diff --git a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/AsyncRuntime.cpp b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/AsyncRuntime.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/AsyncRuntime.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/AsyncRuntime.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
 
 extern "C" MLIR_ASYNCRUNTIME_EXPORT void
 mlirAsyncRuntimeExecute(CoroHandle handle, CoroResume resume) {
-  (*resume)(handle);
+  std::thread thread([handle, resume]() { (*resume)(handle); });
+  thread.detach();
 }
 
 extern "C" MLIR_ASYNCRUNTIME_EXPORT void
diff --git a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,5 +107,6 @@
 
   LINK_LIBS PUBLIC
   mlir_c_runner_utils_static
+  ${LLVM_PTHREAD_LIB}
 )
 target_compile_definitions(mlir_async_runtime PRIVATE mlir_async_runtime_EXPORTS)