diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6e1d8b6e10a..189f3ccbe53 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -14657,6 +14657,12 @@
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/workerpool": {
+      "version": "9.1.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/workerpool/-/workerpool-9.1.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-LhUrk4tbxJRDQmRrrFWA9EnboXI79fe0ZNTy3u8m+dqPN1EkVSIsQYAB8OF/fkyhG8Rtup+c/bzj/+bzbG8fqg==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/wrap-ansi": {
       "version": "7.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz",
@@ -15340,7 +15346,8 @@
         "rollup-plugin-visualizer": "^5.12.0",
         "rustbn-wasm": "^0.4.0",
         "solc": "^0.8.1",
-        "split": "^1.0.1"
+        "split": "^1.0.1",
+        "workerpool": "^9.1.3"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18"
diff --git a/packages/evm/examples/keccakWorker.js b/packages/evm/examples/keccakWorker.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94bfba15e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/evm/examples/keccakWorker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { keccak256 } from 'ethereum-cryptography/keccak.js'
+import workerpool from 'workerpool'
+
+function keccak256AB(i) {
+  const res = keccak256(new Uint8Array(i))
+  return res.buffer
+}
+
+workerpool.worker({
+  keccak256AB,
+})
diff --git a/packages/evm/examples/workerPool.ts b/packages/evm/examples/workerPool.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b860fa3082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/evm/examples/workerPool.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { keccak256 } from 'ethereum-cryptography/keccak.js'
+import path from 'path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+import workerpool from 'workerpool'
+
+// Additional fix:
+// https://iamwebwiz.medium.com/how-to-fix-dirname-is-not-defined-in-es-module-scope-34d94a86694d
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url) // get the resolved path to the file
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename) // get the name of the directory
+
+const pool = workerpool.pool()
+const pool2 = workerpool.pool(__dirname + '/keccakWorker.js')
+
+function add(a: number, b: number) {
+  return a + b
+}
+
+function transferAB(i: ArrayBuffer) {
+  console.log(i)
+  console.log(new Uint8Array(i))
+}
+
+const main = async () => {
+  console.time('t')
+  for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+    if (i % 2 === 0) {
+      const res = keccak256(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]))
+      console.log(res)
+    } else {
+      // First simple test to see if things work at all
+      /*await pool.exec(add, [1, 2]).then(function (result) {
+        console.log(result) // outputs 7
+      })*/
+      // Does not work ("ReferenceError: assert is not defined"), likely because datatype not allowed
+      /*await pool.exec(keccak256, [new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])]).then(function (result) {
+        console.log(result) // outputs 7
+      })*/
+      // Uint8Array does not work, so we need to transfer the underlying ArrayBuffer, see e.g.
+      // https://advancedweb.hu/how-to-transfer-binary-data-efficiently-across-worker-threads-in-nodejs/
+      // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37228285/uint8array-to-arraybuffer
+      /*await pool.exec(transferAB, [new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]).buffer]).then(function (result) {
+        console.log(result) // outputs 7
+      })*/
+      // For keccak we cannot import the keccak256 function into a dynamic worker function,
+      // so now we need to switch to dedicated workers
+      await pool2
+        .exec('keccak256AB', [new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]).buffer])
+        .then(function (result) {
+          console.log(new Uint8Array(result))
+        })
+    }
+  }
+  console.timeEnd('t')
+  await pool.terminate()
+}
+
+void main()
diff --git a/packages/evm/package.json b/packages/evm/package.json
index c3394ced8b5..0b73b6ac917 100644
--- a/packages/evm/package.json
+++ b/packages/evm/package.json
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "benchmark": "^2.1.4",
     "level": "^8.0.0",
     "mcl-wasm": "^1.5.0",
+    "workerpool": "^9.1.3",
     "memory-level": "^1.0.0",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "node-dir": "^0.1.17",