcess) {
   module.exports = require('../common').runTestWithBindingPath(test);
 } else {
-  test(process.argv[2]);
+  const isTestingRef = (process.argv[3] === 'true');
+
+  if (isTestingRef) {
+    execTSFNRefTest(process.argv[2]);
+  } else {
+    execTSFNUnrefTest(process.argv[2]);
+  }
+}
+
+function testUnRefCallback (resolve, reject, bindingFile) {
+  const child = require('../napi_child').spawn(process.argv[0], [
+    '--expose-gc', __filename, bindingFile, false
+  ], { stdio: 'inherit' });
+
+  let timeout = setTimeout(function () {
+    child.kill();
+    timeout = 0;
+    reject(new Error('Expected child to die'));
+  }, 5000);
+
+  child.on('error', (err) => {
+    clearTimeout(timeout);
+    timeout = 0;
+    reject(new Error(err));
+  });
+
+  child.on('close', (code) => {
+    if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
+    assert.strictEqual(code, 0, 'Expected return value 0');
+    resolve();
+  });
+}
+
+function testRefCallback (resolve, reject, bindingFile) {
+  const child = require('../napi_child').spawn(process.argv[0], [
+    '--expose-gc', __filename, bindingFile, true
+  ], { stdio: 'inherit' });
+
+  let timeout = setTimeout(function () {
+    child.kill();
+    timeout = 0;
+    resolve();
+  }, 1000);
+
+  child.on('error', (err) => {
+    clearTimeout(timeout);
+    timeout = 0;
+    reject(new Error(err));
+  });
+
+  child.on('close', (code) => {
+    if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
+
+    reject(new Error('We expected Child to hang'));
+  });
 }
 
 function test (bindingFile) {
-  if (isMainProcess) {
-    // Main process
+  // Main process
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    testUnRefCallback(resolve, reject, bindingFile);
+  }).then(() => {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const child = require('../napi_child').spawn(process.argv[0], [
-        '--expose-gc', __filename, bindingFile
-      ], { stdio: 'inherit' });
-
-      let timeout = setTimeout(function () {
-        child.kill();
-        timeout = 0;
-        reject(new Error('Expected child to die'));
-      }, 5000);
-
-      child.on('error', (err) => {
-        clearTimeout(timeout);
-        timeout = 0;
-        reject(new Error(err));
-      });
-
-      child.on('close', (code) => {
-        if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
-        assert.strictEqual(code, 0, 'Expected return value 0');
-        resolve();
-      });
+      testRefCallback(resolve, reject, bindingFile);
     });
-  } else {
-    // Child process
-    const binding = require(bindingFile);
-    binding.threadsafe_function_unref.testUnref({}, () => { });
-  }
+  });
+}
+
+function execTSFNUnrefTest (bindingFile) {
+  const binding = require(bindingFile);
+  binding.threadsafe_function_unref.testUnref({}, () => { });
+}
+
+function execTSFNRefTest (bindingFile) {
+  const binding = require(bindingFile);
+  binding.threadsafe_function_unref.testRef({}, () => { });
 }