diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.core.jobs/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/jobs/JobManager.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.core.jobs/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/jobs/JobManager.java
index 9c6ec9abc..debdc2277 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.core.jobs/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/jobs/JobManager.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.core.jobs/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/jobs/JobManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2020 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2022 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
  *     Jan Koehnlein - Fix for bug 60964 (454698)
  *     Terry Parker - Bug 457504, Publish a job group's final status to IJobChangeListeners
  *     Xored Software Inc - Fix for bug 550738
- *     Christoph Laeubrich - remove deprecated API
+ *     Christoph Laeubrich 	- remove deprecated API
+ *      					- Issue #40 - UI freezes when a ThreadJob is waiting to run in the UI Thread
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs;
 
@@ -1100,19 +1101,27 @@ boolean join(InternalJobGroup jobGroup, long timeout, IProgressMonitor monitor)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns a non-null progress monitor instance.  If the monitor is null,
-	 * returns the default monitor supplied by the progress provider, or a
-	 * NullProgressMonitor if no default monitor is available.
+	 * Returns a non-null progress monitor instance. If a progress provider is set,
+	 * it is asked to provide a wrapped instance of the given <code>monitor</code>
+	 * parameter. If no progress provider is set and <code>monitor</code> is null, a
+	 * NullProgressMonitor is returned in all other cases the given
+	 * <code>monitor</code> instance.
+	 *
+	 * @param monitor the monitor instance (could be null) for further usage
+	 * @return a non-null progress monitor instance.
 	 */
 	private IProgressMonitor monitorFor(IProgressMonitor monitor) {
-		if (monitor == null || (monitor instanceof NullProgressMonitor)) {
-			if (progressProvider != null) {
-				try {
-					monitor = progressProvider.getDefaultMonitor();
-				} catch (Exception e) {
-					String msg = NLS.bind(JobMessages.meta_pluginProblems, JobManager.PI_JOBS);
-					RuntimeLog.log(new Status(IStatus.ERROR, JobManager.PI_JOBS, JobManager.PLUGIN_ERROR, msg, e));
+		if (progressProvider != null) {
+			try {
+				IProgressMonitor monitorFor = progressProvider.monitorFor(monitor);
+				if (monitorFor == null) {
+					throw new IllegalStateException("Internal error: " + //$NON-NLS-1$
+							progressProvider.getClass().getName() + "#monitorFor(" + monitor + ") returned null!"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 				}
+				return monitorFor;
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				String msg = NLS.bind(JobMessages.meta_pluginProblems, JobManager.PI_JOBS);
+				RuntimeLog.log(new Status(IStatus.ERROR, JobManager.PI_JOBS, JobManager.PLUGIN_ERROR, msg, e));
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.core.jobs/src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/jobs/ProgressProvider.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.core.jobs/src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/jobs/ProgressProvider.java
index a2239cef3..c572619f0 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.core.jobs/src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/jobs/ProgressProvider.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.core.jobs/src/org/eclipse/core/runtime/jobs/ProgressProvider.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2012 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2022 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *     Christoph Läubrich - Issue #40 - UI freezes when a ThreadJob is waiting to run in the UI Thread
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs;
 
@@ -96,4 +97,28 @@ public IProgressMonitor createMonitor(Job job, IProgressMonitor group, int ticks
 	public IProgressMonitor getDefaultMonitor() {
 		return new NullProgressMonitor();
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a (possibly wrapped) progress monitor to use when running in a job.
+	 * <p>
+	 * The default implementation does the following:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>if <code>monitor</code> is null or an instance of
+	 * {@link NullProgressMonitor} returns the value from a call to
+	 * ProgressProvider#getDefaultMonitor()</li>
+	 * <li>in all other cases return the the <code>monitor</code> passed to this
+	 * method.
+	 * </ul>
+	 *
+	 * @param monitor the monitor to wrap, might be null
+	 * @return a progress monitor for the given <code>monitor</code> but never
+	 *         <code>null</code>
+	 * @since 3.13
+	 */
+	public IProgressMonitor monitorFor(IProgressMonitor monitor) {
+		if (monitor == null || monitor instanceof NullProgressMonitor) {
+			return getDefaultMonitor();
+		}
+		return monitor;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.runtime/src/org/eclipse/core/tests/runtime/jobs/BeginEndRuleTest.java b/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.runtime/src/org/eclipse/core/tests/runtime/jobs/BeginEndRuleTest.java
index d1f599449..b9dd6b784 100644
--- a/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.runtime/src/org/eclipse/core/tests/runtime/jobs/BeginEndRuleTest.java
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.core.tests.runtime/src/org/eclipse/core/tests/runtime/jobs/BeginEndRuleTest.java
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.core.tests.runtime.jobs;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicIntegerArray;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.*;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.*;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.*;
 import org.eclipse.core.tests.harness.FussyProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.core.tests.harness.TestBarrier2;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
  * Tests API methods IJobManager.beginRule and IJobManager.endRule
@@ -50,6 +51,39 @@ public void run() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testRuleCallsProgressProvider_monitorFor() {
+		AtomicBoolean createdMonitor = new AtomicBoolean();
+		AtomicReference<IProgressMonitor> passedMonitor = new AtomicReference<>();
+		manager.setProgressProvider(new ProgressProvider() {
+
+			@Override
+			public IProgressMonitor createMonitor(Job job) {
+				return new NullProgressMonitor();
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public IProgressMonitor monitorFor(IProgressMonitor monitor) {
+				assertEquals(passedMonitor.get(), monitor);
+				createdMonitor.set(true);
+				return super.monitorFor(monitor);
+			}
+		});
+		IdentityRule rule = new IdentityRule();
+		IProgressMonitor[] monitors = new IProgressMonitor[] { null, new NullProgressMonitor(),
+				SubMonitor.convert(null) };
+		for (IProgressMonitor monitor : monitors) {
+			createdMonitor.set(false);
+			passedMonitor.set(monitor);
+			manager.beginRule(rule, monitor);
+			try {
+				assertTrue("Monitor not created for " + monitor, createdMonitor.get());
+			} finally {
+				manager.endRule(rule);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	public void testComplexRuleStarting() {
 		//test how the manager reacts when several different threads try to begin conflicting rules
 		final int NUM_THREADS = 3;