diff --git a/lib/std/Thread.zig b/lib/std/Thread.zig
index 99e2feb4cf432d7fb323b62412e810a7b932d9a9..64815bde722f78b444cd032790c5b770d9c23ed4 100644
--- a/lib/std/Thread.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Thread.zig
@@ -1438,6 +1438,7 @@ test {
     _ = Mutex;
     _ = Semaphore;
     _ = Condition;
+    _ = RwLock;
 }
 
 fn testIncrementNotify(value: *usize, event: *ResetEvent) void {
diff --git a/lib/std/Thread/RwLock.zig b/lib/std/Thread/RwLock.zig
index e78695a1d8288a5de85a481d1ab7e630e1bb3738..e77db10abb3bb00d6eec4825dbc541ad2c4f680b 100644
--- a/lib/std/Thread/RwLock.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Thread/RwLock.zig
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ pub const SingleThreadedRwLock = struct {
                 rwl.shared_count = 1;
                 return true;
             },
-            .locked_exclusive, .locked_shared => return false,
+            .locked_shared => {
+                rwl.shared_count += 1;
+                return true;
+            },
+            .locked_exclusive => return false,
         }
     }