diff --git a/doc/api/n-api.md b/doc/api/n-api.md
index 269492b480fd20..dcf426884b7d71 100644
--- a/doc/api/n-api.md
+++ b/doc/api/n-api.md
@@ -2575,6 +2575,43 @@ object just created has been garbage collected.
 JavaScript `ArrayBuffer`s are described in
 [Section ArrayBuffer objects][] of the ECMAScript Language Specification.
 
+#### `napi_create_external_sharedarraybuffer`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+napiVersion: 1
+-->
+
+```c
+napi_status
+napi_create_external_sharedarraybuffer(napi_env env,
+                                       void* external_data,
+                                       size_t byte_length,
+                                       void (*finalize_cb)(
+                                          void* external_data,
+                                          void* finalize_hint),
+                                       void* finalize_hint,
+                                       napi_value* result)
+```
+
+* `[in] env`: The environment that the API is invoked under.
+* `[in] external_data`: Pointer to the underlying byte buffer of the
+  `SharedArrayBuffer`.
+* `[in] byte_length`: The length in bytes of the underlying buffer.
+* `[in] finalize_cb`: Optional callback to call when the `SharedArrayBuffer` is
+  being collected. Because a `SharedArrayBuffer` can outlive the environment
+  it was created in, the callback does not get receive a reference to `env`.
+* `[in] finalize_hint`: Optional hint to pass to the finalize callback during
+  collection.
+* `[out] result`: A `napi_value` representing a JavaScript `SharedArrayBuffer`.
+
+Returns `napi_ok` if the API succeeded.
+
+Create a `SharedArrayBuffer` with externally managed memory.
+
+See the entry on [`napi_create_external_arraybuffer`][] for runtime
+compatibility.
+
 #### `napi_create_external_buffer`
 
 <!-- YAML
diff --git a/src/js_native_api.h b/src/js_native_api.h
index 31eee1234e1d2f..e2bcaa8e5bbc44 100644
--- a/src/js_native_api.h
+++ b/src/js_native_api.h
@@ -437,6 +437,13 @@ napi_create_external_arraybuffer(napi_env env,
                                  node_api_basic_finalize finalize_cb,
                                  void* finalize_hint,
                                  napi_value* result);
+NAPI_EXTERN napi_status NAPI_CDECL napi_create_external_sharedarraybuffer(
+    napi_env env,
+    void* external_data,
+    size_t byte_length,
+    void (*finalize_cb)(void* external_data, void* finalize_hint),
+    void* finalize_hint,
+    napi_value* result);
 #endif  // NODE_API_NO_EXTERNAL_BUFFERS_ALLOWED
 NAPI_EXTERN napi_status NAPI_CDECL napi_get_arraybuffer_info(
     napi_env env, napi_value arraybuffer, void** data, size_t* byte_length);
diff --git a/src/js_native_api_v8.cc b/src/js_native_api_v8.cc
index a944c18518471a..fc85c2b232051c 100644
--- a/src/js_native_api_v8.cc
+++ b/src/js_native_api_v8.cc
@@ -136,6 +136,42 @@ napi_status NewExternalString(napi_env env,
   return status;
 }
 
+napi_status NewExternalSharedArrayBuffer(
+    napi_env env,
+    void* external_data,
+    size_t byte_length,
+    void (*finalize_cb)(void* external_data, void* finalize_hint),
+    void* finalize_hint,
+    napi_value* result) {
+  struct FinalizerData {
+    void (*cb)(void* external_data, void* finalize_hint);
+    void* hint;
+  };
+  auto deleter = [](void* external_data, size_t length, void* deleter_data) {
+    if (auto fd = static_cast<FinalizerData*>(deleter_data)) {
+      fd->cb(external_data, fd->hint);
+      delete fd;
+    }
+  };
+  FinalizerData* deleter_data = nullptr;
+  if (finalize_cb != nullptr) {
+    deleter_data = new FinalizerData{finalize_cb, finalize_hint};
+  }
+  auto unique_backing_store = v8::SharedArrayBuffer::NewBackingStore(
+      external_data,
+      byte_length,
+      deleter,
+      reinterpret_cast<void*>(deleter_data));
+  CHECK(!!unique_backing_store);  // Cannot fail.
+  auto shared_backing_store =
+      std::shared_ptr<v8::BackingStore>(std::move(unique_backing_store));
+  auto shared_array_buffer =
+      v8::SharedArrayBuffer::New(env->isolate, shared_backing_store);
+  CHECK_MAYBE_EMPTY(env, shared_array_buffer, napi_generic_failure);
+  *result = v8impl::JsValueFromV8LocalValue(shared_array_buffer);
+  return napi_clear_last_error(env);
+}
+
 class TrackedStringResource : private RefTracker {
  public:
   TrackedStringResource(napi_env env,
@@ -3134,6 +3170,17 @@ napi_create_external_arraybuffer(napi_env env,
       env, buffer, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, result, nullptr);
 }
 
+napi_status NAPI_CDECL napi_create_external_sharedarraybuffer(
+    napi_env env,
+    void* external_data,
+    size_t byte_length,
+    void (*finalize_cb)(void* external_data, void* finalize_hint),
+    void* finalize_hint,
+    napi_value* result) {
+  return v8impl::NewExternalSharedArrayBuffer(
+      env, external_data, byte_length, finalize_cb, finalize_hint, result);
+}
+
 napi_status NAPI_CDECL napi_get_arraybuffer_info(napi_env env,
                                                  napi_value arraybuffer,
                                                  void** data,
diff --git a/test/node-api/test_buffer/test.js b/test/node-api/test_buffer/test.js
index c51eddabc183e6..dc87eee10045c9 100644
--- a/test/node-api/test_buffer/test.js
+++ b/test/node-api/test_buffer/test.js
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ const tick = require('util').promisify(require('../../common/tick'));
   console.log('gc2');
   assert.strictEqual(binding.getDeleterCallCount(), 2);
 
+  // Caveat emptor: it's indeterminate when the SharedArrayBuffer's backing
+  // store is reclaimed; at least some of the time it happens even before
+  // calling gc().
+  let sab = binding.newExternalSharedArrayBuffer();
+  sab = null;  // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+  global.gc();
+  await tick(10);
+  console.log('gc3');
+  assert.strictEqual(binding.getDeleterCallCount(), 3);
+
   // To test this doesn't crash
   binding.invalidObjectAsBuffer({});
 
diff --git a/test/node-api/test_buffer/test_buffer.c b/test/node-api/test_buffer/test_buffer.c
index 9cfda6334fb3ef..4f2fc886323435 100644
--- a/test/node-api/test_buffer/test_buffer.c
+++ b/test/node-api/test_buffer/test_buffer.c
@@ -58,6 +58,30 @@ static napi_value newExternalBuffer(napi_env env, napi_callback_info info) {
   return theBuffer;
 }
 
+static char externalSharedArrayBufferData[1];
+
+static void freeExternalSharedArrayBuffer(void* data, void* hint) {
+  (void)hint;
+  NODE_API_BASIC_ASSERT_RETURN_VOID(
+      data == (void*)externalSharedArrayBufferData,
+      "SharedArrayBuffer points to wrong data");
+  deleterCallCount++;
+}
+
+static napi_value newExternalSharedArrayBuffer(napi_env env,
+                                               napi_callback_info info) {
+  napi_value sab;
+  NODE_API_CALL(
+      env,
+      napi_create_external_sharedarraybuffer(env,
+                                             externalSharedArrayBufferData,
+                                             1,
+                                             freeExternalSharedArrayBuffer,
+                                             NULL,
+                                             &sab));
+  return sab;
+}
+
 static napi_value getDeleterCallCount(napi_env env, napi_callback_info info) {
   napi_value callCount;
   NODE_API_CALL(env, napi_create_int32(env, deleterCallCount, &callCount));
@@ -171,6 +195,8 @@ static napi_value Init(napi_env env, napi_value exports) {
   napi_property_descriptor methods[] = {
       DECLARE_NODE_API_PROPERTY("newBuffer", newBuffer),
       DECLARE_NODE_API_PROPERTY("newExternalBuffer", newExternalBuffer),
+      DECLARE_NODE_API_PROPERTY("newExternalSharedArrayBuffer",
+                                newExternalSharedArrayBuffer),
       DECLARE_NODE_API_PROPERTY("getDeleterCallCount", getDeleterCallCount),
       DECLARE_NODE_API_PROPERTY("copyBuffer", copyBuffer),
       DECLARE_NODE_API_PROPERTY("bufferHasInstance", bufferHasInstance),